What is the best game similar to Tormenture?

The closest game to Tormenture is Soma, scoring 83/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Tormenture?

The three closest games to Tormenture are: 1. Soma (83/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Bendy and the Ink Machine (84/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. Erica (85/100, 9 shared attributes). All share Tormenture's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 14 dimensions.

Is Bendy and the Ink Machine similar to Tormenture?

Yes, very much so — Bendy and the Ink Machine scores 84/100 similarity to Tormenture. They share 9 attributes, including horror tension and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Horror games are similar to Tormenture?

The best Horror games similar to Tormenture are Soma, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Erica and Amnesia: Rebirth. All share the Horror genre alongside other key Tormenture attributes like horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design.

How is similarity to Tormenture calculated?

We compare Tormenture against every game in our catalog using 14 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Tormenture experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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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.

If Tormenture left you wanting more, this list of 47 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 14 attributes. Soma comes closest (83/100).

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Tormenture. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.

#1SomaClosest on genre

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExplorationFirst Person

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, stealth mechanics and setting scifi, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

It predates Tormenture by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Bendy and the Ink MachineClosest on combat

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 89%· 35KIGDB87· 2OC69· 25

Year 2017Dev TheMeatly Games, Ltd. · Rooster Teeth GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

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#3EricaClosest overall match

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 78%· 1.7KIGDB72· 4OC71· 47

Year 2019Dev FlavourWorks · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · iOS

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

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tormenture.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExplorationFirst Person

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, stealth mechanics and fantasy world, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tormenture.

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#5The Walking Dead: The Final Season

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 95%· 21KIGDB71· 5OC78· 30

Year 2018Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 79%· 4.6KIGDB75· 4

Year 2024Dev Pieces Interactive · THQ NordicOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tormenture.

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#7The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 83%· 18KIGDB75· 13

Year 2016Dev Telltale Games · Skybound GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

It predates Tormenture by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Setting65Visuals0

GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

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 stealth mechanics, while skipping exploration and discovery

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 Tormenture: visuals and combat.

It predates Tormenture by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9The Walking Dead: Michonne

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 81%· 8.1KIGDB68· 4

Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

It predates Tormenture by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Setting72Visuals0

GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloNarrativeHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 93%· 5.9KRAWG👍 92%· 22OC79· 29

Year 2023Dev Team17 DigitalPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS

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

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

The year is 1987, and as the clock strikes midnight in small-town Gallows Creek, USA, former big city radio DJ Forrest Nash is live on air in what will turn out to be the graveyard shift of a lifetime...

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

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#11Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 3.9K

Year 2017Dev Albino Moose Games · Screenwave MediaPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS

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

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping puzzle design

Spooky and her mansion of creepy cuties are back in Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation! Can you survive 1000 rooms of adorable terror?

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

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#12We Were Here Together

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 82%· 17KIGDB70· 1OC67· 10

Year 2019Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · PC · PS5

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

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, linear, story-driven structure and co op, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: game mode and visuals.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Progression100Tone76Visuals28

GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 79%· 11KIGDB90· 1

Year 2018Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, linear, story-driven structure and co op, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: game mode and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tormenture.

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#14Lucius

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

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 stealth mechanics, combat magic and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals and combat.

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

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#15Vital Shell

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 94%· 1.4K

Year 2023Dev CC Arts · CC ARTSPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, survival mechanics and procedural generation, while skipping puzzle design

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island in the middle of nowhere. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. They said the facility had been abandoned for decades, but once in place it was immediately apparent that something was wrong.

Where it drifts furthest from Tormenture: visuals.

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Horror · Adventure

Half-Life: Alyx

Horror · Adventure

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Horror · Adventure

Alan Wake

Horror · Adventure

Buckshot Roulette

Horror · Simulation

Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition

Horror · Simulation

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Horror · Adventure

Still Wakes the Deep

Horror · Adventure

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1

Horror · Puzzle

Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Horror · Adventure

Tea Party Simulator 2015

Horror · Simulation

Autumn Dream

Horror · Adventure

ObsCure: The Aftermath

Horror · Adventure

Larva Mortus

Horror · Action RPG

Escape Dead Island

Horror · Adventure

Resident Evil 6

Horror · Shooter

Resident Evil 5

Horror · Adventure

Penko Park

Horror · Adventure

Manhunt

Horror · Shooter

R.E.P.O.

Horror · Survival

Poppy Playtime

Horror · Adventure

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Horror · Shooter

City Car Driving

Horror · Simulation

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Horror · Adventure

Cookie Clicker

Horror · Simulation

Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Horror · Simulation

Detention

Horror · Adventure

The Medium

Horror · Adventure

Dredge

Horror · Adventure

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Horror · Adventure

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Horror · Adventure

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Tormenture?: The closest game to Tormenture is Soma, scoring 83/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Tormenture?: The three closest games to Tormenture are: 1. Soma (83/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Bendy and the Ink Machine (84/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. Erica (85/100, 9 shared attributes). All share Tormenture's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 14 dimensions.
Is Bendy and the Ink Machine similar to Tormenture?: Yes, very much so — Bendy and the Ink Machine scores 84/100 similarity to Tormenture. They share 9 attributes, including horror tension and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Horror games are similar to Tormenture?: The best Horror games similar to Tormenture are Soma, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Erica and Amnesia: Rebirth. All share the Horror genre alongside other key Tormenture attributes like horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design.
How is similarity to Tormenture calculated?: We compare Tormenture against every game in our catalog using 14 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Tormenture experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.