Games like Dark Room
If Dark Room is your kind of game, the closest matches are 13:ORIGIN - Chapter One, Rusty Lake: Roots and The Room — 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 Dark Room: You woke up in a Mysterious place you have never seen before. Can you Find a way out? Solve Puzzles and find Hidden objects to uncover the Dark Story of the place you are trapped in.
Players who liked Dark Room also play
Steam players who put hours into Dark Room 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.
13:ORIGIN - Chapter One
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dark Room.
Unknowingly revealing a great secret about human history, will Edmond be able to live with this secret? 13:ORIGIN is a story-based adventure and puzzle game full of suspense and excitement, where you can progress by solving puzzles. Here is the first chapter of the journey.
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
The Room
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
The Room Three
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
What Happened to Lily?
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
Decay: The Mare
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Post Mortem
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dark Room fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Room.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Room at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dark Room on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dark Room on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dark Room on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Room.
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 ~67% under Dark Room on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Room.
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 ~67% under Dark Room on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Room.
"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 ~67% under Dark Room on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Room.
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 ~67% under Dark Room on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Room.
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.
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 Dark Room.
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 Dark Room.
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 Dark Room.
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 Dark Room.
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 Dark Room.
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 Dark Room.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Lexip Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Lexip Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Silence Channel
WHY THIS
Another title from Lexip Games, the studio behind Dark Room. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
A bad incident is like a tangled knot, It sits there, waiting for someone or something to untie it, but until then… scars may be left behind … are you ready for a First person Psychological Horror game based on a true story?!
Silence Channel 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Lexip Games, the studio behind Dark Room. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?
Them
WHY THIS
Another title from Lexip Games, the studio behind Dark Room. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Silent Wounds - The Doll
WHY THIS
Another title from Lexip Games, the studio behind Dark Room. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
The Room
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Room.
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
Post Mortem
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Dark Room.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Frequently asked about Dark Room
- How much does Dark Room cost?
- Dark Room is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dark Room?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Room are 13:ORIGIN - Chapter One, Rusty Lake: Roots, The Room.
- Who developed Dark Room?
- Dark Room was developed by Lexip Games.
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 Dark Room.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.