Games like Dead of Darkness
If Dead of Darkness is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lamentum, Terror At Oakheart and COLINA: Legacy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its classic survival horror tension, atmospheric and dark. 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 Dead of Darkness: Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Players who liked Dead of Darkness also play
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Lamentum
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Top pick for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Terror At Oakheart
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Second-strongest match for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
The renowned slasher horror films of the 1980s and 1990s serve as a source of inspiration for Terror at Oakheart. The community of Oakheart has been terrorized by Teddy, a masked serial killer. As the body count rises, you discover there is more going on here than just a man in a mask.
COLINA: Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Third-strongest match for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
Dread X Collection 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Ranked #4 for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Ranked #5 for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Heartworm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Ranked #6 for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Ranked #7 for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Viviette
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Ranked #8 for Dead of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!
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Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Reviewers of Dead of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Viviette
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Reviewers of Dead of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Reviewers of Dead of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
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.
FINAL FANTASY VI
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Dead of Darkness.
Reviewers of Dead of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The original FINAL FANTASY VI comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the sixth game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
Resident Evil 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Reviewers of Dead of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead of Darkness.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Dead of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead of Darkness.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Resident Evil 3
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Dead of Darkness.
Reviewers of Dead of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead of Darkness.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead of Darkness at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead of Darkness.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead of Darkness.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead of Darkness.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead of Darkness.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Dead of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead of Darkness.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead of Darkness.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
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 Dead of Darkness.
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 Dead of Darkness.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead of Darkness.
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.
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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.
Lamentum
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Heartworm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dead of Darkness.
Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.
Viviette
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking and an atmospheric mood with Dead of Darkness.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead of Darkness.
Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!
Frequently asked about Dead of Darkness
- Is Dead of Darkness verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Dead of Darkness is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Dead of Darkness cost?
- Dead of Darkness is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead of Darkness?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead of Darkness are Lamentum, Terror At Oakheart, COLINA: Legacy.
- Who developed Dead of Darkness?
- Dead of Darkness was developed by Retrofiction 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 Dead of Darkness.
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