Games like IN THE DARK
If IN THE DARK is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution and Astalon: Tears of the Earth — 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 IN THE DARK: A short 2D metroidvania that explores some darker themes contrasted by bouncy, pixel art visuals.
Players who liked IN THE DARK also play
Steam players who put hours into IN THE DARK 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.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Top pick for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with IN THE DARK.
Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with IN THE DARK.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Mable & The Wood
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
Hunt down massive beasts and, upon destroying them, shapeshift into their forms in order to use their powers to save or destroy the world. Players with less violent intent can find secret paths to complete Mable without killing anything, including bosses.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Nyaruru Fishy Fight
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for IN THE DARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below IN THE DARK at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IN 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
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with IN 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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with IN 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 IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with IN 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™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Action with IN 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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IN 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 IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Action with IN 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
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under IN THE DARK on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with IN 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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with IN THE DARK.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with IN THE DARK.
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 IN THE DARK.
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 Action and Indie with IN 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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IN THE DARK.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with IN THE DARK.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with IN 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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with IN THE DARK.
Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Nyaruru Fishy Fight
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IN THE DARK.
This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...
Frequently asked about IN THE DARK
- How much does IN THE DARK cost?
- IN 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 IN THE DARK?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside IN THE DARK are Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, Astalon: Tears of the Earth.
- Who developed IN THE DARK?
- IN THE DARK was developed by Jasper Tucker.
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