Games like The Darkest Tales
If The Darkest Tales is your kind of game, the closest matches are Candle Knight, Undivine and Primal Threat — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and eerie. 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 Darkest Tales: When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
Players who liked The Darkest Tales also play
Steam players who put hours into The Darkest Tales 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.
Candle Knight
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Top pick for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
Never let your light go out. Wield a powerful flame, overcome menacing creatures and explore the shadows of a ruined castle in this compelling 2.5D action adventure platformer which features a unique dynamic difficulty system.
Undivine
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Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Tales.
Second-strongest match for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A dark metroidvania with RPG elements, "Undivine" challenges you to explore, battle, and uncover secrets in a desolate, interconnected world. Customize your abilities, wield unique weapons, and delve into deep lore filled with mystery.
Primal Threat
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Third-strongest match for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
Blast cyborg dinosaurs and other dangerous creatures in this side-scrolling action/adventure! Explore an ancient labyrinth full of upgrades, weapons, and secrets to save your planet from a primal threat!
The Lost Key
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Ranked #4 for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
You are the last hope, be ready to resist the enemy and eliminate injustice and tyranny.
Whirlwind Magician
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Ranked #5 for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.
Glum Buster
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Ranked #6 for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
Take a mind-bending trip through a mysterious, haunting alternate reality. Use your newly discovered magic, wits, and curiosity to cleanse the world of glum and find a way back to your family. Experience the wonder of this 2009 AIGF Showcase winner and indie cult classic.
Malleus Maleficarum
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Ranked #7 for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
A Metroidvania inspired by the mechanics and style of classic games in the genre. Help Mirabel find different ways to explore a haunted mansion and hunt terrifying witches while gaining new weapons and discovering more about the macabre experiments carried out by demonic beings.
The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Tales.
Ranked #8 for The Darkest Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear and his fairy sidekick head to the darker side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Tales.
Reviewers of The Darkest Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
NEVERLAND
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Reviewers of The Darkest Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
Neverland is a co-op horror open world; join with your friends or explore alone the dark secrets of a once called paradise. Uncover the mysteryes of the forgotten island, help your teammates or leave them to their luck...
RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
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Reviewers of The Darkest Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
Metroidvania Maker
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Reviewers of The Darkest Tales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Darkest Tales at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under The Darkest Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under The Darkest Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under The Darkest Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under The Darkest Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under The Darkest Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~65% under The Darkest Tales on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Trinity Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans
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Another title from Trinity Team, the studio behind The Darkest Tales. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in their first virtual adventure. Slaps And Beans is a co-operative or single player scrolling beat’ em up game with the addition of platform elements and mini-games in which you'll interpret the characters of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans 2
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Another title from Trinity Team, the studio behind The Darkest Tales. Shares Action with The Darkest Tales.
After the shipwreck in Africa, Bud and Terence save a village from criminals and make their way home on a raft loaded with bananas. But of course it wouldn't be a Bud and Terence adventure if everything went according to plan.
The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Tales.
Another title from Trinity Team, the studio behind The Darkest Tales. Shares Action and Adventure with The Darkest Tales.
When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear and his fairy sidekick head to the darker side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
Frequently asked about The Darkest Tales
- Is The Darkest Tales verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Darkest Tales is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Darkest Tales cost?
- The Darkest Tales is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Darkest Tales?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Darkest Tales are Candle Knight, Undivine, Primal Threat.
- Who developed The Darkest Tales?
- The Darkest Tales was developed by Trinity Team and published by 101XP.
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