# Games like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

> The closest matches to Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage: Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Transient: Extended Edition, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008), ASYLUM, and The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder](https://imho.run/games/298930/darkness-within-1-in-pursuit-of-loath-nolder) — Shares fast travel with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 269 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/298930/)
2. [Transient: Extended Edition](https://imho.run/games/962630/transient-extended-edition) — Shares document collection and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 150 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/962630/)
3. [Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)](https://imho.run/games/11140/sherlock-holmes-the-awakened-2008) — Shares first person exploration with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 359 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/11140/)
4. [ASYLUM](https://imho.run/games/230210/asylum) — Shares document collection with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 254 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/230210/)
5. [The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition](https://imho.run/games/402530/the-last-door-season-2-collector-s-edition) — Also Lovecraftian, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 402 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/402530/)
6. [Tokyo Dark](https://imho.run/games/687260/tokyo-dark) — Shares multiple endings with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 581 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/687260/)
7. [Amnesia: The Dark Descent](https://imho.run/games/57300/amnesia-the-dark-descent) — A frequent pick in Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage players' libraries, and another Action. 12,717 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/)
8. [Pathologic 3](https://imho.run/games/3199650/pathologic-3) — Also Detective, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 994 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/)
9. [The Sinking City Remastered](https://imho.run/games/750130/the-sinking-city-remastered) — Also Lovecraftian and Detective, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 1,970 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/750130/)
10. [An English Haunting](https://imho.run/games/2474030/an-english-haunting) — Shares environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 247 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2474030/)
11. [Call of Cthulhu®](https://imho.run/games/399810/call-of-cthulhu) — A frequent pick in Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage players' libraries, and another RPG. 4,768 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/399810/)
12. [Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss](https://imho.run/games/2760560/cthulhu-the-cosmic-abyss) — A frequent pick in Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage players' libraries, and another Adventure. 88 Steam reviews, 52% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2760560/)
13. [Darkwood](https://imho.run/games/274520/darkwood) — Also Lovecraftian, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 9,910 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/)
14. [The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker](https://imho.run/games/545540/the-infectious-madness-of-doctor-dekker) — A frequent pick in Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage players' libraries, and another Indie. 453 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/545540/)
15. [Dead of Darkness](https://imho.run/games/2157210/dead-of-darkness) — Also Lovecraftian, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 103 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2157210/)
16. [Conarium](https://imho.run/games/313780/conarium) — Also Lovecraftian, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 925 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/313780/)
17. [SOMA](https://imho.run/games/282140/soma) — Also Lovecraftian, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 23,563 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/)
18. [Static Dread: The Lighthouse](https://imho.run/games/3298940/static-dread-the-lighthouse) — Shares multiple endings with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 356 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3298940/)
19. [Still Life](https://imho.run/games/46480/still-life) — Shares fast travel with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 437 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46480/)
20. [Dark Fall: The Journal](https://imho.run/games/260690/dark-fall-the-journal) — Same atmospheric mood as Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 184 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/260690/)
21. [The Alien Cube](https://imho.run/games/1099220/the-alien-cube) — Also Lovecraftian, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 298 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1099220/)
22. [True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1](https://imho.run/games/440420/true-fear-forsaken-souls-part-1) — Shares document collection and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 487 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/440420/)
23. [Downfall](https://imho.run/games/364390/downfall) — Same atmospheric mood as Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 636 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/364390/)
24. [Apartament 1406: Horror](https://imho.run/games/2419900/apartament-1406-horror) — Shares first person exploration and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. 170 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2419900/)

## Machine-readable

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## About Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 298950
- **Developer:** Stormling Studios
- **Publisher:** Iceberg Interactive
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Dec 5, 2014
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

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