The Medium similar games & best alternatives

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The Medium

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an abandoned communist resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its deeply disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.

What works

  • Unique dual-world split-screen mechanic
  • Engaging psychological horror story
  • Strong atmosphere and sound design
  • Beautiful and detailed environments
  • Accessible puzzles and gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Fixed camera angles can be frustrating
  • Performance issues and stuttering reported
  • Short game length with limited replay value
  • Some puzzles and stealth sections can be repetitive
  • Lack of player control over camera and limited gameplay depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Amnesia: Rebirth

  • >observer_

  • Through the Woods

  • OH DEMON! Fix my TV

  • GET EVEN

  • The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

Less intimate

Games that feels like The Medium but with less focus on close relationships

  • ColdSide

  • The Beast Inside

  • Lethe - Episode One

  • One-Eyed Likho

  • The 7th Guest VR

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

More violent

Games that feels like The Medium but with more combat and destruction

  • Until Dawn™

  • Resident Evil

  • A.I.L.A

  • Alone in the Dark

  • Hollowbody

  • The Inn-Sanity

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Layers of Fear

  • Blair Witch

  • DARQ: Complete Edition

  • Observer: System Redux

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with The Medium. 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 The Medium. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Medium: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026