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Games like Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul

If Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul is your kind of game, the closest matches are Don't Knock Twice, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and Nevermind — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environmental clues drive progression, ritual collection feels thematic and atmospheric. 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 Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul: AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.

2017AdventureRPG19.99 USDWindowsby VRWERX
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul — Steam game cover
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Environmental clues drive progressionJumpscares land when they shouldRitual collection feels thematicAtmosphericImmersiveTense

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Steam players who put hours into Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul 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. Don't Knock Twice

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Top pick for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Second-strongest match for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Nevermind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Third-strongest match for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.

    2015IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Emily Wants To Play

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Ranked #4 for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Arizona Sunshine®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Ranked #5 for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. DEVOUR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Ranked #6 for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.

    2021Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Ranked #7 for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Exorcism of the Legion (Last Rites) DELISTED

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Ranked #8 for Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Exorcism of the Legion (Last Rites) Each chapter features a unique demonic entity that will test your courage and resolve.

    2017ActionAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Outlast

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Reviewers of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Evil Within

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

    2014Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Resident Evil

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Reviewers of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ben The Exorcist

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. INQUIR P.T.

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    A post-apocalyptic story-based action adventure game. Fully customizable weapons and a high mobility character. Zombie horde mode and full of action, blood, brutality.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Reviewers of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Until Dawn™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Reviewers of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.

    2024Adventure59.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and RPG with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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. 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 ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck 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. Emily Wants To Play

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. DEVOUR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.

    2021Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

    Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul

Does Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul work on Steam Deck?
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul cost?
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul are Don't Knock Twice, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, Nevermind.
Who developed Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul?
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul was developed by VRWERX.

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 Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

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