Games like Sterling Shroud
If Sterling Shroud is your kind of game, the closest matches are Strangeland, Decay: The Mare and Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Sterling Shroud: Sterling Shroud is a point-and-click atmospheric horror game with a focus on navigation and puzzle solving. Can you escape the forest alive?
Players who liked Sterling Shroud also play
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Strangeland
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Top pick for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Decay: The Mare
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Midnight Scenes: The Highway
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Claire Barnes is about to discover what kind of horrors lurk in the darkness of a deserted road. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
The Cat Lady
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Slender Threads
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Bad Dream: Coma
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sterling Shroud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sterling Shroud at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sterling Shroud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Sterling Shroud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sterling Shroud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Sterling Shroud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sterling Shroud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under Sterling Shroud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~67% under Sterling Shroud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Strangeland
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Slender Threads
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Bad Dream: Coma
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sterling Shroud.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Frequently asked about Sterling Shroud
- How much does Sterling Shroud cost?
- Sterling Shroud is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sterling Shroud?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sterling Shroud are Strangeland, Decay: The Mare, Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place.
- Who developed Sterling Shroud?
- Sterling Shroud was developed by Squid Snooze Studio.
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