Games like The Executioner
If The Executioner is your kind of game, the closest matches are PULSE//DEADLINE, Vampyr and The Letter - Horror Visual Novel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak 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 →About The Executioner: The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.
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Steam players who put hours into The Executioner 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.
PULSE//DEADLINE
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
A 30-minute narrative horror experience set in an abandoned carnival that slowly comes back to life around you. Survive your night shift as the grounds awaken, with optional heart-rate integration that reacts to your fear.
Vampyr
WHY THIS
Shares moral choice system and an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Second-strongest match for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Executioner.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Giraffe Town
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with The Executioner.
Ranked #4 for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
A giraffe born with slippery feet sets out to find love...
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Ranked #5 for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Infliction
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Ranked #6 for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Ranked #7 for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Pathologic Classic HD
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Ranked #8 for The Executioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Executioner at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Executioner.
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 ~50% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Executioner.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Executioner.
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 ~50% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Executioner.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Executioner.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Executioner.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Executioner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Executioner.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 The Executioner.
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 The Executioner.
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 The Executioner.
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 Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
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. Shares Indie with The Executioner.
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 The Executioner.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Vampyr
WHY THIS
Shares moral choice system and an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with The Executioner.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Pathologic Classic HD
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Executioner.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
Frequently asked about The Executioner
- Does The Executioner run on Steam Deck?
- The Executioner 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 The Executioner cost?
- The Executioner is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Executioner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Executioner are PULSE//DEADLINE, Vampyr, The Letter - Horror Visual Novel.
- Who developed The Executioner?
- The Executioner was developed by Lesser Evil Games.
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