Rake similar games & best alternatives

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Rake

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.

What works

  • Unique horror atmosphere
  • Open world exploration
  • Creative camera and trap mechanics
  • Multiplayer cooperative mode
  • Low price

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor optimization and bugs
  • Limited content and short gameplay
  • Lack of updates and developer support
  • Basic graphics and animations
  • Multiplayer setup is complicated and buggy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Fungiman

  • Golden Light

  • Sir, You Are Being Hunted

  • Paranoia Place: Escape Together

  • Folklore Hunter

  • Vietnam War

Less social

Games that feels like Rake but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Squirrel Stapler

  • Skinwalker Hunt

  • DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA

  • Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders - Bandit's Trail

  • Bear Simulator

  • Hog Hunter 2021

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Rake but with less of an idle filler feel

  • The Forest

  • Vertigo 2

  • Brigand: Oaxaca

  • Prehistoric Hunt

  • ORION: Prelude

  • Thief Simulator 2

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Rake. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Rake. These titles are not in What to play next.

Rake: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Idle.

Last update: 21/08/2026