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Games like Eyes Wide Open

If Eyes Wide Open is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lurks Beneath, Off Tape: Welcome and Security 51 — 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 Eyes Wide Open: Work for a dystopian Inspection Bureau, Determine whether the subjects are humans or not, Uncover secrets, Endure psychological horrors and reach your work quota - or else.

2026IndieAdventureSimulationWindowsby Fallen Horse Entertainment
Eyes Wide Open — Steam game cover

Players who liked Eyes Wide Open also play

Steam players who put hours into Eyes Wide Open 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. Lurks Beneath

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    Investigate a little girl's disappearance at a rundown trailer park. Play as Detective Partridge and cross examine three suspects to find the truth with fully freeform interrogation. Type anything and ask anything you want.

    2027AdventureCasualSteam ↗
  2. Off Tape: Welcome

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    Stock the shelves. Watch the cameras. Tell the humans from the things wearing their faces. Decide who to serve, and eliminate the rest. Off Tape: Welcome is a retro horror shop sim where you run the store for the Tobacconists, owners who don't know you exist.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Security 51

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Alien Morgue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Eyes Wide Open.

    You're an alien pathologist. Search the Database for alien physiology and dissect bodies to figure out what caused death. Find correct IDs by deceased's features and occupation. Discover weird stuff inside bodies and decide what to do with it. Follow protocols or personal request? Choices matter!

    2026IndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Quarantine Circular

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Paradise Killer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Strange Antiquities

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Tokyo Dark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Eyes Wide Open fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

    2017Adventure17.99 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. Shares Indie with Eyes Wide Open.

    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 Eyes Wide Open.

    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. Shares Indie with Eyes Wide Open.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Eyes Wide Open.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    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 ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Eyes Wide Open.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Security 51

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Paradise Killer

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Strange Antiquities

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eyes Wide Open.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Eyes Wide Open

What games are most similar to Eyes Wide Open?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eyes Wide Open are Lurks Beneath, Off Tape: Welcome, Security 51.
Who developed Eyes Wide Open?
Eyes Wide Open was developed by Fallen Horse Entertainment.

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 Eyes Wide Open.

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