Games like Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
If you like Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (narrative, action and psychological), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
- In common: story
When you're in the mood for a linear, moving story over a few evenings: it lasts between 10 and 15 hours, across 17 chapters.
God of War
- In common: story
- Difference: more progression
When you have a free afternoon and energy: the mix of story and combat works best in long sessions.
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
- In common: story
- Difference: more progression
When you want an action adventure with movie pacing, in chapters of one or two hours.
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
- In common: story
- Difference: more progression
When you're in the mood for a spectacular action adventure of around 15 hours, with areas you explore at your own pace.
Little Nightmares
- Difference: less story
When you want an unsettling experience you can finish in one or two sessions.
INSIDE
- In common: story
When you have a free afternoon and want a short, polished work you can play in one sitting.
SOMA
- In common: story
- Difference: less action
When you want an unsettling sci-fi story that makes you think, in sessions of one or two hours.
Alice: Madness Returns
- In common: story
- Difference: more progression
When you want a sinister platformer to dip into now and then: it shines more in short bursts than in marathons.
BioShock™
- In common: story
- Difference: more creative
When you want a story-driven campaign with an unsettling atmosphere and fights you can approach in many different ways.
In Sound Mind
- In common: story
When you fancy psychological horror in chapters: each tape lasts a couple of hours and has its own boss.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Senua, a Pictish warrior, travels to Helheim to rescue the soul of her dead lover. You switch between melee fights and puzzles where you focus on runes and doors, with no HUD or tutorials, while binaurally recorded voices guide you.
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