10 games similar to Outlast, a Indie, Adventure game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Outlast.
01Shares AdventureIndieBoth games trap you in isolated facilities where stealth and evasion replace combat, forcing you to navigate darkness and uncover mysteries through exploration. Outlast's asylum and Soma's underwater station share a focus on atmospheric horror grounded in scientific transgression rather than supernatural terror. Each uses first-person perspective and audio logs to build dread while you piece together what went wrong in these abandoned research spaces.
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02Shares AdventureBoth games blend horror with mystery investigation, requiring you to uncover dark secrets while navigating hostile environments. Outlast traps you in an asylum as a journalist documenting a cult's horrors, while Murdered casts you as a detective solving your own murder in a supernatural Salem. Each uses stealth and exploration to advance the story, grounding their horror in human corruption and institutional darkness rather than pure monster scares.
03Shares AdventureIndieBoth games immerse you in first-person mystery investigations set in isolated, atmospheric locations where darkness and corpses hint at terrible secrets. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter shares Outlast's focus on uncovering hidden truths through exploration, though it emphasizes supernatural detective work over survival. Ambient soundscapes and contextual storytelling create similar dread in each, drawing you deeper into their respective horrors.
Games like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter →
04Shares AdventureBoth Dying Light and Outlast trap you in first-person horror environments where survival depends on stealth and evasion rather than combat. Each game uses ambient sound and darkness to build dread, forcing you to navigate dangerous spaces on foot while avoiding threats. Dying Light expands Outlast's formula with parkour climbing and an open world, but shares that same sense of vulnerability and the need to scavenge resources to stay alive.
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05Shares AdventureIndieBoth games trap you in first-person horror where stealth and hiding are your only survival tools against relentless threats. Like Outlast's Mount Massive Asylum, A Machine for Pigs confines you to a nightmarish location—a Victorian mansion—where darkness and jump scares create constant dread. Each game uses auto-saving to checkpoint your escape attempts, and both rely on environmental storytelling and corpses to build their sense of human horror rather than supernatural monsters.
06Shares AdventureBoth Outlast and Dishonored are first-person stealth games where darkness and hiding become your tools for survival. Outlast strips away combat to force you into evasion; Dishonored gives you supernatural abilities and weapons but rewards stealth and avoidance. Each game builds tension through exploration of hostile spaces filled with corpses and violence, where your choices determine whether you escape or perish.
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07Both games put you in first-person survival situations where stealth and aggressive door-opening are core tactics for progressing through hostile territory. Enemy Front shares Outlast's reliance on ambient music to build tension, auto-saving to checkpoint your escape attempts, and encounters with corpses that underscore the stakes. Where Outlast traps you in an asylum, Enemy Front places you behind Nazi lines with similar pressure to move carefully or face death.
08Shares AdventureBoth games trap you in a hostile facility where stealth and survival matter more than combat. Outlast confines you to Mount Massive Asylum hunted by its inmates; Prey locks you aboard Talos I stalked by aliens. Each uses darkness, corpses, and extreme violence to build dread, and both rely on auto-saving to let you recover from deadly encounters. The first-person perspective keeps the horror intimate in both.
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09Shares AdventureIndieInside shares Outlast's first-person horror atmosphere of darkness and death, though told from a side-view perspective. Both games strip away UI elements and rely on environmental storytelling and audio cues to build dread. They emphasize stealth and evasion over combat, forcing you through hostile environments where extreme violence and corpses underscore the danger. Each game's auto-saving structure lets you progress through escalating nightmare scenarios.
Games like Inside →
10Shares AdventureBoth games lock you into first-person stealth and action within oppressive institutional settings, though Wolfenstein trades the asylum's darkness for Nazi-occupied facilities. Each emphasizes survival through careful movement and tactical positioning rather than direct confrontation. The bloody, corpse-filled environments and scripted encounters create similar tension, while both run at 60 fps on consoles to keep the action fluid during high-stress moments.
Games like Wolfenstein: The New Order →
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10 games similar to Outlast: Soma, Murdered: Soul Suspect, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Dying Light, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Dishonored, Enemy Front, Prey.
Most of these games share Stealth, Action, Adventure, Horror and Indie with Outlast, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Outlast.