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Shares hidden object collection with The Initiate.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
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Players who liked The Initiate also play
The closest matches to The Initiate: The Initiate 2: The First Interviews, The Guest, The Crow's Eye, The Beast Inside, and Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
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Shares hidden object collection with The Initiate.
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: Deceptive Games Ltd.
- Price: $9.99checked Nov 7
- 78% of 139 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Detailed suburban house setting
- Interconnected escape room design
- Post game arg challenges
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Mysterious
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Initiate.
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Why this: Shares inventory management with The Initiate.
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The Guest
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Initiate.
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Why this: Shares inventory management with The Initiate.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Initiate.
About The Initiate
The closest matches to The Initiate: The Initiate 2: The First Interviews, The Guest, The Crow's Eye, The Beast Inside, and Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Initiate is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Initiate 2: The First Interviews, The Guest and The Crow's Eye — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious, and single out its backtracking for clues and color based puzzle solving. 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.
About The Initiate: The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Is The Initiate worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 78% of 139 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Detailed suburban house setting
- Interconnected escape room design
- Post game arg challenges
- Puzzles require careful note taking
People who play it also play: The Initiate 2: The First Interviews, The Guest, The Crow's Eye
Frequently asked about The Initiate
Can I run it?
How much does The Initiate cost?
The Initiate is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Initiate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Initiate are The Initiate 2: The First Interviews, The Guest, The Crow's Eye.
Who developed The Initiate?
The Initiate was developed by Deceptive Games Ltd..