Games like The Beast Inside
If The Beast Inside is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outlast 2, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard and Maid of Sker — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric environments, clever puzzles and dual storyline. 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 →The Beast Inside is a 2019 first-person horror adventure developed and published by Illusion Ray. Set across two intertwined timelines, the game uses photogrammetry to construct immersive 3D environments from real-world locations. Players control two protagonists bound by a dark legacy, progressing through exploration, puzzle-solving, and stealth with limited weaponry available for self-defense. Reviewers have highlighted the atmospheric environments, clever puzzles, and interesting dual storyline as key appeals. The game holds a 77 percent positive rating from over 2,300 Steam reviews. It costs $24.99 and runs as playable on Steam Deck.
About The Beast Inside: The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Players who liked The Beast Inside also play
Steam players who put hours into The Beast Inside 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.
Outlast 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a tense mood with The Beast Inside.
Second-strongest match for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Beast Inside.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
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!
Visage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Beast Inside.
Ranked #4 for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Beast Inside.
Ranked #5 for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Blair Witch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Beast Inside.
Ranked #6 for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Beast Inside.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Beast Inside.
Ranked #7 for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Beast Inside.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Beast Inside.
Ranked #8 for The Beast Inside fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Beast Inside
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Oblivion
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Beast Inside cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Beast Inside.
Oblivion is a short, story-driven first-person horror game. Uncover the truth hidden within an abandoned school — but beware, some memories were never meant to return.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Beast Inside cross-mention this title as a similar play.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Beast Inside.
Reviewers of The Beast Inside cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Beast Inside.
Reviewers of The Beast Inside cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Beast Inside.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Outlast 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Beast Inside cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
The Lost Condor - Walking Simulator
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Beast Inside cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Explore the ruins of Machu Picchu, the ancient city of Peru. Listen to the sounds of birds, wind, and walk under a waterfall. This is a very short walking simulator. There is no story, objective, or interactive objects.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Beast Inside at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Beast Inside on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Beast Inside.
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 ~60% under The Beast Inside on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Beast Inside on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Beast Inside.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Beast Inside on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Beast Inside on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Beast Inside.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Beast Inside.
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 The Beast Inside.
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 The Beast Inside.
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 Beast Inside.
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 Beast Inside.
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 Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
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 The Beast Inside.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a tense mood with The Beast Inside.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Beast Inside.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Beast Inside.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Beast Inside.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Beast Inside.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with The Beast Inside.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Frequently asked about The Beast Inside
- Does The Beast Inside run on Steam Deck?
- The Beast Inside 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 Beast Inside cost?
- The Beast Inside is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Beast Inside?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Beast Inside are Outlast 2, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Maid of Sker.
- Who developed The Beast Inside?
- The Beast Inside was developed by Illusion Ray.
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