Games like Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors
If Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bloodwoven, 弃层凶谈 and Maneater — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and tense. 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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Players who liked Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors also play
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Bloodwoven
WHY THIS
Top pick for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
From the creator of Blood West comes BLOODWOVEN - an immersive sim, survival FPS where you hunt, survive and thrive in a world built upon the frozen corpse of a forgotten god. Climb icy peaks, manage resources and temperature while fending off alien ice-age predators and other tribes.
弃层凶谈
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Curse Of The Abandoned Floor is a first-person Chinese horror game. It starts with a paranormal video about an urban legend: "Beware the non-existent elevator mezzanine. If you enter it, you will be trapped forever."
Maneater
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
Airtight City 密闭之城1.0
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
This is a TPS, horror-type action shooting game. The game will draw players into a terrifying dark world with detailed atmosphere rendering and weird story. Here, you are not defenseless, but even with a gun, you can't suppress the trembling from the heart. Game revenue is used for 2.0 development.
EXD - Extra Dimensional
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Ranked #5 for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
A delivery guy. A dimensional rift. A quest across another world. Master telekinesis and elemental magic in Erath, where everyday objects become legendary weapons. Battle mythical creatures. Solve ancient puzzles. Uncover dark truths. Advanced VR physics meet epic fantasy adventure.
Undercover
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Ranked #6 for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
《对不起，我是警察》是一款由“小有内容”打造的硬核港风卧底题材互动影像。产品由全香港班底制作，金马奖影帝、金牌老戏骨重磅加盟，香港实地取景，力求还原黄金时代港片的质感。你将化身潜伏在黑暗深处的卧底，在回归前的香港街头，面对毒品、暴力与职场背叛。 这不只是一场关于生存的选择，更是一次关于“命运”的豪赌。
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
The Outer Worlds 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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 Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Action with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Action with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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 Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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 Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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.
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 Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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 Action and Adventure with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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 Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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 Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Maneater
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
Undercover
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
《对不起，我是警察》是一款由“小有内容”打造的硬核港风卧底题材互动影像。产品由全香港班底制作，金马奖影帝、金牌老戏骨重磅加盟，香港实地取景，力求还原黄金时代港片的质感。你将化身潜伏在黑暗深处的卧底，在回归前的香港街头，面对毒品、暴力与职场背叛。 这不只是一场关于生存的选择，更是一次关于“命运”的豪赌。
The Outer Worlds 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
Frequently asked about Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors
- How much does Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors cost?
- Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors are Bloodwoven, 弃层凶谈, Maneater.
- Who developed Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors?
- Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors was developed by Went2Play LLC.
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