Games like once in hell
Games like once in hell include MiSide, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, Portal 2, and Layers of Fear (2016). We matched them by the tags players give once in hell on Steam (Adventure, Psychological Horror, Arcade, Story Rich, and Hidden Object): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

MiSide
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · First-Person

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · First-Person

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · First-Person

Portal 2
Shared: Singleplayer · Story Rich · First-Person

Layers of Fear (2016)
Shared: Psychological Horror · Adventure · First-Person

Little Nightmares II
Shared: Adventure · Psychological Horror · Singleplayer

Red Dead Redemption 2
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Singleplayer

The Beast Inside
Shared: Adventure · First-Person · Psychological Horror

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Singleplayer

SOMA
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · First-Person

BioShock Infinite
Shared: First-Person · Adventure · Story Rich

Fran Bow
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Adventure

Dark Deception
Shared: Psychological Horror · First-Person · Singleplayer

Fallout 4
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Story Rich

Superliminal
Shared: First-Person · Story Rich · Singleplayer

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Adventure

Sultan's Game
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Singleplayer

Outlast
Shared: Psychological Horror · First-Person · Adventure

Outcore: Desktop Adventure
Shared: Psychological Horror · Adventure · Story Rich

Outlast 2
Shared: Psychological Horror · First-Person · Singleplayer

Still Wakes the Deep
Shared: Psychological Horror · First-Person · Story Rich

Half-Life 2
Shared: Story Rich · Adventure · Singleplayer

Fallout: New Vegas
Shared: Story Rich · Singleplayer · Adventure

Poppy Playtime
Shared: Singleplayer · Psychological Horror · First-Person