The Witch's House MV similar games & best alternatives

The Witch's House MV - Trailer
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The Witch's House MV

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

What works

  • Strong horror atmosphere and story
  • Challenging and creative puzzles
  • Multiple endings and replay value
  • Improved graphics and sound in remaster
  • Extra mode adds difficulty and new content

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Controls can feel clunky
  • Some puzzles and chase sequences can be frustrating
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Price considered high by some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Aooni

  • Clock Tower: Rewind

  • Evil Tonight

  • The Long Reach

  • You Will Die Here Tonight

  • Misao - 2024 HD Remaster

More value-seeking

Games that feels like The Witch's House MV but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Fausts Alptraum

  • Hellevator

  • Mr. Hopp's Playhouse

  • Close Your Eyes [Old Version]

  • Mad Father

  • Camp Sunshine

Less violent

Games that feels like The Witch's House MV but with less combat and destruction

  • Deep Sleep Trilogy

  • Chronoquartz

  • Stray Cat Crossing

  • Teslagrad

  • Viviette

  • Coffin of Ashes

More intimate

Games that feels like The Witch's House MV but with more focus on close relationships

  • Angels of Death

  • Paper Lily - Chapter 1

  • Tales of the Black Forest

  • Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum

  • The Boogie Man

  • The Crooked Man

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).

The Witch's House MV: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026