Games like The Nightmare
If The Nightmare is your kind of game, the closest matches are Refuted Wind, Dear Esther: Landmark Edition and The Shore — 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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Players who liked The Nightmare also play
Steam players who put hours into The Nightmare 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.
Refuted Wind
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Mysterious murders are happening in the area where Dave lives. In an attempt to draw attention to these horrific events, he decides to make a short film. As his project becomes known, frightening events begin to happen around him.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
The Shore
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Someday You'll Return
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
How far would you go if your daughter never came back home? Someday You'll Return is a first-person 3D story-driven psychological horror game about a desperate search for a missing daughter deep in the woods where you swore you'd never return to.
Kholat
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Don't Knock Twice
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Nightmare at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
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 The Nightmare.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
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 with The Nightmare.
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 The Nightmare.
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 with The Nightmare.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Leakage Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Leakage Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
NUC: After The Blast
WHY THIS
Another title from Leakage Games, the studio behind The Nightmare. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Try to survive and find your family after a massive Nuclear Power Plant explosion.
Farmland Realm
WHY THIS
Another title from Leakage Games, the studio behind The Nightmare. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
The little farm is waiting for you to turn into a Farmland Realm!
Prison Loop
WHY THIS
Another title from Leakage Games, the studio behind The Nightmare. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Fantasy Monster Clicker
WHY THIS
Another title from Leakage Games, the studio behind The Nightmare. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Are you bored? Then step into the world of Fantasy Monster Clicker! Enjoy and explore a world full of upgrades, levels, monsters and bosses.
Elevator Experience
WHY THIS
Another title from Leakage Games, the studio behind The Nightmare. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Embark on a one-of-a-kind journey of exploration in "Elevator Experience". Step into the elevator and prepare to be transported to a world of mysteries, where every floor holds a new adventure waiting to be unlocked.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
The Shore
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
Kholat
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Frequently asked about The Nightmare
- How much does The Nightmare cost?
- The Nightmare is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Nightmare?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Nightmare are Refuted Wind, Dear Esther: Landmark Edition, The Shore.
- Who developed The Nightmare?
- The Nightmare was developed by Leakage 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 The Nightmare.
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