Games like Fear the Dark Unknown: James
If Fear the Dark Unknown: James is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fear the Dark Unknown, Outlast and The Beast Inside — 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 Fear the Dark Unknown: James: The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
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Fear the Dark Unknown
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Top pick for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Outlast
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Second-strongest match for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
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.
The Beast Inside
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Third-strongest match for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
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Ranked #4 for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
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Ranked #5 for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Neverending Nightmares
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Ranked #6 for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Maid of Sker
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Ranked #7 for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Uncanny Valley
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Ranked #8 for Fear the Dark Unknown: James fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fear the Dark Unknown: James at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~41% under Fear the Dark Unknown: James on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~71% under Fear the Dark Unknown: James on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~41% under Fear the Dark Unknown: James on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~41% under Fear the Dark Unknown: James on Steam right now. Shares Action with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
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 ~41% under Fear the Dark Unknown: James on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Priced ~41% under Fear the Dark Unknown: James on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~41% under Fear the Dark Unknown: James on Steam right now. Shares Action with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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. Shares Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
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.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
The Supper
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
Samsara Room
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown: James.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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Frequently asked about Fear the Dark Unknown: James
- How much does Fear the Dark Unknown: James cost?
- Fear the Dark Unknown: James is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fear the Dark Unknown: James?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fear the Dark Unknown: James are Fear the Dark Unknown, Outlast, The Beast Inside.
- Who developed Fear the Dark Unknown: James?
- Fear the Dark Unknown: James was developed by Dreamlight Games Studios SL.
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