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Games like Witch Hunt

If Witch Hunt is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadows Peak, Skinwalker Hunt and Banshee Hunt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. 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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Witch Hunt is a challenging first-person horror hunting game set in an 18th century gothic forest, developed by Gua. Players explore a non-linear open world as they navigate atmospheric survival horror mechanics that emphasize patience and strategic thinking. The game incorporates boss-fighting encounters alongside exploration-focused gameplay, with sound design creating an immersive supernatural experience. Reviewers highlight how tactical positioning matters during tense encounters, and players describe the atmosphere as keeping them constantly on their toes. The single-player adventure runs at a medium length and has earned a 90% positive rating from 1262 Steam reviews. It is priced at $9.99 USD and officially supports play on Steam Deck.

About Witch Hunt: Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.

2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Gua
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Tactical positioning mattersThick atmosphere keeps you on your toesWriting quality is exceptionalAtmosphericChallengingImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Witch Hunt 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. Shadows Peak

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Witch Hunt.

    Top pick for Witch Hunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Witch Hunt.

    Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.

    2017ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Skinwalker Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Witch Hunt.

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

    Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Banshee Hunt

    WHY THIS

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

    Banshee Hunt is a Banshee hunting horror game, a supernatural spirit from Irish folklore, on an island isolated from the world. Track the creature by listening to its distant cries and loud screams, prepare your weapon and kill it, before it reaches you.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Chupacabra Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Witch Hunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Chupacabra Hunt is a Chupacabra hunting horror game, a vampiric creature that is feeding on the blood of animals in the region. Track the creature by following its footprints and listening to its screams, prepare your weapon and kill it.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Gynophobia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Witch Hunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Metro Exodus

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Witch Hunt.

    Ranked #6 for Witch Hunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Witch Hunt.

    Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

    2020Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Depth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Witch Hunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.

    2014ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. theHunter: Primal

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Witch Hunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Witch Hunt.

    Hunt - Explore - SurviveThe most realistic prehistoric survival game ever created. Featuring a huge Cretaceous environment populated by horrifying dinosaur all-stars, such as T-Rex, Triceratops, Utahraptor, Velociraptor and Quetzalcoatlus.

    2015ActionAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Witch Hunt

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Skinwalker Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Witch Hunt.

    Reviewers of Witch Hunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Hunt: Showdown 1896

    WHY THIS

    Shares sound design and an atmospheric mood with Witch Hunt.

    Reviewers of Witch Hunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Witch Hunt.

    Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.

    2019Action15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Stalker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Witch Hunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Witch Hunt.

    The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Witch

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Witch Hunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Witch Hunt.

    The Witch is a first-person indie game in the genre of adventure with elements of horror. In it you are a journalist who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the inhabitants of the village of Hoer Verde.

    2024Adventure5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Witch Hunt at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Witch Hunt.

    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 ~50% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Witch Hunt.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Witch Hunt.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Witch Hunt.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Witch Hunt on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Witch Hunt.

    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 Witch Hunt.

    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 Witch Hunt.

    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 Witch Hunt.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Witch Hunt.

    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 Witch Hunt.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Witch Hunt.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Gua

Other recommendable Steam games by Gua, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Skinwalker Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Witch Hunt.

    Another title from Gua, the studio behind Witch Hunt. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Gynophobia

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Gua, the studio behind Witch Hunt. Shares Action and Indie with Witch Hunt.

    Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Shadows Peak

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Witch Hunt.

    Another title from Gua, the studio behind Witch Hunt. Shares Action and Adventure with Witch Hunt.

    Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.

    2017ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Witch Hunt

Does Witch Hunt run on Steam Deck?
Witch Hunt 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 Witch Hunt cost?
Witch Hunt is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Witch Hunt?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Witch Hunt are Shadows Peak, Skinwalker Hunt, Banshee Hunt.
Who developed Witch Hunt?
Witch Hunt was developed by Gua.

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 Witch Hunt.

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