Games like The Night of the Scissors
If The Night of the Scissors is your kind of game, the closest matches are Last Frame, Bughouse and Vilomah — 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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Last Frame
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Top pick for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Last Frame is a First-Person Psychological Horror set within an isolated West Virginia corporate facility. Explore your surroundings, use what you can to survive, and uncover the secrets to discover your true purpose.
Bughouse
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Second-strongest match for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
Vilomah
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Third-strongest match for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Play as Jake, a teen Pizza Delivery driver on the late shift - until things get BLOODY! Try to escape this DEMENTED Farm with your life! Features PS1, & OPTIONAL 80's VHS Graphics.
The Smiling Flesh
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Ranked #4 for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
The Smiling Flesh is a tense, single-player survival horror where you play as a thief trapped in a decaying gothic mansion. Solve puzzles, explore forgotten halls, and outsmart a twisted entity that learns your movements. Find the treasure, or become the mansion's next victim.
METROLOGY
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Ranked #5 for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
METROLOGY is a First Person Horror set in the dark depths of the Underground Metro Transit System. Traverse endless tunnels while the horrors of the Underground haunt you. Uncover secrets, solve environmental puzzles and RUN. You do not want to be here. THEY do not want you here. Escape, if you can…
Lyrvane Park
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Ranked #6 for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Lyrvane Park is a first-person meta-horror puzzle adventure. Use the "Radar of Emotions" to harvest children's emotions, power up the train, and unlock the path forward. Beyond the "Staff Only" signs, the park’s darkest secrets await.
Silent Dread: Last Order
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Ranked #7 for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
A first-person psychological horror game about a late-night delivery and the disturbing events that follow.
Hidden Shelter
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Ranked #8 for The Night of the Scissors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
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SILENT HILL 2
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Reviewers of The Night of the Scissors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Resident Evil
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Reviewers of The Night of the Scissors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Murder House
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Reviewers of The Night of the Scissors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
The Fear Business
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Reviewers of The Night of the Scissors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
A survival horror mixed with found footage elements. Unveil the secrets of a dark satanic cult and solve the Solomon Manor puzzles while hiding from the deadly Goat Face.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Night of the Scissors at current Steam store prices.
The Vagrant
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Priced ~47% under The Night of the Scissors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?
Mining Mechs
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Priced ~60% under The Night of the Scissors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Seraph's Last Stand
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Priced ~54% under The Night of the Scissors on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Night of the Scissors.
Create insane builds and break the game in all possible ways to get your name into the leaderboards! Every round you get stronger, but so does the enemies...
ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE
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Priced ~60% under The Night of the Scissors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.
Your Mother
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Priced ~50% under The Night of the Scissors on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
《Your Mother》is a computer desktop companion. Experience the love and kindness from mothers.
LIZARDS MUST DIE
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Priced ~47% under The Night of the Scissors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.
Miss Neko
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Priced ~67% under The Night of the Scissors on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Night of the Scissors.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
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 Night of the Scissors.
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 Night of the Scissors.
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 Night of the Scissors.
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 Night of the Scissors.
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 Night of the Scissors.
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 Night of the Scissors.
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 Night of the Scissors.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
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.
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Frequently asked about The Night of the Scissors
- How much does The Night of the Scissors cost?
- The Night of the Scissors is listed on Steam at 1.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Night of the Scissors?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Night of the Scissors are Last Frame, Bughouse, Vilomah.
- Who developed The Night of the Scissors?
- The Night of the Scissors was developed by Tomás Esconjaureguy and published by selewi.
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 Night of the Scissors.
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