Games like Daemonum
If Daemonum is your kind of game, the closest matches are April '86, CONDEMNED TO BE FREE and Alan Wake's American Nightmare — 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 Daemonum: Detective Andrews is called to a residence after a message is placed to dispatch regarding a disturbance. Not everything is as it seems, leaving you to question your own sanity whilst figuring out how to escape with your life.
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April '86
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Top pick for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Daemonum.
April ’86 is an atmospheric first-person psychological horror about returning to Pripyat, where the past never truly died. Explore the abandoned city, uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of children, and confront what was hidden behind the Chernobyl disaster.
CONDEMNED TO BE FREE
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Daemonum.
A narrative-driven third/first-person short film with about free will, blending cinematic environments with Killer7 combat.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Daemonum.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
Backrooms [REDACTED] - Chapter 1
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Ranked #4 for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Daemonum.
Backrooms [REDACTED] is a short action-adventure game that plunges you into the infinite cosmic horror inspired by the Backrooms concept.Navigate through the procedurally generated liminal spaces, uncover hidden secrets, while avoiding different entities.
Shutter 2
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Ranked #5 for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Daemonum.
Shutter 2 is a classic 3D survival horror game that combines combat, exploration, puzzles and photography. Choose between classic static CC cams or switch to the over-the-shoulder cam to navigate your surroundings and upgrade your RC to defend yourself against the ghosts of Kent Island.
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition
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Ranked #6 for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Daemonum.
Take an adrenaline-fueled journey through a mythical Japanese realm in the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, packed with new features, and enjoy an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and spectacular free-running movement.
Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt
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Ranked #7 for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Daemonum.
A horror anthology shooter in the Dread X Collection series. Co-produced by DUSK creator David Szymanski. Featuring 7 new short games, a robust launcher world set in an abandoned arctic base.
Demonologist
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Ranked #8 for Daemonum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Daemonum.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Daemonum at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Action with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Action with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonum.
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 Daemonum.
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 Daemonum.
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 Daemonum.
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 Daemonum.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Daemonum.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Daemonum.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Daemonum.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Aaron Wise
Other recommendable Steam games by Aaron Wise, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt
WHY THIS
Another title from Aaron Wise, the studio behind Daemonum. Shares Action and Adventure with Daemonum.
A horror anthology shooter in the Dread X Collection series. Co-produced by DUSK creator David Szymanski. Featuring 7 new short games, a robust launcher world set in an abandoned arctic base.
They Look Like People
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Another title from Aaron Wise, the studio behind Daemonum. Shares Indie with Daemonum.
A Psychological story game set within a Kubrickian world. A tale of Space & Adventure into the Abyss of your mind, two astronauts come into close encounters with an unknown object during a routine mission.
The Patient: After Hours
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Another title from Aaron Wise, the studio behind Daemonum. Shares Indie with Daemonum.
You are a night worker who has to clean up after a long day of trading at the local mall. But as the night quickly progresses you start to realize that something isn't quite right.
You Are Liam: Shadow Memories
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Another title from Aaron Wise, the studio behind Daemonum. Shares Action and Indie with Daemonum.
You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.
Chronicles from the Abyss
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Another title from Aaron Wise, the studio behind Daemonum. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonum.
Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?
Frequently asked about Daemonum
- How much does Daemonum cost?
- Daemonum is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Daemonum?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Daemonum are April '86, CONDEMNED TO BE FREE, Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
- Who developed Daemonum?
- Daemonum was developed by Aaron Wise, Vidas Salavejus and published by Trial By Fire Games, Vidas Salavejus.
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