Games like CONTROL Ultimate Edition
If CONTROL Ultimate Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alan Wake, Dead Space and Wall Of Insanity 2 — 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 →CONTROL Ultimate Edition is a third-person action-adventure developed and published by Remedy Entertainment, released in 2020 at a price of $39.99 USD. Players take on the role of Jesse Faden as she navigates the ever-shifting environment of the Oldest House, where supernatural and sci-fi elements blend within a mysterious setting. Reviewers highlight the narrative depth and atmospheric qualities that define the experience, while players describe the gameplay as compelling and the world as unsettling. The game achieved a Metacritic score of 85 and holds an 89 percent positive rating from over 24,000 Steam reviews, with the title verified for play on Steam Deck.
About CONTROL Ultimate Edition: Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Alan Wake
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Top pick for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Dead Space
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Second-strongest match for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Wall Of Insanity 2
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Third-strongest match for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Survive a relentless descent into a bio-organic nightmare. As a member of specialized tactical unit, navigate a decaying dimension to locate a vanished squad. Engage in high-stakes combat where every shadow hides an unspeakable horror. The veil is thinning - will you make it out?
Otherskin
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Ranked #4 for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Embark on a deadly solo mission to uncover Vandermire’s secrets. Absorb alien morphs to evolve beyond human limits. Guided by your AI suit, explore alien biomes, master unique abilities, and fight to survive in a stunning action adventure. The universe is at stake.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
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Ranked #5 for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
Hear Tell of Hauntings
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Ranked #6 for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Deep in the mountains of wild west-era Montana, former outlaw Adelaide Clancy ventures to the desolate remains of the Wraith estate in this third-person survival horror game.
Tormented Souls 2
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Ranked #7 for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
ReCore: Definitive Edition
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Ranked #8 for CONTROL Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.
Reviewers mention these as similar to CONTROL Ultimate Edition
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The Talos Principle
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
SCP
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.
Max Payne
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
The Evil Within
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Resident Evil
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Metroidvania Maker
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Quantum Break
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
SCP Foundation: ITTLG - Chapter 1
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Reviewers of CONTROL Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
SCP Foundation: ITTLG Chapter 1 is a visual novel about, SCP-105 & SCP-105-B and her friendship with you. Trying to escape the foundation, in the end. They find out the dark truth behind their existence.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CONTROL Ultimate Edition at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~75% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
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.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~50% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~75% under CONTROL Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
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 with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
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 CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
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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More from Remedy Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Remedy Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Alan Wake
WHY THIS
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind CONTROL Ultimate Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Quantum Break
WHY THIS
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind CONTROL Ultimate Edition. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Max Payne
WHY THIS
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind CONTROL Ultimate Edition. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
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Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind CONTROL Ultimate Edition. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
WHY THIS
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind CONTROL Ultimate Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
FBC: Firebreak
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Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind CONTROL Ultimate Edition. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Purchase FBC: Firebreak and invite your friends to play the full game for free on any platform. FBC: Firebreak is a three-player cooperative first-person shooter set within a mysterious federal agency under assault by otherworldly forces.
Death Rally
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Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind CONTROL Ultimate Edition. Shares Action with CONTROL Ultimate Edition.
Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever.
Frequently asked about CONTROL Ultimate Edition
- Is CONTROL Ultimate Edition verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — CONTROL Ultimate Edition is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does CONTROL Ultimate Edition cost?
- CONTROL Ultimate Edition is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CONTROL Ultimate Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CONTROL Ultimate Edition are Alan Wake, Dead Space, Wall Of Insanity 2.
- Who developed CONTROL Ultimate Edition?
- CONTROL Ultimate Edition was developed by Remedy Entertainment.
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