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Games like When eyes close

If When eyes close is your kind of game, the closest matches are Enigma of Fear, CLeM and Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss — 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.

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About When eyes close: When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!

IndieAdventureWindowsby Escapismogames
When eyes close — Steam game cover

Players who liked When eyes close also play

Steam players who put hours into When eyes close 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.

  1. Enigma of Fear

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When eyes close.

    Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. CLeM

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When eyes close.

    CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with When eyes close.

    A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.

    2026Adventure39.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mucorales

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When eyes close.

    An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.

    2024IndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When eyes close.

    An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Chinatown Detective Agency

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with When eyes close.

    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.

    2022Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Abscission

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with When eyes close.

    Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

    2023Adventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rubbings

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for When eyes close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When eyes close.

    《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with When eyes close.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with When eyes close.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with When eyes close.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with When eyes close.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with When eyes close.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 When eyes close.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 When eyes close.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with When eyes close.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about When eyes close

What games are most similar to When eyes close?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside When eyes close are Enigma of Fear, CLeM, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss.
Who developed When eyes close?
When eyes close was developed by Escapismogames.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on When eyes close.

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