Games like The Evil Within 2
If The Evil Within 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Evil Within, Remothered: Tormented Fathers and Resident Evil 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere is tense, love letter to horror 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.
Get personalized picks →The Evil Within 2 is a third-person action-adventure horror game released in 2017 and developed by Tango Gameworks. Set in a nightmarish open world, players control Detective Sebastian Castellanos as he navigates through dark, atmospheric environments to uncover the truth behind a personal tragedy. The game combines stealth mechanics with combat, offering a cover system, crafting, enemy variety, perk upgrades, and side missions. Reviewers describe the experience as a love letter to the horror genre, and players note that the stealth aspect is essential for survival. With a 91% positive review score from over 5,900 Steam reviews, the game is verified on Steam Deck and offers a long, challenging campaign for solo players.
About The Evil Within 2: Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Players who liked The Evil Within 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into The Evil Within 2 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.
The Evil Within
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Top pick for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
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.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with The Evil Within 2.
Second-strongest match for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Resident Evil 3
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with The Evil Within 2.
Third-strongest match for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with The Evil Within 2.
Ranked #4 for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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.
Daymare: 1998
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Evil Within 2.
Ranked #5 for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Sniper Elite 5
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Ranked #6 for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
Friday the 13th: The Game
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Shares a tense mood with The Evil Within 2.
Ranked #7 for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
Maid of Sker
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Ranked #8 for The Evil Within 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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!
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Evil Within 2
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Resident Evil
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Shares an unsettling mood with The Evil Within 2.
Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with The Evil Within 2.
Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Dead Space
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Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Alan Wake
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Shares an unsettling mood with The Evil Within 2.
Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with The Evil Within 2.
Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Vanquish
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
Remnant: From the Ashes
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Evil Within 2.
Reviewers of The Evil Within 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Evil Within 2 at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under The Evil Within 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under The Evil Within 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under The Evil Within 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under The Evil Within 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under The Evil Within 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Evil Within 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Evil Within 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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.
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 Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
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 Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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.
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 Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Tango Gameworks
Other recommendable Steam games by Tango Gameworks, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hi-Fi RUSH
WHY THIS
Another title from Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within 2. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Test your abilities in two new game modes, uncover new rewards and even a few secrets in the Arcade Challenge! Update! Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp in a world that syncs to the music.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Another title from Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within 2. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
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.
Ghostwire: Tokyo
WHY THIS
Another title from Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within 2. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Tokyo's population has vanished, and deadly supernatural forces prowl the streets. Use an arsenal of elemental abilities to unravel the truth behind the disappearance and save Tokyo.
Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
WHY THIS
Another title from Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within 2. Shares Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
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.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with The Evil Within 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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.
Daymare: 1998
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Evil Within 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Frequently asked about The Evil Within 2
- Is The Evil Within 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Evil Within 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Evil Within 2 cost?
- The Evil Within 2 is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Evil Within 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Evil Within 2 are The Evil Within, Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Resident Evil 3.
- Who developed The Evil Within 2?
- The Evil Within 2 was developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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