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Games like The Hidden Ones

If The Hidden Ones is your kind of game, the closest matches are THE 4 SINS, Backrooms Lost Runners and 筮灵 SHILING — 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 The Hidden Ones: The Hidden Ones is a cooperative horror puzzle game that supports four-player online multiplayer. An seemingly ordinary fire incident unravels the prologue to a cold case that has been buried in a small town , binding the fates of four protagonists into an eerie and intricate maze of mystery.

StrategyAdventureRPGWindowsby 奇门互娱
The Hidden Ones — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Hidden Ones also play

Steam players who put hours into The Hidden Ones 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 4 SINS

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Hidden Ones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    THE 4 SINS is a multiplayer puzzle game in horror atmosphere. It is adapted from a local offline escape room which has gained public recognition for its story. There are 4 players in the game to find cooperative solution by exploring the ghost town. Try to escape the strange place!!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Backrooms Lost Runners

    WHY THIS

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

    Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDSteam ↗
  3. 筮灵 SHILING

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Hidden Ones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. KunKun dream Startles the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Hidden Ones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Hidden Ones.

    Multiplayer , yes! You have been trapped in KunKun's dream, you and your trapped companions have to find a way to escape and avoid these Grotesque Object! Grotesque Objectlike playing basketball and worship chickens, hate watermelons, and even come Let me see

    2024ActionSportsStrategy1.16 USDSteam ↗
  5. We Were Here Too

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Hidden Ones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Hidden Ones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.

    2021Adventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Scarlet Idol

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Hidden Ones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    Scarlet Idol is a 3D Chinese folk horror puzzle game featuring a co-op two-player mode. The game integrates various folk cultural elements, including the funeral rituals of the Wu-Yue region, Ghost operas, Mulian operas, the duomin (outcast communities)

    2026IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Haunted Building

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Hidden Ones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.

    2024IndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗

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.

    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 The Hidden Ones.

    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. 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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Hidden Ones.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Hidden Ones

Does The Hidden Ones have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Hidden Ones supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Hidden Ones?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Hidden Ones are THE 4 SINS, Backrooms Lost Runners, 筮灵 SHILING.
Who developed The Hidden Ones?
The Hidden Ones was developed by 奇门互娱 and published by IndieArk.

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 The Hidden Ones.

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