Games like Dead Man's Pass
If Dead Man's Pass is your kind of game, the closest matches are FIRST LINE, KILLA and The Test: Secrets of the Soul — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dead Man's Pass: Inspect travel passes and question the strangers who reach your mountain gate after dark. In this yokai inspection game, compare every face, paper, and answer, then let them pass, turn them away, or draw your sword. Your family and the village bear the cost.
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Steam players who put hours into Dead Man's Pass 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.
FIRST LINE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Man's Pass.
A retro office mystery about tech support, deadlines, and a floor that doesn't exist. It's 2001, and you're the L1 helpdesk tech at a corporation running on an OS from another era. Close tickets against the clock. Mind your tone. Don't ask about Floor 7.
KILLA
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Sultan's Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
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!
Do No Harm
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Dead Man's Pass.
Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Freud's Bones-the game
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dead Man's Pass fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Man's Pass.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Man's Pass.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Dead Man's Pass.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Dead Man's Pass.
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.
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 Dead Man's Pass.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Man's Pass.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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More from Ark
Other recommendable Steam games by Ark, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Arcane Survivors
WHY THIS
Another title from Ark, the studio behind Dead Man's Pass. Shares Indie with Dead Man's Pass.
Write your own spells by joining a verb to a noun. ArcaneSurvivors is a horde-survival roguelite set in a library that is falling apart. Build from 1,008 combinations, gamble your sanity for stronger runes, and survive 20 minutes.
MirrorBullet
WHY THIS
Another title from Ark, the studio behind Dead Man's Pass. Shares Indie with Dead Man's Pass.
An unreflected shot cannot kill anything. Place a handful of mirrors, fire once, and let the enemy's own volley solve the board. 288 deterministic stages across thirteen board sizes, from five-cell-tall teaching grids to full circuits, every par proven minimal by a solver.
Sushi Gacha: Auto Battler
WHY THIS
Another title from Ark, the studio behind Dead Man's Pass. Shares Indie with Dead Man's Pass.
Gacha-powered auto battler, ten minutes a run. Spin for sushi figures, line up four on the counter, and watch them fight lineups other players left behind. Stack copies for stars, blend two into a new kind, beat a chef boss every fourth round. No paid gacha, no timers.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Sultan's Game
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Man's Pass.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Frequently asked about Dead Man's Pass
- What games are most similar to Dead Man's Pass?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Man's Pass are FIRST LINE, KILLA, The Test: Secrets of the Soul.
- Who developed Dead Man's Pass?
- Dead Man's Pass was developed by Ark.
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