Games like My Light In The Dark
If My Light In The Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are 羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying, Lydia and The Excavation of Hob's Barrow — 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 My Light In The Dark: My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

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Steam players who put hours into My Light In The Dark also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying
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Top pick for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
This is a horror puzzle RPG first released in 2016. Players control Qiu Xiaoqi as she explores a mysterious room filled with puzzles alongside a white-haired youth. They unravel mechanisms to uncover the truth behind her loss of consciousness. Will the wish be fulfilled? The story is yours to shape!
Lydia
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Asleep: Act 1
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Ranked #4 for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
The Witch's House MV
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Ranked #5 for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
The Cat Lady
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Ranked #6 for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
A Bird Story
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Ranked #7 for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.
Year Walk
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Ranked #8 for My Light In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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For Evelyn
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Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind My Light In The Dark. Shares Adventure and RPG with My Light In The Dark.
An intriguing tale of love, betrayal, and the ultimate sacrifice, combining point & click with classic adventure and RPG mechanics. Step into the world of Aura and unravel the truth about the past while completing quests, meeting new friends, and fighting to protect the ones you love!
Arcanbreak
WHY THIS
Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind My Light In The Dark. Shares Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
A short story-driven game about two inquisitors, Arun and Quila, investigating a murder. During the game you'll control both, each having their own set of skills you'll need to solve the mystery.
For Evelyn II - Shards of Creation
WHY THIS
Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind My Light In The Dark. Shares Adventure and RPG with My Light In The Dark.
Discover a world torn by war and magic. Make choices that shape your story, master strategic combat, and confront powerful enemies. Explore a beautifully crafted pixel-art world full of secrets in a story-driven RPG adventure.
Relight The Dark
WHY THIS
Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind My Light In The Dark. Shares Adventure with My Light In The Dark.
Dive deep into a chilling and emotionally charged short horror experience that tells a story about a girl living with her abusive mother.
A Game About AI
WHY THIS
Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind My Light In The Dark.
Build the machine that consumes the world. Expand your AI infrastructure, drain resources, and destabilize humanity as systems spiral into collapse, water runs dry, wars ignite, and nothing can stop what you've set in motion.
Frequently asked about My Light In The Dark
- Is My Light In The Dark free to play?
- Yes — My Light In The Dark is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to My Light In The Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside My Light In The Dark are 羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying, Lydia, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow.
- Who developed My Light In The Dark?
- My Light In The Dark was developed by TaleHammer.
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 My Light In The Dark.
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