5 RPG games like Year Walk 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 43 games similar to Year Walk down to the 5 that fit the “RPG” category. Detention, Dredge and Tales of the Black Forest top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Year Walk.

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

The best rPG games like Year Walk

5 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Year Walk. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

#1DetentionClosest overall match

iRank87

GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

Steam👍 96%· 12KIGDB76· 3OC81· 33

Year 2017Dev Red Candle Games · Coconut Island GamesOn PS4 · Linux · Android

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

≠ Stands apart with visual novel storytelling, exploration and discovery and visual 2d, while skipping setting mythology

Where it drifts furthest from Year Walk: visuals.

Released 4 years after Year Walk.

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Steam PS Nintendo

#2Dredge

iRank90

GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorOpen World

Steam👍 96%· 54KIGDB86· 5OC82· 102

Year 2023Dev Black Salt Games · Team17On Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are psychological horror — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Year Walk: visuals.

Released 10 years after Year Walk.

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Steam GOG Epic

#3Tales of the Black Forest

iRank98

GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorAnime

Steam👍 98%· 15K

Dev 拾英工作室 · SakuraGamePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Both are psychological horror — sharing horror tension, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, setting anime and visual pixel, while skipping survival mechanics

Trapped by unknown force, high school student Kihara Kashin was trapped in Kuromori Chou. She accidentally ran into Kiritani Yuki when she was finding a way out. She also found out that to get out of Kuromori Chou, she had to travel to the past. And so, the adventure begins.

Where it drifts furthest from Year Walk: visuals.

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Steam

#4Call of CthulhuClosest on visuals

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