Games like Pacify
If Pacify is your kind of game, the closest matches are MetaPhysical, ESCAPE Protocol: Online and The Hauntings — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, funny and stressful. 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 →Pacify is a 2019 horror game developed by Shawn Hitchcock where players work as contractors for PAH Inc., capturing supernatural entities across missions with unique stories and multiple endings. Players can tackle each level solo or team up with up to six others online. The gameplay blends entity-capture mechanics with jump-scares and mission-based progression, while prank mechanics add unpredictability. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and funny despite being stressful, noting that humor blends effectively with horror. The 88% positive rating from over 11,000 Steam reviews reflects how multiplayer chaos elevates the experience. Priced at $4.99, the game runs verified on Steam Deck and rewards short, intense play sessions.
About Pacify: An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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MetaPhysical
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pacify.
Top pick for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.
ESCAPE Protocol: Online
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
In this co-op horror game, escape an unknown realm where reality is shattered and dimensions collide. Solve puzzles, avoid deadly entities, and uncover the hidden saboteur.
The Hauntings
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
The Hauntings is a 1-4 player online co-op investigation and exorcism game. Using a wide range of paranormal investigation equipment your group must try and successfully discover the source of the haunting and proceed to remove the threat from the area!
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pacify.
Ranked #4 for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
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.
Carnival Hunt
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pacify.
Carnival Hunt is an asymmetric multiplayer horror game set inside a living, ever-shifting mechanical carnival designed by the Puppetmaster. One player becomes the Carnival Monster, while others play as puppet Bunnies struggling to survive, ascend, and escape the hunt.
Fear Therapy
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Pacify.
Ranked #6 for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Pacify.
Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.
In Silence
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Pacify.
Ranked #7 for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pacify.
In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.
Krampus is Home
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pacify.
Ranked #8 for Pacify fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pacify.
Sebastian is a teenager who is waiting for his parents to come back home on a cold Christmas night. Soon he realizes that there is something evil lurking around. Experience Sebastian 's journey into a surreal world like no other.
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Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pacify.
Reviewers of Pacify cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
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.
Demonologist
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pacify.
Reviewers of Pacify cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Pacify cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Pacify.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pacify at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pacify.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pacify.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Pacify.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pacify.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pacify.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pacify.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pacify on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pacify.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
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 and Casual with Pacify.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pacify.
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 Pacify.
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 Pacify.
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 Pacify.
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 Pacify.
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.).
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pacify.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pacify.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Frequently asked about Pacify
- Is Pacify verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Pacify 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 Pacify cost?
- Pacify is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Pacify have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Pacify supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Pacify?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pacify are MetaPhysical, ESCAPE Protocol: Online, The Hauntings.
- Who developed Pacify?
- Pacify was developed by Shawn Hitchcock and published by Hitchcock Games.
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