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Games like The Lost File

If The Lost File is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grinnel, Ritual Tides and The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication — 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 Lost File: A first-person psychological horror. Investigate serial murders in locations that exist on no map. Each location has its own fixed laws of survival. Break them — and you die.

2027IndieAdventureWindowsby AMAI Game Studio
The Lost File — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Lost File 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. Grinnel

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Lost File fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lost File.

    If you stop, the light dies. If you turn, darkness takes over. As a patient trapped in Grinnel, escape this psychological horror nightmare with Dr. Esin. Use your visor in the atmospheric labyrinth and never look back; in this surreal thriller, your gaze is your worst enemy.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Ritual Tides

    WHY THIS

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

    Ritual Tides is a story rich, psychological horror game set on the dark, atmospheric, isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, as you fight for survival against Lovecraftian horrors.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

    WHY THIS

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

    Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…

    2024Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. DYSTHANASIA

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Lost File fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lost File.

    You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Evil Nun: The Broken Mask

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Lost File fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lost File.

    Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. SUFFOCATE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Lost File fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lost File.

    《SUFFOCATE》is a realistic 3D first-person survival horror game. The plot revolves around family relationships, cult, and the greed that permeates human nature. The game doesn't shy away from violence, gore, and faith in this one-of-a-kind survival horror experience, Taiwanese style.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. iBLiS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Lost File fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lost File.

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Project Unknown

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Lost File fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lost File.

    An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 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. Shares Indie with The Lost File.

    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 The Lost File.

    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 The Lost File.

    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 The Lost File.

    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 with The Lost File.

    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 The Lost File.

    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. 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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Lost File.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Lost File

What games are most similar to The Lost File?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Lost File are Grinnel, Ritual Tides, The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication.
Who developed The Lost File?
The Lost File was developed by AMAI Game Studio.

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 Lost File.

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