5 Stealth games like Schoolboy Runaway that you should try

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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 41 games similar to Schoolboy Runaway down to the 5 that fit the “Stealth” category. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Among the Sleep and Amnesia: The Dark Descent top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Schoolboy Runaway.

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

The best stealth games like Schoolboy Runaway

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Schoolboy Runaway. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.

#1Amnesia: A Machine for PigsClosest overall match

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 70%· 12KIGDB73· 8

Year 2013Dev The Chinese Room · Frictional GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, melee combat and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Schoolboy Runaway.

It predates Schoolboy Runaway by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloStealthDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 89%· 8.2KIGDB66· 11OC66· 42

Year 2014Dev Krillbite StudioOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

It predates Schoolboy Runaway by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloStealthDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 95%· 35KRAWG👍 70%· 1.2KMC85IGDB89· 2

Year 2010Dev Frictional GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, melee combat and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

Carefully constructed horror game relies on positioning, camera work, and shocking content. But Amnesia: The Dark Descent adds psychological elements to it. Players control the young man named Daniel, who wakes up in a seemingly empty castle, alone and with a massive memory loss.

It predates Schoolboy Runaway by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 2.9KRAWG👍 81%· 124MC78IGDB80· 2

Year 2009Dev Frictional GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation

Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition is a survival horror puzzle game developed by Frictional Games. It is a bundle of the second and the third games of the series. ###Plot The game begins with Phillip sending out an e-mail to his friend begging to end the thing he started.

It predates Schoolboy Runaway by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5OutlastClosest on game mode

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloMultiplayerStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 135KRAWG👍 73%· 1.9KMC80IGDB77· 11OC77· 30

Year 2013Dev Red BarrelsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are psychological horror — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

Cinematic gameplay is used to make a stylistic point, and this psychological horror game performs just that. Outlast follows the story of investigative journalist Miles Upshur, that got the lead on the inhuman experiments, performed on the asylum patients.

It predates Schoolboy Runaway by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Epic

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