Unavowed similar games & best alternatives

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Unavowed

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

What works

  • Engaging and well-written story
  • Strong character development and voice acting
  • Multiple origins and companion choices for replayability
  • Logical puzzles with multiple solutions
  • Immersive urban fantasy setting

Things to keep in mind

  • Puzzles generally easy and not very challenging
  • Some minor animation and voice recording inconsistencies
  • Limited impact of some choices on overall story
  • Shorter length compared to some adventure games
  • Lack of text log and some ui quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Winds of Change

  • 六阶谜题 six-step mystery

  • Escape from Ever After

  • Persona 4 Golden

  • Rosewater

  • Pyre

Less social

Games that feels like Unavowed but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Whispers of a Machine

  • Shardlight

  • Old Skies

  • NORCO

  • Burnhouse Lane

  • Lorelai

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Unavowed but with less of a community feel

  • Technobabylon

  • Blackwell Deception

  • Yesterday Origins

  • Thimbleweed Park™

  • Blackwell Convergence

  • The Dark Rites of Arkham

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Unavowed but with less leadership over others

  • Nyakori's Rabbit Doll

  • MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury

  • Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love

  • Backfirewall_

  • OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

  • Blackwell Epiphany

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Blackwell Epiphany

  • Blackwell Deception

  • Blackwell Unbound

  • Blackwell Convergence

  • Shardlight

Similarity map

How to use the graph

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).

Unavowed: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026