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Games like Relight The Dark

If Relight The Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Light In The Dark, Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? and Mucorales — 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 Relight The Dark: Dive deep into a chilling and emotionally charged short horror experience that tells a story about a girl living with her abusive mother.

2023Adventure2.99 USDWindowsby TaleHammer
Relight The Dark — Steam game cover

Players who liked Relight The Dark also play

Steam players who put hours into Relight The Dark 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. My Light In The Dark

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  2. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mucorales

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.

    2024IndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Late Homework | 遅れた宿題

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.

    2024IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Asleep: Act 1

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bughouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Trash Horror Collection

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    Welcome to a true 80's trash horror experience. This collection has 10 short horror games that you can freely choose which one you want to play.

    2022IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Arcadia Cafe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Relight The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Relight The Dark at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Landlord of the Woods

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Ukrainian ball in search of gas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Seen

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. LoveChoice

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    "What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation1.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Vagrant

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Relight The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.79 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.

    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 Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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.

    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 Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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 Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from TaleHammer

Other recommendable Steam games by TaleHammer, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. My Light In The Dark

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind Relight The Dark. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  2. For Evelyn

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind Relight The Dark. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    An intriguing tale of love, betrayal, and the ultimate sacrifice, combining point & click with classic adventure and RPG mechanics. Step into the world of Aura and unravel the truth about the past while completing quests, meeting new friends, and fighting to protect the ones you love!

    2021AdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Arcanbreak

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind Relight The Dark. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    A short story-driven game about two inquisitors, Arun and Quila, investigating a murder. During the game you'll control both, each having their own set of skills you'll need to solve the mystery.

    2020AdventureFreeSteam ↗
  4. For Evelyn II - Shards of Creation

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind Relight The Dark. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    Discover a world torn by war and magic. Make choices that shape your story, master strategic combat, and confront powerful enemies. Explore a beautifully crafted pixel-art world full of secrets in a story-driven RPG adventure.

    2025AdventureRPGEarly Access14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. A Game About AI

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TaleHammer, the studio behind Relight The Dark.

    Build the machine that consumes the world. Expand your AI infrastructure, drain resources, and destabilize humanity as systems spiral into collapse, water runs dry, wars ignite, and nothing can stop what you've set in motion.

    2026StrategySimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Late Homework | 遅れた宿題

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.

    2024IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Arcadia Cafe

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Relight The Dark.

    Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Relight The Dark

How much does Relight The Dark cost?
Relight The Dark is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Relight The Dark?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Relight The Dark are My Light In The Dark, Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?, Mucorales.
Who developed Relight The Dark?
Relight The Dark was developed by TaleHammer.

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 Relight The Dark.

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