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We filtered the 49 games similar to The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood down to the 37 that fit the “Melee” category. Amnesia: Rebirth, Soma and Penumbra Overture top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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The best melee games like The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood. 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: RebirthClosest overall match

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Steam👍 77%· 9.2KIGDB82· 9OC78· 92

Year 2020Dev Frictional GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, fantasy world and visual first person, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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#2Soma

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

Steam👍 96%· 51KIGDB81· 15OC83· 94

Year 2015Dev Frictional GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Penumbra OvertureClosest on setting

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SoloStealthMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 91%· 4.1KRAWG👍 74%· 237MC73IGDB74· 4

Year 2007Dev Frictional GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics and visual first person, while skipping ranged combat

Penumbra Overture is a survival horror game developed by Frictional Games. In the year 2001, after his mother's death, Phillip receives a message from his father who left the family and was supposedly dead. The letter leads Phillip to Greenland where he finds a mine his father wrote about.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Lucius

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Steam👍 81%· 11KIGDB45· 1

Year 2012Dev Shiver Games · Lace Mamba GlobalOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with combat magic and visual third person, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloStealthMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorExploration

Steam👍 62%· 1.7KRAWG👍 24%· 58MC52IGDB35· 5OC44· 20

Year 2014Dev Deep SilverPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, survival mechanics and action RPG combat, while skipping puzzle design

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery game set on the enigmatic island of Narapela after the events of the zombie outbreak of the original Dead Island. The story lets players unravel the origins of the zombie virus through the eyes of the would-be documentary journalist Cliff Calo.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 90%· 57KRAWG👍 84%· 2.3KMC83IGDB83· 7

Year 2010Dev Remedy Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

Titular best-selling psychological thriller author was going through a writer’s block, but when he tries to take a small vacation, it seems that he is attacked and has to fight off the “darkness” that possess people and animals alike.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Still Wakes the Deep

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 88%· 12KIGDB82· 3OC76· 83

Year 2024Dev The Chinese Room · Secret ModeOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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#8Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours

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SoloRangedMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 98%· 104KRAWG👍 87%· 507MC93

Year 2020Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~5hOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

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Steam👍 98%· 104KRAWG👍 87%· 507MC93OC93· 78

Year 2020Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

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#10Alan Wake's American Nightmare

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SoloMeleeRangedNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 74%· 10KRAWG👍 58%· 828MC73IGDB79· 7

Year 2012Dev Remedy Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, shooter and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a third-person shooter game, a follow-up to 2010 Remedy Entertainment title Alan Wake. However, it is not a full-fledged sequel to the game but rather a spin-off.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Larva MortusClosest on visuals

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Steam👍 76%· 750RAWG👍 0%· 21MC64IGDB70· 1

Year 2008Dev Meridian4Playtime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, deep RPG systems and roguelike runs, while skipping puzzle design

At the end of 19th Century, dark forces shade the world once again. A brave agent, experienced in exorcism and combat, comes to face the oncoming evil, and fight loathsome supernatural monsters and horrific spawns of black magic.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: progression and tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 95%· 118KRAWG👍 86%· 108OC83· 13

Year 2024Dev Mike Klubnika · CRITICAL REFLEXPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Linux

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, roguelike runs and procedural generation, while skipping adventure storytelling

BUCKSHOT ROULETTE is a tabletop horror game that attempts to re-design the infamous game of Russian Roulette, replacing the traditional revolver with a proper 12-gauge pump-action shotgun.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and game mode.

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#13Resident Evil 6

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SoloMeleeStealthDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 78%· 67KIGDB64· 12OC62· 37

Year 2012Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: progression and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Manhunt

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Steam👍 71%· 9.0KRAWG👍 79%· 352MC75IGDB72· 2

Year 2003Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

Manhunt is a third-person stealth-action game developed by Rockstar Games. The game caused a lot of controversy for its violent scenes. ###Plot A death sentenced convict James awakens in Carcer City after his supposed execution by lethal injection.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 87%· 63KRAWG👍 75%· 1.6KMC86IGDB78· 15OC72· 22

Year 2009Dev CapcomPlaytime ~11hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

Resident Evil 5 (also known as Biohazard 5 in Japan) is the third-person shooter with elements of a survivor-horror game. This is the fifth main installment in Capcom’s acclaimed franchise Resident Evil.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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