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Games like The Evaluation

If The Evaluation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Stop - No Vacancy, Lyrvane Park and Don't Read It — 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 Evaluation: A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.

2027ActionAdventureCasualWindowsby Unicorn Games
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Steam players who put hours into The Evaluation 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. Dead Stop - No Vacancy

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Evaluation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Evaluation.

    One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.

    2026Adventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Lyrvane Park

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Evaluation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evaluation.

    Lyrvane Park is a first-person meta-horror puzzle adventure. Use the "Radar of Emotions" to harvest children's emotions, power up the train, and unlock the path forward. Beyond the "Staff Only" signs, the park’s darkest secrets await.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Don't Read It

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Evaluation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Evaluation.

    A missing person left behind only a book. First-person psychological horror.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Unwelcome Guest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Evaluation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Evaluation.

    You find yourself in a house that the owners have long since abandoned. But something lurks in the shadows, watching your every move. Explore the rooms, solve the mysteries, and find a way to banish the evil... Before it gets to you.

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Wake Inside

    WHY THIS

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

    Wake Inside is a first-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion where something is listening. Explore the house, uncover its secrets, and find a way out without revealing yourself to whatever is inside.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Don't Play This

    WHY THIS

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

    Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it?  A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Psalm 5:9-13

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Evaluation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    "Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

    2024Indie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Evaluation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evaluation.

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

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Evaluation.

    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 Action and Adventure with The Evaluation.

    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 Adventure with The Evaluation.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Evaluation.

    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 Adventure with The Evaluation.

    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 Casual with The Evaluation.

    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 Action and Adventure with The Evaluation.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Evaluation.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Evaluation

What games are most similar to The Evaluation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Evaluation are Dead Stop - No Vacancy, Lyrvane Park, Don't Read It.
Who developed The Evaluation?
The Evaluation was developed by Unicorn Games.

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 Evaluation.

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