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We filtered the 46 games similar to Blacksad: Under the Skin down to the 22 that fit the “PlayStation” category. A Plague Tale: Innocence, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series and Batman: The Enemy Within top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Blacksad: Under the Skin.

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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to Blacksad: Under the Skin is A Plague Tale: Innocence — scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series and Batman: The Enemy Within follow close behind.

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The best games like Blacksad: Under the Skin on PlayStation

22 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Blacksad: Under the Skin. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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.

#1A Plague Tale: Innocence
A Plague Tale: Innocence
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkFantasyThird Person
Steam👍 93%· 67KIGDB81· 15OC82· 171
Year 2019Dev Asobo Studio · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, survival mechanics and stealth mechanics, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100Setting33
Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkFantasyThird Person
Steam👍 76%· 11KIGDB75· 52
Year 2014Dev Telltale Games · HBOOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, historical setting and setting medieval, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: progression and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Blacksad: Under the Skin.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100Setting43Progression0
Batman: The Enemy Within
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 92%· 10KIGDB76· 2
Year 2017Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping fantasy world

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 88%· 18KRAWG👍 72%· 432MC79IGDB75· 13
Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping fantasy world

Batman: The Enemy Within, 2017, is an episodic point-and-click graphic adventure video game, a sequel to 2016's Batman: The Telltale Series.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100
#5Twelve Minutes
Twelve Minutes
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationIsometric
Steam👍 73%· 7.9KIGDB79· 8
Year 2021Dev Luis Antonio · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: visual isometric, visual topdown and visual 3d, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Blacksad: Under the Skin.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals0
Life Is Strange
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFantasyExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 96%· 173KIGDB79· 7
Year 2015Dev DON'T NOD · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Tone65Setting64
Return of the Obra Dinn
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkFantasyHardcore
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 strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, punishing difficulty and historical setting, while skipping exploration and discovery

In 1802, the merchant ship "Obra Dinn" set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea.

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone88Setting50Visuals0
The Council
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonHistorical
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 strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, horror tension and historical setting, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100Setting0
#9The Gardens Between
The Gardens Between
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFantasyThird PersonRelaxing
Steam👍 94%· 2.7KIGDB81· 9OC79· 73
Year 2018Dev The Voxel AgentsOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe relaxing, linear, story-driven structure and visual 2d, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: tone and visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals44Tone40
Life is Strange 2
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird Person
Steam👍 87%· 40KRAWG👍 70%· 776MC75
Year 2018Dev DONTNOD Entertainment · Square EnixPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus.

≠ Missing: dark, oppressive atmosphere.

The award winning Life is Strange series continues with a long-awaited sequel from DONTNOD Entertainment. Two brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz, 16 and 9, are forced to run away from home after a tragic incident in Seattle.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone65
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonFirst Person
Steam👍 80%· 3.9KIGDB76· 3
Year 2012Dev Frogwares · AtlusOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: visual first person, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Genre100Game mode100Tone64Visuals62
Gone Home
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 77%· 18KRAWG👍 69%· 887MC86IGDB74· 12OC85· 17
Year 2013Dev The Fullbright Company · Annapurna InteractivePlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · iOS

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with visual first person, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Portland. It's June 7, 1995. After a year of living abroad, the game's main character, 21-year-old girl Katie Greenbriar, finally returns home, waiting for a warm welcome from her family. But somehow, she finds that there is no one in the house! Where is everyone? What happened here?

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Blacksad: Under the Skin.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Tone65Visuals0
Thimbleweed Park
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrative2DPixel Art
Steam👍 93%· 4.2KIGDB83· 13OC83· 101
Year 2017Dev Terrible ToyboxOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d and visual pixel, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Blacksad: Under the Skin: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone65Visuals0
Life is Strange: True Colors
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkFantasyExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 89%· 17KIGDB84· 11OC81· 167
Year 2021Dev Deck Nine · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Progression100Visuals100
Heavy Rain
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationThird Person
Steam👍 86%· 28KIGDB80· 10OC73· 34
Year 2010Dev Quantic DreamOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

It predates Blacksad: Under the Skin by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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