iRankGames
Portrait of a Torn

31 Dark games like Portrait of a Torn that you should try

Games like Portrait of a Torn · Find similar →

More about this game →
Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 47 games similar to Portrait of a Torn down to the 31 that fit the “Dark” category. What Remains of Edith Finch, Batman: The Enemy Within and Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Portrait of a Torn.

iRank75/ 100

Did you find what you were looking for?

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure
Tags
NarrativeDarkSolo
Year 2024Dev Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories

Quick answer

Within the “Dark” category, the closest game to Portrait of a Torn is What Remains of Edith Finch — scoring 84/100 on our similarity scale. Batman: The Enemy Within and Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series follow close behind.

🗳️

Help us build the best rankings

Community powered

Vote on each result below — good match or not. Every vote directly shapes how we rank similar games for everyone.

The best dark games like Portrait of a Torn

31 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Portrait of a Torn. 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.

#1What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 96%· 51KIGDB87· 21OC88· 121
Year 2017Dev Giant Sparrow · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and visual novel storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, ranged combat and horror setting

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals100
Batman: The Enemy Within
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkMeleeThird Person
Steam👍 92%· 10KIGDB76· 2
Year 2017Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and visual novel storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkMeleeThird Person
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 visual novel storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

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

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

It predates Portrait of a Torn by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0
Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 99%· 599
Dev Cosmo D · Cosmo D StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: horror tension and horror setting, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 is set in the same universe as both The Norwood Suite and Off-Peak, Cosmo D’s previous games. It’s a hazy Sunday morning on the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals100
The Stanley Parable
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 92%· 45KRAWG👍 89%· 2.0KMC88
Year 2013Dev Galactic CafePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

≠ Missing: visual novel storytelling.

The Stanley Parable is a first-person interactive story game. Being initially released in 2011 as a modification for Half-Live 2, it was entirely remade in 2013, featuring updated graphics and more content.

It predates Portrait of a Torn by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals100
The Case of the Golden Idol
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationHistorical
Steam👍 98%· 10KRAWG👍 82%· 92IGDB89· 3OC88· 32
Year 2022Dev Color Gray Games · PlayStackPlaytime ~6hOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, visual 2d and visual pixel, while skipping visual novel storytelling

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals0
Maniac Mansion
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationHorror
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 horror setting, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

It predates Portrait of a Torn by 37 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals0
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 visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Portrait of a Torn.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals0
Blacksad: Under the Skin
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationFantasy
Steam👍 83%· 6.8KIGDB66· 4OC62· 43
Year 2019Dev Ys Interactive · MicroidsOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world and visual third person, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Visuals0
Return of the Obra Dinn
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkFirst PersonHardcore
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 visual novel storytelling

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.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone87
Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationCasual
Steam👍 93%· 246RAWG👍 84%· 32MC85
Year 2003Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~5hOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, horror setting and visual 2d, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

It predates Portrait of a Torn by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Tone89Visuals0
A Space for the Unbound
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationMelee
Steam👍 97%· 7.5KRAWG👍 84%· 36MC85OC85· 58
Year 2023Dev Mojiken · Toge ProductionsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Nintendo

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

≠ Stands apart with vibe relaxing, melee combat and setting anime, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Check out the free prologue chapter here!https://store.steampowered.

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Tone75Visuals0
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorFantasy
Steam👍 89%· 192
Year 1993Dev Sierra On-LineOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, horror setting and fantasy world, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

It predates Portrait of a Torn by 31 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0
A Plague Tale: Innocence
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkStealthMelee
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 visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0
The Council
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHistoricalHorror
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 visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Portrait of a Torn: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0

Complete list of dark games like Portrait of a Torn

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Portrait of a Torn, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Explore games similar to Portrait of a Torn by category

Rankings in the same genre