Games like The Council of Hanwell
If The Council of Hanwell is your kind of game, the closest matches are Welcome to Hanwell, The Backrooms Project and Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Council of Hanwell: Discover the secrets of the terrifying major locations in Hanwell and make your way to The Council in this story driven psychological horror. Come face to face with your worst nightmares and confront the enigmatic man known as The Doctor.
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Welcome to Hanwell
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Top pick for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.
The Backrooms Project
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Second-strongest match for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy
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Third-strongest match for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Council of Hanwell.
A kidnapping, a desperate mother, and a shadow from the past collide in the final chapter of the trilogy. A modern return to classic survival horror with an Italian neo-giallo twist. Master retrocognition, mirror abilities, and moth manipulation to uncover the truth behind the Red Nun.
Agony
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Ranked #4 for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Ranked #5 for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Outlast
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Ranked #6 for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
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.
Maid of Sker
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Ranked #7 for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
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!
Neverending Nightmares
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Ranked #8 for The Council of Hanwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Council of Hanwell.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Council of Hanwell.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Council of Hanwell.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Council of Hanwell.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about The Council of Hanwell
- What games are most similar to The Council of Hanwell?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Council of Hanwell are Welcome to Hanwell, The Backrooms Project, Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy.
- Who developed The Council of Hanwell?
- The Council of Hanwell was developed by Steel Arts.
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