Games like Where the forest ends
Games like Where the forest ends include Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, and Outlast 2. We matched them by the tags players give Where the forest ends on Steam (Gore, Violent, Action, Dark, and Shooter): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Resident Evil 2
Shared: Gore · Zombies · Action

Resident Evil 4
Shared: Action · Horror · Survival Horror

Resident Evil Village
Shared: Action · Gore · Horror

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Shared: Gore · Horror · Survival Horror

Outlast 2
Shared: Gore · Horror · Dark

Outlast
Shared: Gore · Horror · Survival Horror

Left 4 Dead 2
Shared: Zombies · Shooter · Action

DOOM Eternal
Shared: Gore · Action · Violent

Resident Evil Requiem
Shared: Action · Zombies · Survival Horror

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Shared: Gore · Action · Zombies

Resident Evil 3
Shared: Action · Zombies · Horror

Manhunt
Shared: Gore · Violent · Action

Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Shared: Action · Zombies · Survival Horror

Back 4 Blood
Shared: Gore · Zombies · Shooter

Dead Space
Shared: Gore · Horror · Survival Horror

Trepang2
Shared: Gore · Shooter · Violent

The Evil Within 2
Shared: Gore · Action · Horror

Ready or Not
Shared: Shooter · Action · Violent

The Darkness II
Shared: Gore · Action · Dark

Dead by Daylight
Shared: Gore · Horror · Violent

Daymare: 1998
Shared: Action · Gore · Zombies

My Friend Pedro
Shared: Action · Gore · Shooter

Killing Floor 2
Shared: Gore · Zombies · Shooter

The Evil Within
Shared: Gore · Action · Horror