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Games like I_Darkness

If I_Darkness is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Traces: Genesis, The Puzzler and The Anomaly Experiment — 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.

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About I_Darkness: Puzzle game in an escape room scenario created using Unreal Engine 4.

2020IndieCasual2.99 USDWindowsby Piotr Kowalski
I_Darkness — Steam game cover

Players who liked I_Darkness also play

Steam players who put hours into I_Darkness 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.

  1. Lost Traces: Genesis

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  2. The Puzzler

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    The Puzzler is a first-person escape room style puzzle game where you must solve challenging puzzles using a unique spell-casting system.

    2025IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Anomaly Experiment

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.

    2025IndieAdventure3.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. Two Hour Escape Mystery: A Puzzling Voyage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    You're trapped on a strange ship! To escape, you must solve puzzles, explore unique rooms, meet a couple interesting characters, and uncover a mystery to figure out why you're here. Who knows, you may even stop something bad from happening along the way… Bon voyage!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Beyond The Evil

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Escape First 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    "Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Escape Memoirs: Safe House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    "Escape Memoirs: Safe House" is a co-operative reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a member of a criminal organization who must break into one of their own safe houses to fetch some important tools. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the puzzles that stand in your way?

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for I_Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    "Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist" is a co-operative atmospheric reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a master thief who has been hired to rob a mysterious mansion, filled with various puzzles. Do you think you have what it takes to conquer the challenges that await you in the mansion.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below I_Darkness at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Casual with I_Darkness.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Casual with I_Darkness.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Casual with I_Darkness.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under I_Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about I_Darkness

How much does I_Darkness cost?
I_Darkness is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to I_Darkness?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I_Darkness are Lost Traces: Genesis, The Puzzler, The Anomaly Experiment.
Who developed I_Darkness?
I_Darkness was developed by Piotr Kowalski.

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 I_Darkness.

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