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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 48 games similar to Hidden Agenda down to the 34 that fit the “Dark” category. Beyond: Two Souls, A Plague Tale: Innocence and Batman: The Enemy Within top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Hidden Agenda.

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The best dark games like Hidden Agenda

34 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Hidden Agenda. Each one has been evaluated across 6 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.

#1Beyond: Two SoulsClosest overall match

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SoloMultiplayerNarrativeDarkThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 40KIGDB66· 15OC71· 36

Year 2013Dev Quantic Dream · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, setting scifi and horror setting

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#2A Plague Tale: Innocence

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonStealth

Steam👍 93%· 67KIGDB81· 15OC82· 171

Year 2019Dev Asobo Studio · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, survival mechanics and puzzle design, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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#3Batman: The Enemy Within

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 92%· 10KIGDB76· 2

Year 2017Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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#4Detroit: Become Human

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonSci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 243KRAWG👍 90%· 3.3KMC79IGDB78· 13OC79· 152

Year 2018Dev Quantic Dream · Sony Computer EntertainmentPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS

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

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and setting cyberpunk, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

In the future world, androids do almost everything that people do - they even start to think and feel. Although no one taught them this. The plot of "Become Human" is built around three characters, each with a separate storyline, but they eventually merge into a single picture.

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#5Life is Strange: True Colors

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonMelee

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, fantasy world and exploration and discovery, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Released 4 years after Hidden Agenda.

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#6Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 88%· 18KRAWG👍 72%· 432MC79IGDB75· 13

Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative 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, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, puzzle design and horror tension, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonHorror

Steam👍 82%· 1.1KIGDB68· 3

Year 2005Dev Microids · Meridian4On PC

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

It predates Hidden Agenda by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#9Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonRanged

Steam👍 76%· 11KIGDB75· 52

Year 2014Dev Telltale Games · HBOOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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#10Blacksad: Under the Skin

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonFantasy

Steam👍 83%· 6.8KIGDB66· 4OC62· 43

Year 2019Dev Ys Interactive · MicroidsOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, fantasy world and exploration and discovery, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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Steam GOG Epic

#11Late Shift

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 9.2KIGDB52· 3OC65· 37

Year 2016Dev CtrlMovie · Wales InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · iOS

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

≠ Missing: multiplayer gameplay.

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird Person

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Year 2005Dev Quantic Dream · Atari, Inc.On PS4 · PC

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

≠ Missing: multiplayer gameplay.

It predates Hidden Agenda by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Judgment

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird Person

IGDB83· 14OC83· 166

Year 2018Dev Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios · Sega GamesOn PS4

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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#14Heavy Rain

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonExploration

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, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

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Steam GOG Epic

#15Until Dawn

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonHorror

IGDB80· 16OC79· 93

Year 2015Dev Supermassive Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: horror setting, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Same studio: Supermassive Games.

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