Games like ERLIK: The Ninth Branch
If ERLIK: The Ninth Branch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Yn Moddey Dhoo, Blind Silence and Erebus-9 — 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 →About ERLIK: The Ninth Branch: A narrative-driven psychological horror game inspired by Turkish mythology. Explore a desolate Anatolian village, uncover forbidden truths, and confront an ancient entity rising from beneath the earth. Entirely developed by a solo developer.
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Yn Moddey Dhoo
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Top pick for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
A 1-bit PSX-style first-person horror game based on Manx folklore. Dusk falls on Peel Castle, Isle of Man. The Moddey Dhoo, a massive black dog, stalks the castle corridors. Run. Hide. Escape. Don't look into its eyes; they might be the last thing you see.
Blind Silence
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Second-strongest match for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Blind Silence is a top-down psychological survival horror game about a blind protagonist who uses sonar to navigate darkness, solve environmental puzzles, uncover Indian folklore-inspired secrets, and survive terrifying monsters.
Erebus-9
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Experience living hell in this reimagining of Dante’s Inferno as a cosmic, psychological horror. Survive the dangers that lurk in the darkness as you venture into the twisted depths of the Erebus-9 in a desperate bid to escape. The only way home is through hell itself.
Arcadia Cafe
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Ranked #4 for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.
Eclipsium
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Ranked #5 for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
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Ranked #6 for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
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.
Cooking Companions
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Ranked #7 for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
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Ranked #8 for ERLIK: The Ninth Branch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ERLIK: The Ninth Branch at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
TOEM: A Photo Adventure
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Priced ~60% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!
Aventura Copilului Albastru și Urât
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Priced ~60% under ERLIK: The Ninth Branch on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
Pornește într-o aventură scurtă de uitat în maxim 30min după ce ai închis jocul! Ce mai aștepți? Aventura îl urmărește pe Copilul Albastru și Urât într-o lume bizară, seara. 2D Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
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.
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 Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
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.
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 Adventure with ERLIK: The Ninth Branch.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about ERLIK: The Ninth Branch
- How much does ERLIK: The Ninth Branch cost?
- ERLIK: The Ninth Branch is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ERLIK: The Ninth Branch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ERLIK: The Ninth Branch are Yn Moddey Dhoo, Blind Silence, Erebus-9.
- Who developed ERLIK: The Ninth Branch?
- ERLIK: The Ninth Branch was developed by doaproduction.
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