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Games like The Mannequin Forest

If The Mannequin Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hemobloom, Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation and Emily Wants To Play — 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 Mannequin Forest: A story based horror game about the disturbing practices of a serial killer in a haunted forest. A weekend meant to be spent taking care of your friends cat takes a much darker turn as you feel your every move being watching.

2026ActionIndieWindowsby August Studios
The Mannequin Forest — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Mannequin Forest also play

Steam players who put hours into The Mannequin Forest 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. Hemobloom

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Mannequin Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A psychological horror game where you explore a twisted realm of nightmares, confront grotesque monsters and piece together the mystery of the Hemobloom.

    2026AdventureSteam ↗
  2. Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

    WHY THIS

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

    Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Emily Wants To Play

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Mannequin Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    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 ↗
  4. Wick

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Mannequin Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. IMSCARED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Mannequin Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    "I need a Heart in order to open it"

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Outlast

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Mannequin Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    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 ↗
  7. Trepang2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Mannequin Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.

    2023ActionIndie10.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Beast Inside

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Mannequin Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 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 Mannequin Forest.

    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. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree 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. Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Emily Wants To Play

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    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 ↗
  3. Wick

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Trepang2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Mannequin Forest.

    Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.

    2023ActionIndie10.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Mannequin Forest

What games are most similar to The Mannequin Forest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Mannequin Forest are Hemobloom, Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation, Emily Wants To Play.
Who developed The Mannequin Forest?
The Mannequin Forest was developed by August Studios.

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 Mannequin Forest.

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