Games like Fear Of The Dark
If Fear Of The Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Aooni, Invasion: Brain Craving and Corpse Party — 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 Of The Dark: A retro 16-BIT tribute to classic survival horror games from the late 90s, in the vein of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Parasite Eve, and Sweet Home.
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Aooni
WHY THIS
Top pick for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
[This is the origin of "Blue Tragedy"]The legendary horror game "Ao Oni" is now available on Steam!
Invasion: Brain Craving
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
It's the zombie-slaying survival game with JRPG elements you didn't know you wanted! Get swarmed by zombies in active-time battles, search for other survivors, eat and most importantly: SURVIVE!
Corpse Party
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Camp Sunshine
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Ranked #4 for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
Camp Sunshine is a 16-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Jez, who is dropped off at Summer Camp. He awakes in the middle of the night to discover blood everywhere, a rampaging killer on the loose dressed in a mascot costume and himself involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse!
A Bird Story
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Ranked #5 for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of 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.
Last Word
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Ranked #6 for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.
Heaven Dust
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Ranked #7 for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
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Ranked #8 for Fear Of The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fear Of The Dark at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
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 ~80% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with Fear Of The Dark.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with Fear Of The Dark.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Fear Of The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Frequently asked about Fear Of The Dark
- How much does Fear Of The Dark cost?
- Fear Of The Dark is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fear Of The Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fear Of The Dark are Aooni, Invasion: Brain Craving, Corpse Party.
- Who developed Fear Of The Dark?
- Fear Of The Dark was developed by Samuel Hawes.
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