A Wolf in Autumn similar games & best alternatives

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A Wolf in Autumn

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

What works

  • Strong psychological horror atmosphere
  • Compelling narrative and voice acting
  • Unique visual style and sound design
  • Multiple puzzle solutions
  • Low price for a short experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay length
  • No save feature
  • Limited replay value
  • Some frustrating inventory mechanics
  • Lighting can obscure important items

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • [Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件

  • The Inn-Sanity

  • Palmyra Orphanage

  • Psychopomp

  • Morphine

  • Mists of Aiden

More fantastical

Games that feels like A Wolf in Autumn but with more imaginative fiction

  • OH DEMON! Fix my TV

  • The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier

  • Layers of Fear 2 (2019)

  • ColdSide

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • THE ENIGMA MACHINE

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like A Wolf in Autumn but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Infliction

  • Homebody

  • Layers of Fear

  • Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut

  • Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh

  • Amnesia: Rebirth

Less violent

Games that feels like A Wolf in Autumn but with less combat and destruction

  • The Moon Sliver

  • Aporia: Beyond The Valley

  • Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

  • Born Into Fear

  • Silence of the Sleep

  • Luto

Less intimate

Games that feels like A Wolf in Autumn but with less focus on close relationships

  • Fingerbones

  • You Deserve

  • Hollow Cocoon

  • Penumbra Overture

  • Within Skerry

  • From The Darkness

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like A Wolf in Autumn but with less survival pressure

  • Dead Take

  • Home is Where One Starts...

  • Umfend

  • Ether One

  • Rise of Insanity

  • Sagebrush

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A Wolf in Autumn: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Continuation.

Last update: 03/08/2026