True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 similar games & best alternatives

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.

What works

  • Intriguing and well-paced story
  • Atmospheric and creepy sound design
  • Varied and logical puzzles
  • Cinematic cutscenes
  • Option to toggle hidden object scenes

Things to keep in mind

  • Story ends on a cliffhanger
  • Some interface and achievement bugs
  • Limited character animation and expression
  • Linear gameplay with some illogical item placements
  • Short overall playtime

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall

  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

  • True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3

  • ASYLUM

  • Dark Fall: The Journal

  • New York Mysteries: High Voltage Collector's Edition

More survival-focused

Games that feels like True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Black Mirror I

  • True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2

  • In Sound Mind

  • Layers of Fear

  • Black Mirror II

  • Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala

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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.
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  • 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).

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Violence.

Last update: 04/08/2026