The Guest similar games & best alternatives

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The Guest

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

What works

  • Engaging and challenging puzzles
  • Immersive and atmospheric environment
  • Well-designed audiovisuals
  • Intriguing mystery story
  • Good value on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Low replayability
  • Some puzzles can be frustrating or obtuse
  • Lack of hint system
  • Clunky controls and brightness issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Red Matter

  • Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage

  • Decay: The Mare

  • Alchemy Mysteries: Prague Legends

  • The Room 4: Old Sins

  • The Room Three

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like The Guest but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Three

  • Slender Threads: Prologue

  • In Sound Mind

  • Aurora Hills: Chapter 1

  • Slender Threads

  • Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

More survival-focused

Games that feels like The Guest but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Penumbra Overture

  • Out of Sight

  • From The Darkness

  • Blameless

  • Infliction

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

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The Guest: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Violence, Continuation.

Last update: 21/08/2026