Games like Nightmare knock
If Nightmare knock is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Trials - Chapter One, Scarlet Wolf and Scarlet Hollow — 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 Nightmare knock: How would you like to know that an uninvited guest, about whom you know absolutely nothing, will come to you at night? One thing is clear, he is unlikely to come in peace. What will you do? Prepare for his visit? Will you take a knife or hide in the closet? It's up to you.
Players who liked Nightmare knock also play
Steam players who put hours into Nightmare knock 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.
The Trials - Chapter One
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Top pick for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Scarlet Wolf
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Second-strongest match for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare knock.
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Scarlet Hollow
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Third-strongest match for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Oxenfree
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Ranked #4 for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation
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Ranked #5 for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightmare knock.
Fear, anxiety, and laughter are the symbol of youth. Experience the true paranormal haunting with your friends from the first-person perspective and stay alive. The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation is an adaptation of a horror film, includes Taiwanese urban legend and an intriguing backstory.
7Days Origins
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Ranked #6 for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Athanasy
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Ranked #7 for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Monsters of Little Haven
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Ranked #8 for Nightmare knock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
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Other recommendable Steam games by FreezyCat, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Five Nights At Floppa
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Another title from FreezyCat, the studio behind Nightmare knock. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare knock.
A horror film in which Shlepa appears in his frightening form. The main character had no idea where he would end up when he first got a job. Now he is forced not to protect, but to survive in a terrible office.
Five nights at Stalin
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Another title from FreezyCat, the studio behind Nightmare knock. Shares Action with Nightmare knock.
A horror game in which the main antagonist is Stalin himself, or rather his statue. The player must use all the resources given to him to stand up to the mighty foe, or else he will face either dismissal or something worse...
Five nights at Floppa 0
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Another title from FreezyCat, the studio behind Nightmare knock. Shares Action with Nightmare knock.
You got a job as a security guard at an insurance company, but it turns out that it's not all that easy. After all, your tasks are not only to protect the office, but also to protect yourself!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Scarlet Hollow
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Oxenfree
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Nightmare knock.
Fear, anxiety, and laughter are the symbol of youth. Experience the true paranormal haunting with your friends from the first-person perspective and stay alive. The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation is an adaptation of a horror film, includes Taiwanese urban legend and an intriguing backstory.
Frequently asked about Nightmare knock
- Is Nightmare knock free to play?
- Yes — Nightmare knock is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Nightmare knock?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nightmare knock are The Trials - Chapter One, Scarlet Wolf, Scarlet Hollow.
- Who developed Nightmare knock?
- Nightmare knock was developed by FreezyCat.
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 Nightmare knock.
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