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Games like Shiver

If Shiver is your kind of game, the closest matches are True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1, True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 and The Last Door - Collector's Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere is oppressively immersive, environmental storytelling shines 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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About Shiver: Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.

2017IndieAdventureFree to playDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Kowai Sugoi Studios
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Atmosphere is oppressively immersiveEnvironmental storytelling shinesLight horror elements land wellAtmosphericChillMysterious

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Steam players who put hours into Shiver 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. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Top pick for Shiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shiver.

    True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.

    2016AdventureCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Second-strongest match for Shiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shiver.

    True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 is the final chapter of the psychological thriller trilogy. With point-and-click mechanics, intricate puzzles, and cinematic cutscenes, immerse yourself in a dark horror experience that redefines the genre.

    2025AdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Last Door - Collector's Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Third-strongest match for Shiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shiver.

    Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Whispering Willows

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Ranked #4 for Shiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shiver.

    Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Charnel House Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Ranked #5 for Shiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shiver.

    Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.

    2015IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Descendant

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Ranked #6 for Shiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shiver.

    In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Forgotten Ones

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Ranked #7 for Shiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shiver.

    Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind...

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Fall

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

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

    Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Shiver.

    True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.

    2016AdventureCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Shiver.

    True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 is the final chapter of the psychological thriller trilogy. With point-and-click mechanics, intricate puzzles, and cinematic cutscenes, immerse yourself in a dark horror experience that redefines the genre.

    2025AdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Descendant

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shiver.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shiver.

    In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shiver

Does Shiver run on Steam Deck?
Shiver is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is Shiver free to play?
Yes — Shiver is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Shiver?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shiver are True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1, True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3, The Last Door - Collector's Edition.
Who developed Shiver?
Shiver was developed by Kowai Sugoi Studios.

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 Shiver.

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