Games like Dead Secret Circle
If Dead Secret Circle is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Secret, Myst and Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and mysterious. 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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Dead Secret
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Top pick for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
Myst
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Second-strongest match for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Third-strongest match for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Riven
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Ranked #4 for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Last Labyrinth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Ranked #5 for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
SAW meets ICO in this haunting and intimate VR title. Players must work together with a mysterious girl who speaks a foreign language to escape a mansion full of hidden dangers.
Nevermind
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Ranked #6 for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.
The Assembly
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Ranked #7 for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
Obduction
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Ranked #8 for Dead Secret Circle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Dead Secret Circle
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Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Reviewers of Dead Secret Circle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Reviewers of Dead Secret Circle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Reviewers of Dead Secret Circle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Dead Secret
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Reviewers of Dead Secret Circle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Reviewers of Dead Secret Circle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Secret Circle at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Secret Circle.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Secret Circle.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
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?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Secret Circle.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Secret Circle.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Secret Circle.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Dead Secret Circle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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 Secret Circle.
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 Secret Circle.
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 Secret Circle.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Dead Secret Circle.
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 Secret Circle.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Robot Invader
Other recommendable Steam games by Robot Invader, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dead Secret
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Another title from Robot Invader, the studio behind Dead Secret Circle. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
Beacon's Bluff
WHY THIS
Another title from Robot Invader, the studio behind Dead Secret Circle. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Beacon's Bluff is a 2D pressure puzzler with horror elements. Keep the beacon's light alive and survive your shift by solving intriguing puzzles. Become engrossed in this discerning horror puzzler.
SEEING THINGS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Another title from Robot Invader, the studio behind Dead Secret Circle. Shares Indie with Dead Secret Circle.
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Myst
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Riven
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Last Labyrinth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
SAW meets ICO in this haunting and intimate VR title. Players must work together with a mysterious girl who speaks a foreign language to escape a mansion full of hidden dangers.
The Assembly
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Secret Circle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Secret Circle.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
Frequently asked about Dead Secret Circle
- How much does Dead Secret Circle cost?
- Dead Secret Circle is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead Secret Circle?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Secret Circle are Dead Secret, Myst, Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft.
- Who developed Dead Secret Circle?
- Dead Secret Circle was developed by Robot Invader.
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