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Games like The Long Reach

If The Long Reach is your kind of game, the closest matches are POSSESSOR, Corridors and Resident Evil 7 Biohazard — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its short but impactful experience, atmospheric and dark. 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 Long Reach: At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.

2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Painted Black Games
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Pixel art and music set a strong moodShort but impactful experienceSurreal 3d sequence breaks expectationsAtmosphericDarkMelancholic

Players who liked The Long Reach also play

Steam players who put hours into The Long Reach 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. POSSESSOR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Long Reach fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Reach.

    2 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF G̫̐O̷̷̤̝̔̈͛̎͡D̷̨̺̳̹ͥ͢ . A SERIES OF INCREASINGLY BRUTAL MURDERS HAS SHAKEN WHAT WAS ONCE A SMALL AND PEACEFUL RUSSIAN COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEGUN. KILL THEM ALL.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Corridors

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore an abandoned hospital, solve puzzles, and uncover a nonlinear story where your choices have consequences. A hardcore psychological horror game in pixel art.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with The Long Reach.

    Third-strongest match for The Long Reach fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Long Reach.

    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 ↗
  4. Remothered: Tormented Fathers

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Long Reach.

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

    Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Beast Inside

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Long Reach.

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

    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 ↗
  6. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Long Reach.

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

    The VR Edition of the critically acclaimed BAFTA award-winning Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.

    2018ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Maid of Sker

    WHY THIS

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

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Slender Threads

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Long Reach.

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

    In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Long Reach at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Long Reach.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Reach.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Long Reach.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Reach.

    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 ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Long Reach.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Long Reach.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Reach.

    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 ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Long Reach on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Long Reach.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 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 Long Reach.

    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 Action and Adventure with The Long Reach.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Reach.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Long Reach.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  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 Long Reach.

    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 Action and Indie with The Long Reach.

    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. Shares Action with The Long Reach.

    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. 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 The Long Reach.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Long Reach

Does The Long Reach run on Steam Deck?
The Long Reach is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Long Reach cost?
The Long Reach is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Long Reach?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Long Reach are POSSESSOR, Corridors, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.
Who developed The Long Reach?
The Long Reach was developed by Painted Black Games and published by Silver Lining Interactive.

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 Long Reach.

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