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We filtered the 48 games similar to The Council down to the 7 that fit the “Horror” category. A Plague Tale: Innocence, Still Life and Return of the Obra Dinn top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Council.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure
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Year 2018Dev Big Bad Wolf
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Within the “Horror” category, the closest game to The Council is A Plague Tale: Innocence — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Still Life and Return of the Obra Dinn follow close behind.

#1A Plague Tale: Innocence95#2Still Life95#3Return of the Obra Dinn94#4What Remains of Edith Finch94#5Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers94
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The best horror games like The Council

7 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Council. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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
95
iRank87
A Plague Tale: Innocence
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHistoricalHorrorThird Person
Steam👍 93%· 67KIGDB81· 15OC82· 171
Year 2019Dev Asobo Studio · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

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SteamGOGEpic
#2Still Life
95
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: deep RPG systems.

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SteamGOG
#3Return of the Obra Dinn
94
iRank91
Return of the Obra Dinn
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHistoricalHorror
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, fantasy world and visual first person, while skipping deep RPG systems

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SteamGOGXbox
#4What Remains of Edith Finch
94
iRank92
What Remains of Edith Finch
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorRanged
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 horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling, ranged combat and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep RPG systems

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SteamGOGEpic
#5Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
94
iRank89
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorThird 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 fantasy world and visual pixel, while skipping deep RPG systems

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SteamGOG
#6Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
93
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 deep RPG systems

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Steam
#7Somerville
93
iRank69
Somerville
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person
Steam👍 70%· 1.8KIGDB68· 6OC69· 76
Year 2022Dev JumpshipOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, setting scifi and visual 2d, while skipping deep RPG systems

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SteamEpicPS

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