Games like Draugen
If Draugen is your kind of game, the closest matches are The White Door, Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet and Quest room: Hanon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its haunting nordic atmosphere, atmospheric and melancholic. 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 Draugen: Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Players who liked Draugen also play
Steam players who put hours into Draugen 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.
The White Door
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Top pick for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
Enter The White Door and discover Rusty Lake’s universe in a new game with a unique style! Explore Robert Hill’s dreams and help him to find his lost memories. Can you survive the strict daily routine and bring back color to Robert's life?
Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Quest room: Hanon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Third-strongest match for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
After 20 years in search of the mysterious Egyptian artifact of Hanon, you managed to find the entrance, but to get inside you need to solve more than one puzzle. You do not have much time, you are locked in 4 walls and oxygen is running out.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Draugen.
Ranked #4 for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Draugen.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Ranked #5 for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Draugen.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Ranked #6 for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Syberia: The World Before
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Ranked #7 for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Draugen.
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Ranked #8 for Draugen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Draugen.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Draugen at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Draugen on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Draugen.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Draugen on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Draugen on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Draugen.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Draugen on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Draugen.
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 ~60% under Draugen on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
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?
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 Draugen.
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 Draugen.
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 Draugen.
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 Draugen.
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 Draugen.
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 Draugen.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Draugen.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Red Thread Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Red Thread Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dreamfall Chapters
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Another title from Red Thread Games, the studio behind Draugen. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
Dustborn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Another title from Red Thread Games, the studio behind Draugen. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Hello Sunshine
WHY THIS
Another title from Red Thread Games, the studio behind Draugen. Shares Indie with Draugen.
A survival mystery set in the ruins of a corporate empire. Walk in the shadow of a giant robot during the sweltering days; stay close to keep warm during the cold nights. Scavenge, craft, upgrade — and piece together the broken puzzle of a world ruled by machines that refuse to shut down.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The White Door
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Draugen.
Enter The White Door and discover Rusty Lake’s universe in a new game with a unique style! Explore Robert Hill’s dreams and help him to find his lost memories. Can you survive the strict daily routine and bring back color to Robert's life?
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Draugen.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Draugen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Draugen.
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.
Frequently asked about Draugen
- Does Draugen run on Steam Deck?
- Draugen 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 Draugen cost?
- Draugen is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Draugen?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Draugen are The White Door, Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet, Quest room: Hanon.
- Who developed Draugen?
- Draugen was developed by Red Thread Games.
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