Games like Kholat
If Kholat is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kona, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and The Town of Light — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its narrative driven mystery, sound design enhances atmosphere and writing quality is exceptional. 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 Kholat: The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Players who liked Kholat also play
Steam players who put hours into Kholat also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Kona
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Top pick for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Second-strongest match for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
The Town of Light
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Third-strongest match for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Ranked #4 for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Slender: The Arrival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Ranked #5 for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
The Alien Cube
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Ranked #6 for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
The Land of Pain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Ranked #7 for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Ranked #8 for Kholat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kholat at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Kholat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kholat.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kholat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Kholat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kholat.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Kholat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kholat.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Kholat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
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 Kholat.
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. Shares Adventure with Kholat.
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 Kholat.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
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 Kholat.
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 and Adventure with Kholat.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kholat.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Kona
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
The Town of Light
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
The Land of Pain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Kholat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Frequently asked about Kholat
- Is Kholat verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Kholat is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Kholat cost?
- Kholat is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kholat?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kholat are Kona, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, The Town of Light.
- Who developed Kholat?
- Kholat was developed by IMGN.PRO.
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