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We filtered the 43 games similar to A Plague Tale: Innocence down to the 7 that fit the “Horror” category. Return of the Obra Dinn, The Council and Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to A Plague Tale: Innocence.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure
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NarrativeDarkSolo
Year 2019Dev Asobo Studio
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Within the “Horror” category, the closest game to A Plague Tale: Innocence is Return of the Obra Dinn — scoring 94/100 on our similarity scale. The Council and Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers follow close behind.

#1Return of the Obra Dinn94#2The Council95#3Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers94#4Maniac Mansion93#5Still Life93
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The best games with a horror setting like A Plague Tale: Innocence

7 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to A Plague Tale: Innocence. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Return of the Obra Dinn
94
iRank91
Return of the Obra Dinn
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHistoricalFantasyHorror
Steam👍 97%· 34KRAWG👍 85%· 759MC88IGDB95· 7OC89· 56
Year 2018Dev Lucas Pope · 3909Playtime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty and visual first person, while skipping survival mechanics

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SteamGOGXbox
#2The Council
95
iRank79
The Council
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHistoricalHorrorThird Person
Steam👍 84%· 5.6KIGDB70· 5
Year 2018Dev Big Bad Wolf · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, while skipping survival mechanics

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SteamGOGPS
#3Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
94
iRank89
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorFantasyThird Person
Steam👍 89%· 192
Year 1993Dev Sierra On-LineOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with visual pixel, while skipping survival mechanics

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SteamGOG
#4Maniac Mansion
93
iRank89
Maniac Mansion
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorFantasy
Steam👍 88%· 221IGDB90· 1
Year 1987Dev Lucasfilm GamesOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, exploration and discovery and visual 2d, while skipping horror tension

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SteamGOG
#5Still Life
93
iRank77
Still Life
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person
Steam👍 82%· 1.1KIGDB68· 3
Year 2005Dev Microids · Meridian4On PC

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and horror tension.

≠ Missing: survival mechanics.

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SteamGOG
#6Until Dawn
93
iRank79
Until Dawn
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person
IGDB80· 16OC79· 93
Year 2015Dev Supermassive Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

≠ Missing: horror tension.

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PS
#7Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
92
iRank99
Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration
Steam👍 99%· 599
Dev Cosmo D · Cosmo D StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping survival mechanics

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Steam

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