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4 Stealth games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent that you should try

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We filtered the 43 games similar to Amnesia: The Dark Descent down to the 4 that fit the “Stealth” category. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Among the Sleep and Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror
Tags
DarkNarrativeSolo
Year 2010Dev Frictional Games

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Within the “Stealth” category, the closest game to Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Among the Sleep and Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition follow close behind.

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The best stealth games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Closest overall match
HorrorPsychological Horror
SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExplorationFirst Person
Year 2013Dev The Chinese Room · Frictional GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

The resemblance to Amnesia: The Dark Descent is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus.

Released 3 years after Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

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Among the Sleep

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Among the Sleep
HorrorPsychological Horror
SoloStealthMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Year 2014Dev Krillbite StudioOn PS4 · Linux · PC

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Amnesia: The Dark Descent on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view.

Released 4 years after Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
HorrorPsychological Horror
SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person
Year 2009Dev Frictional GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

What brings it close to Amnesia: The Dark Descent is strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on a first-person view and single-player focus. What it adds of its own: a sci-fi setting.

Same studio: Frictional Games.

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Outlast

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Outlast
HorrorPsychological Horror
SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person
Year 2013Dev Red BarrelsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

It shares the essentials of what Amnesia: The Dark Descent does: strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. Its own ground is multiplayer gameplay.

Released 3 years after Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

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