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Games like Fingerbones

If Fingerbones is your kind of game, the closest matches are the static speaks my name, The Moon Sliver and Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its avoids cheap jump scares, free but polished experience and sound design enhances tension. 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 Fingerbones: Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

2015IndieAdventureFree To PlayFree to playWindowsby David Szymanski
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Steam players who put hours into Fingerbones 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. the static speaks my name

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

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

    A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

    2015IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Moon Sliver

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Second-strongest match for Fingerbones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Fingerbones.

    You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

    2014Adventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Third-strongest match for Fingerbones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fingerbones.

    Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Music Machine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

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

    A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

    2015IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

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

    DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Serena

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Ranked #6 for Fingerbones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fingerbones.

    How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.

    2014IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Visage

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Ranked #7 for Fingerbones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fingerbones.

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Homesick

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

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

    Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

More from David Szymanski

Other recommendable Steam games by David Szymanski, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. DUSK

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones. Shares Indie with Fingerbones.

    Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Iron Lung

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Fingerbones.

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fingerbones.

    A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Gloomwood

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones. Shares Indie with Fingerbones.

    Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

    2022ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Chop Goblins

    WHY THIS

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones. Shares Indie with Fingerbones.

    A fast-paced micro FPS in which The Chop Goblins are loose, chopping their way through time itself in their ravenous quest for cheese. And THE CHOP WILL NOT STOP.

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Squirrel Stapler

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones.

    Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, and meet god.

    2023Action7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Butcher's Creek

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones.

    A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.

    2025Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Moon Sliver

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones. Shares Adventure with Fingerbones.

    You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

    2014Adventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Pony Factory

    WHY THIS

    Another title from David Szymanski, the studio behind Fingerbones.

    Winston thought he could use heavy machinery and power from the depths of hell to transform sinful men into magic ponies. Winston was wrong.

    2024Action2.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fingerbones.

    Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fingerbones.

    DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Serena

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Fingerbones.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fingerbones.

    How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.

    2014IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Fingerbones

Is Fingerbones free to play?
Yes — Fingerbones is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Fingerbones?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fingerbones are the static speaks my name, The Moon Sliver, Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition.
Who developed Fingerbones?
Fingerbones was developed by David Szymanski.

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