Games like 9 Clues 2: The Ward
If 9 Clues 2: The Ward is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden, 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek and Dark Arcana: The Carnival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and mysterious. 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.
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Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Top pick for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Take a deep breath and find your fiancée who went missing in the dark abyss of the ocean.
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Second-strongest match for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Save your missing friend and reveal the corruption of the town’s citizens to stop an evil plot to bring the evil Snake God back to our world.
Dark Arcana: The Carnival
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object scenes and an atmospheric mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Third-strongest match for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Find the missing woman lost in a mysterious Carnival of Horrors.
Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object scenes, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Ranked #4 for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Find the philosopher's stone and save your mentor!
Agent Walker: Secret Journey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Ranked #5 for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Find the Spear of Destiny to save the world!
Fairy Tale Mysteries 2: The Beanstalk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Ranked #6 for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Vanquish the last giant!
Endless Fables: The Minotaur's Curse
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object scenes and an atmospheric mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Ranked #7 for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Face off against the Minotaur!
Queen's Quest: Tower of Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object scenes and a mysterious mood with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Ranked #8 for 9 Clues 2: The Ward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Defeat the sorcerer and save your daughter!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 9 Clues 2: The Ward at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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 ~47% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under 9 Clues 2: The Ward on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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?
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 Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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.
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.
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 Adventure with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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 Casual with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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 Adventure with 9 Clues 2: The Ward.
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 9 Clues 2: The Ward
- How much does 9 Clues 2: The Ward cost?
- 9 Clues 2: The Ward is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to 9 Clues 2: The Ward?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 9 Clues 2: The Ward are Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden, 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek, Dark Arcana: The Carnival.
- Who developed 9 Clues 2: The Ward?
- 9 Clues 2: The Ward was developed by Tap It Games and published by Artifex Mundi.
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