Games like The Explorer of Night
If The Explorer of Night is your kind of game, the closest matches are Repressed, Evan's Remains and The Thin Silence — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Explorer of Night: The explorer of night is an minimalist platformer, where you need to help the main character to get out of the forest, inhabited by unfriendly enemies and dangerous traps.
Players who liked The Explorer of Night also play
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Repressed
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Explorer of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Play as a shadow that’s on a journey inside your mind. Find answers to the questions bothering you. Navigate the maze that is your memory, and ease your mind in the process.
Evan's Remains
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Explorer of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.
The Thin Silence
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Explorer of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
The Thin Silence explores depression, self-doubt, struggles, and trials. Amongst the darkness, the game features that sound, that thin silence, which calls to us in our darkest hours.
The Pedestrian
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Explorer of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Explorer of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Explorer of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Monochroma
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Explorer of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Explorer of Night at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Explorer of Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Explorer of Night on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Explorer of Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Explorer of Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Explorer of Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Explorer of Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Explorer of Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Explorer of Night.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Evan's Remains
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.
The Pedestrian
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Explorer of Night.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Frequently asked about The Explorer of Night
- How much does The Explorer of Night cost?
- The Explorer of Night is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Explorer of Night?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Explorer of Night are Repressed, Evan's Remains, The Thin Silence.
- Who developed The Explorer of Night?
- The Explorer of Night was developed by Alexandr Bondarenko.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Explorer of Night.
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