Games like Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares
Looking for games like both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.


Best matches for fans of both games
Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.
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Little Nightmares II
Top pick for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Adventure with both games.
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
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Friday the 13th: The Game
Second pick for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action with both games.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
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The Evil Within 2
Third pick for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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REANIMAL
Ranked #4 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Adventure with both games.
The creators of Little Nightmares™ I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before. In this horror adventure game, a brother & sister go through hell to rescue their missing friends and escape the island that they used to call home.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Ranked #5 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Outlast
Ranked #6 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition
Ranked #7 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Adventure with both games.
(Re)-Discover the dark whimsical tale of Little Nightmares, now enhanced in stunning 4K and 60 FPS. Play as Six, a lone child trapped in The Maw, a massive vessel inhabited by monstrous, distorted versions of adults. Sneak, hide, and survive in a world where your childhood fears come to life.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Ranked #8 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Adventure with both games.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Ranked #9 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Alien: Isolation
Ranked #10 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action with both games.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Manhunt
Ranked #11 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action with both games.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
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The Evil Within
Ranked #12 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action with both games.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Ranked #13 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
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Little Nightmares III
Ranked #14 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Adventure with both games.
Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere. In 2 players online cooperation or solo with an A.I., work together to solve puzzles and survive in this nightmarish world.
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White Noise 2
Ranked #16 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
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GTFO
Ranked #17 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action with both games.
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
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ROUTINE
Ranked #18 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Resident Evil Village
Ranked #19 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action with both games.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
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Aliens vs. Predator™
Ranked #20 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action with both games.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Ranked #21 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ranked #22 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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Dead of Darkness
Ranked #23 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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DYSTHANASIA
Ranked #24 for fans of both Dead by Daylight and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.