Games like The Slaughter: Act One
If The Slaughter: Act One is your kind of game, the closest matches are Richard & Alice, Chinatown Detective Agency and The Journey Down: Chapter Two — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and melancholic. 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 The Slaughter: Act One: The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
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Steam players who put hours into The Slaughter: Act One 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.
Richard & Alice
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Top pick for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.
Chinatown Detective Agency
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Second-strongest match for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
The Journey Down: Chapter Two
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Third-strongest match for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Drawn Down
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
A police artist is plunged into a life shattering conspiracy when his missing brother returns.
Pecaminosa
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Ranked #5 for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Slaughter: Act One.
Activate your detective skills in this noir-influenced police action RPG. Grab your gun and prepare to face the strangest case of John Souza's career by helping the ghost of a dead mobster get "justice". Hit the streets in search of intel, befriend the scum and beat those who will try to stop you.
The Blackwell Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Ranked #6 for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
A Golden Wake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Ranked #7 for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.
Kathy Rain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Ranked #8 for The Slaughter: Act One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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Maniac Mansion
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Slaughter: Act One cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
Return to Monkey Island
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Slaughter: Act One cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
The I of the Dragon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Reviewers of The Slaughter: Act One cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The world of Nimoa is as beautiful as the morning dew, but only at first glance. Under the surface of hills and fertile valleys lurks an old and eternal evil. Living as a mould, stretching threads through an infected area like deadly toadstools. The center of this "being?" deep in the under world is the giant daemon, Skarborr.
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Slaughter: Act One.
Reviewers of The Slaughter: Act One cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
The Last
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Slaughter: Act One cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
The Last is a survival game with a twist, Your main objective is to stay alive and making your camp bigger. The game focuses on the player camp and player made buildings, as a player you will be able to build plenty of different structures to suit your needs on this lonely island.
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Slaughter: Act One cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
The Double Dragon brothers return in this fresh addition to the iconic franchise. With roguelite elements, every playthrough is a chance at new action. Tag in with 2 of 4 starter characters or unlock 20 additional characters, each with their own special moves and playstyles. Online & Local Co-op.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Slaughter: Act One at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Slaughter: Act One.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Slaughter: Act One.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under The Slaughter: Act One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
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 The Slaughter: Act One.
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 The Slaughter: Act One.
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 The Slaughter: Act One.
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 The Slaughter: Act One.
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 The Slaughter: Act One.
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 The Slaughter: Act One.
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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Frequently asked about The Slaughter: Act One
- Does The Slaughter: Act One run on Steam Deck?
- The Slaughter: Act One 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 The Slaughter: Act One cost?
- The Slaughter: Act One is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Slaughter: Act One?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Slaughter: Act One are Richard & Alice, Chinatown Detective Agency, The Journey Down: Chapter Two.
- Who developed The Slaughter: Act One?
- The Slaughter: Act One was developed by Alex Francois and published by Brainchild.
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