Games like The Profaned
Below are 19 hand-picked alternatives to The Profaned for fans of indie, adventure, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in The Profaned also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About The Profaned: The Profaned is an Anomaly-Hunt horror game about a person who's trying to cleanse his sins. The primary task is to investigate the endless forsaken church to find the anomalies and capture them with your camera to cleanse your sins. And if you fail to do so, start again from the beginning.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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BLOODMOORED
Top pick for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Profaned.
BLOODMOORED is a first-person psychological horror. Revive a derelict factory by restarting its machinery. The spirits here are unpredictable: one moment they hunt you, the next they are your only key to salvation. Uncover their past to understand their motives and escape this trap alive
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Sasaeng | 사생
Second-strongest match for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.
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Lonely Christmas
Third-strongest match for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
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Holidays in Khrushchevsk
Ranked #4 for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
Do you like spontaneous purchases? Do all your purchases bring you happiness? Everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
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While We Wait Here
Ranked #5 for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Profaned.
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
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One Last Clip
Ranked #6 for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful!
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The Cabin Factory
Ranked #7 for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Ranked #8 for The Profaned fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Profaned.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Profaned.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Profaned.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Profaned.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Profaned.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Profaned.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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While We Wait Here
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Profaned.
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
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The Cabin Factory
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Profaned.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Frequently asked about The Profaned
- What games are most similar to The Profaned?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Profaned are BLOODMOORED, Sasaeng | 사생, Lonely Christmas.
- Who developed The Profaned?
- The Profaned was developed by No Man 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 Profaned.
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