Games like Outlast 2
If Outlast 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outlast, AKAI NOROI and Resident Evil Village — 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.
Get personalized picks →Red Barrels returns with this first-person horror adventure set in rural American backwaters. Players investigate a dark sect operating from the isolated community of Temple Gate, a town deliberately severed from civilization. The game emphasizes stealth and observation over combat, as players document the horrors unfolding around them using only a camera with night vision. The 2017 release carries strong gore and violence descriptors alongside psychological horror elements. It achieves approximately 85% positive reception based on over ten thousand Steam reviews and runs at a playable level on Steam Deck. The indie-developed title is available for just under twenty dollars.
About Outlast 2: Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Players who liked Outlast 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Outlast 2 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.
Outlast
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Top pick for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
AKAI NOROI
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Second-strongest match for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Outlast 2.
AKAI NOROI is a Asian / Japanese horror folklore inspired journey based upon it's own unique story. Explore the abandoned sleeping quarters, delve into the residents past. Investigate an ancient curse, establish the truth about the mysterious disappearance of all the previous residents.
Resident Evil Village
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Third-strongest match for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Outlast 2.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Agony
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Ranked #4 for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.
Friday the 13th: The Game
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Ranked #5 for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Outlast 2.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
Eternal Evil
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Ranked #6 for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
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Ranked #7 for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Outlast 2.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
The Beast Inside
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Ranked #8 for Outlast 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Outlast 2
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
AMNESIA
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Outlast 2.
After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.
Resident Evil
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Outlast 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
SOMA
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Condemned: Criminal Origins
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Outlast 2.
What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?
Amenti
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Outlast 2.
A photographer enters the Great Pyramids to photograph Pharaoh Rudamon’s remains, but is soon overwhelmed by a sinister curse, as the ancient tomb awakens dark forces that claw at his sanity.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Outlast 2.
Together, always.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Reviewers of Outlast 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Outlast 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Outlast 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Outlast 2.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Outlast 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Outlast 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Outlast 2.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Outlast 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Outlast 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Outlast 2.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Outlast 2.
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 Action and Adventure with Outlast 2.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Outlast 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Outlast 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Outlast 2.
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 Outlast 2
- Does Outlast 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Outlast 2 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 Outlast 2 cost?
- Outlast 2 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Outlast 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Outlast 2 are Outlast, AKAI NOROI, Resident Evil Village.
- Who developed Outlast 2?
- Outlast 2 was developed by Red Barrels.
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 Outlast 2.
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