Games like Scarlet Idol
If Scarlet Idol is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Final Breath, 猩红梦魇 The Nightmare of Scarlet Tempest and Eternal Night Metro — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 Scarlet Idol: Scarlet Idol is a 3D Chinese folk horror puzzle game featuring a co-op two-player mode. The game integrates various folk cultural elements, including the funeral rituals of the Wu-Yue region, Ghost operas, Mulian operas, the duomin (outcast communities)
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The Final Breath
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Top pick for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
A 3D side-scrolling adventure game, you will dive into a bizarre dark world and unlock the secrets hidden in it. Use the props you've earned to fight against a variety of sanity-shattering monsters and bosses, challenge creative decryption, explore chilling truths, and reveal your ultimate destiny..
猩红梦魇 The Nightmare of Scarlet Tempest
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
Pixel X Adventure X Romance A horror theme visual game，having 3 romanceable characters and sweet horror pixels！ A young girl wakes up from the whistling body of the sea, and is welcomed into a strange world with the illusion of sluggish falling and suffocation. It's a travel to find her memory.
Eternal Night Metro
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
A first-person, high-atmosphere horror game that includes elements of horror without jump scares. The main plot follows the protagonist, who, while working late and on the way home, accidentally enters a threshold space. Players must either find an escape according to the rules or stay here forever.
Straying Rules
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Ranked #4 for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
Straying Rules is a co-op horror game for 1-4 players. You need to escape from various worlds governed by strange rules within 12 hours by all means. Levels, objectives and dangers are ever-changing every time you enter. You must discover and interpret the rules to find your only hope of survival.
Afterglow-The fifth ending
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Ranked #5 for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scarlet Idol.
A Memory Maze Spanning Life and Death: A Tender Web of Salvation and Deception Follow protagonist Ye Yuyao into the Tai Xu. Through fragmented memories and relentless inquiry, unravel the hidden truth behind an anonymous organ donor in this haunting interplay of light and shadow.
Edelweiss
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Ranked #6 for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
"Edelweiss" is a Japanese-inspired horror RPG that follows the journey of Ayla and her friend lost in a dense forest with no cellphone signal. In search of assistance, Ayla with her friends found to an abandoned orphanage, setting the stage for a spine-chilling horror narrative.
Night Escape
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Ranked #7 for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
"Night Escape" is a tense and strategic multiplayer game. Uncover the hidden assassin, solve puzzles, and escape the mysterious mansion before it's too late. Survive the night or become a victim. Embark on this deadly race for survival.
Marisa's Inconceivable Journey
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Ranked #8 for Scarlet Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
Marisa was suddenly summoned to a different world! It seems this world was invaded by alien. But the truth isn't simple. Now Marisa is in total isolation. She must fight to survive. Can she expose the truth, save the world and Reimu, finally return to Gensokyo?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scarlet Idol at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scarlet Idol.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scarlet Idol.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~50% under Scarlet Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 Scarlet Idol.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scarlet Idol.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Idol.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Scarlet Idol
- Does Scarlet Idol run on Steam Deck?
- Scarlet Idol is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Scarlet Idol cost?
- Scarlet Idol is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Scarlet Idol have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Scarlet Idol supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Scarlet Idol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scarlet Idol are The Final Breath, 猩红梦魇 The Nightmare of Scarlet Tempest, Eternal Night Metro.
- Who developed Scarlet Idol?
- Scarlet Idol was developed by 山雨工作室 and published by Pilot Games.
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