Games like Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares
Looking for games like both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares share Adventure roots, making the overlapping player base a strong signal for what to play next. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Don't Starve Together 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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The Forest
Top pick for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Don't Starve
Second pick for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Indie and Adventure with both games.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
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Little Nightmares II
Third pick for fans of both Don't Starve Together 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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Rust
Ranked #5 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
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No Man's Sky
Ranked #6 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Project Zomboid
Ranked #7 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition
Ranked #8 for fans of both Don't Starve Together 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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Starbound
Ranked #9 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Black The Fall
Ranked #10 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?
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INSIDE
Ranked #11 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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REANIMAL
Ranked #12 for fans of both Don't Starve Together 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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Satisfactory
Ranked #13 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Subnautica
Ranked #14 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Indie and Adventure with both games.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Dying Light
Ranked #15 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Darkwood
Ranked #16 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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The Evil Within 2
Ranked #17 for fans of both Don't Starve Together 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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MISERY
Ranked #19 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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Alien: Isolation
Ranked #20 for fans of both Don't Starve Together 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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Whisper of the Swallows
Ranked #21 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Outlast
Ranked #22 for fans of both Don't Starve Together 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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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Ranked #23 for fans of both Don't Starve Together 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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How to Survive
Ranked #24 for fans of both Don't Starve Together and Little Nightmares. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?