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Games like Dreadful Hours

If Dreadful Hours is your kind of game, the closest matches are Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, The Horror Story: Rebirth and Bear Haven Nights 2 — 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 Dreadful Hours: You must stay alive in this creepy house you found in the middle of a forest.Multiple monsters are attacking you at every moment, you must survive using cameras, padlocks and being stealthy.To make it even worse you aren't alone in the house. Your power is limited, and your devices use power.

2022ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDWindowsby Giroshi Games
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Players who liked Dreadful Hours also play

Steam players who put hours into Dreadful Hours 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. Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Horror Story: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    Welcome to The Horror Story: Rebirth, a remake version from the original Horror Story powered by Unreal Engine 5. Like all horror games, it contains jumpscares, flashing lights, and loud noises.

    2022ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bear Haven Nights 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    Welcome to the Bear Haven 2! This time we built our motel deep in the woods. Nothing will disturb your peace of mind away from civilization. At night we have some strange problems with alarm, but we're sure you'll manage to fix this.

    2021ActionIndieSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Leenie Boog

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    The war. Light versus darkness. It has been going on for thousands of years. One night, the Thousand-Year War suddenly knocked on your window. You will have to meet an uninvited guest.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Five Nights at Freddy's

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreadful Hours.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

    2014IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dreadful Hours.

    Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.

    2019ActionCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. CASE 2: Animatronics Survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    CASE 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. The other three are survivors. How did this happen? You’ll have to find out!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tattletail

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dreadful Hours fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    It’s Christmas 1998. The world’s most annoying toy just came out, and yours won’t stay in his box. Can you stop Tattletail from getting you in trouble before the bloodthirsty Mama Tattletail hunts you down? Story-driven first person horror. New DLC Included!

    2016ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreadful Hours on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreadful Hours.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreadful Hours on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Dreadful Hours on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dreadful Hours.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreadful Hours on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreadful Hours.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

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

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Dreadful Hours on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Dreadful Hours on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreadful Hours on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 with Dreadful Hours.

    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. Shares Action with Dreadful Hours.

    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 Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    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 Dreadful Hours.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Dreadful Hours.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Horror Story: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.

    Welcome to The Horror Story: Rebirth, a remake version from the original Horror Story powered by Unreal Engine 5. Like all horror games, it contains jumpscares, flashing lights, and loud noises.

    2022ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Five Nights at Freddy's

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreadful Hours.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

    2014IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dreadful Hours.

    Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.

    2019ActionCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dreadful Hours

How much does Dreadful Hours cost?
Dreadful Hours is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dreadful Hours?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dreadful Hours are Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, The Horror Story: Rebirth, Bear Haven Nights 2.
Who developed Dreadful Hours?
Dreadful Hours was developed by Giroshi 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 Dreadful Hours.

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