Games like The Thief In The Dark
If The Thief In The Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Esantirion: Secret of the Deep, Capybara Dungeon and Deathless Oath — 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 The Thief In The Dark: The Thief In the dark is an action adventure game featuring a heroine. You have to explore the underworld to defeat the unsealed devil and find equipment to defeat many monsters.
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Steam players who put hours into The Thief 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.
Esantirion: Secret of the Deep
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Top pick for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Thief In The Dark.
Uncover the Secret of the Deep in the first chapter of the Esantirion saga and face the evil beneath. Fight for hope, discover the past and become a hero in this action-adventure with a unique blend of RPG elements, hack’n’slash combat, resource management, and a gripping story!
Capybara Dungeon
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Second-strongest match for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief In The Dark.
Capybara Dungeon is a first-person cooperative dungeon exploration game where up to 4 players control capybaras in chaotic runs filled with dangerous creatures, unpredictable traps, and emergent humor, relying on constant communication to survive.
Deathless Oath
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Third-strongest match for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief In The Dark.
Become an ancient unholy creature rising against mankind to claim its right to exist through fire and steel. Cut through crowds of enemies, crush them in brutal melee combat, and turn the medieval battlefield to ash. Death waits. The oath remains.
Silver Vault
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Ranked #4 for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thief In The Dark.
Silver Vault is a small yet quaint first person fantasy RPG set in a sprawling dungeon filled with adventure and mystery, will you be skilled enough to escape the vault?
Grimlord
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Ranked #5 for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief In The Dark.
Grimlord is a Dark Fantasy Action Souls-like RPG - on VR. Awakened in a monastery deep in the Lonely Mountains, you walk in an epic quest as the adventurer standing before the darkness and striving for the light against the tyrannical Grim Lord.
Ortharion project
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Ranked #6 for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief In The Dark.
Come discover the world of Ortharion! Improve your character by collecting many spells of different qualities in order to defeat your opponents or by discovering many secrets, with puzzles and parkour.
The Morrigan
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Ranked #7 for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief In The Dark.
Step into this world of beautiful stylised graphics and explore striking, handcrafted environments - torch in one hand, big axe in the other. Built exclusively for VR.
Dungeons & Darkness
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Ranked #8 for The Thief In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief In The Dark.
Explore various dungeons, making use of various weapons and magic! Challenge the most deadly locations, make your name as an adventurer! Clear the corridors of monsters, collecting tools and weapons as you go. Watch out for booby traps!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Thief In The Dark at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief 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
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Priced ~60% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thief 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
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Priced ~70% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thief 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
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Priced ~80% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Thief 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™
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Priced ~50% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thief 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
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Priced ~80% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Thief 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™
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Priced ~50% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thief 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
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Priced ~60% under The Thief In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thief 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.
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 The Thief In The Dark.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Thief 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.
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 The Thief In The Dark.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thief In The Dark.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 The Thief 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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thief In The Dark.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Thief In The Dark.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thief In The Dark.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about The Thief In The Dark
- How much does The Thief In The Dark cost?
- The Thief 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 The Thief In The Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Thief In The Dark are Esantirion: Secret of the Deep, Capybara Dungeon, Deathless Oath.
- Who developed The Thief In The Dark?
- The Thief In The Dark was developed by IronOldNick and published by IronOldNick.
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