Beyond Hanwell similar games & best alternatives

Beyond Hanwell

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.

What works

  • Immersive open world exploration
  • Atmospheric horror and sound design
  • Varied locations and puzzles
  • Engaging combat and boss fights
  • Responsive developer and frequent updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and performance issues
  • Clunky combat mechanics
  • Empty open world areas
  • Limited enemy variety
  • Inventory and ui could be improved

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Them and Us

  • Fear The Timeloop

  • Eternal Evil

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • The Evil Within 2

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

Less expressive

Games that feels like Beyond Hanwell but with less self-expression and customization

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • The Beast Inside

  • Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人

  • Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Beyond Hanwell: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026