# Games like The Guest

> The closest matches to The Guest: Homesick, The Room, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Suicide of Rachel Foster, and Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. 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. [Homesick](https://imho.run/games/244910/homesick) — Also Short and Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 717 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/244910/)
2. [The Room](https://imho.run/games/288160/the-room) — Also Escape Room and Short, like The Guest. 14,196 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/288160/)
3. [The Vanishing of Ethan Carter](https://imho.run/games/258520/the-vanishing-of-ethan-carter) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 4,130 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/258520/)
4. [The Suicide of Rachel Foster](https://imho.run/games/1057750/the-suicide-of-rachel-foster) — A frequent pick in The Guest players' libraries, and another Indie. 2,672 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1057750/)
5. [Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?](https://imho.run/games/2658470/is-this-game-trying-to-kill-me) — Also Escape Room, like The Guest. 577 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2658470/)
6. [Decay: The Mare](https://imho.run/games/323720/decay-the-mare) — Also Escape Room, like The Guest. 481 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/323720/)
7. [The Station](https://imho.run/games/565120/the-station) — Also Short and Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 685 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/565120/)
8. [Year Walk](https://imho.run/games/269050/year-walk) — Shares sound based puzzles with The Guest. 916 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/269050/)
9. [Visage](https://imho.run/games/594330/visage) — A frequent pick in The Guest players' libraries, and another Action. 3,985 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/594330/)
10. [Virginia](https://imho.run/games/374030/virginia) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 1,195 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/374030/)
11. [Rise of Insanity](https://imho.run/games/629220/rise-of-insanity) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 330 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/629220/)
12. [Escape Simulator 2](https://imho.run/games/2879840/escape-simulator-2) — Shares environmental interaction with The Guest. 1,694 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2879840/)
13. [ROUTINE](https://imho.run/games/606160/routine) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 4,122 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/606160/)
14. [CLeM](https://imho.run/games/1861440/clem) — Also Escape Room, like The Guest. 110 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1861440/)
15. [We Were Here Together](https://imho.run/games/865360/we-were-here-together) — Shares environmental interaction with The Guest. 4,859 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/865360/)
16. [INFRA](https://imho.run/games/251110/infra) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 2,463 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/251110/)
17. [What Remains of Edith Finch](https://imho.run/games/501300/what-remains-of-edith-finch) — Also Short and Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 17,663 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/)
18. [Gray Dawn](https://imho.run/games/747360/gray-dawn) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 427 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/747360/)
19. [Silver Chains](https://imho.run/games/975470/silver-chains) — Same atmospheric mood as The Guest. 220 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/975470/)
20. [Dead Take](https://imho.run/games/3352690/dead-take) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 556 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/)
21. [Amnesia: The Dark Descent](https://imho.run/games/57300/amnesia-the-dark-descent) — Same atmospheric mood as The Guest. 12,717 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/)
22. [The Beast Inside](https://imho.run/games/792300/the-beast-inside) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 2,333 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/792300/)
23. [The Survey](https://imho.run/games/547910/the-survey) — Also Walking Simulator, like The Guest. 399 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/547910/)
24. [The Spectrum Retreat](https://imho.run/games/763250/the-spectrum-retreat) — A frequent pick in The Guest players' libraries, and another Strategy. 159 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/763250/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=402040&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=402040&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=402040&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=402040
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/402040
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About The Guest

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 402040
- **Developer:** Team Gotham
- **Publisher:** 505 Games
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Mar 10, 2016
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 68
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/402040/the-guest)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=402040&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/402040/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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