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Games like Dark Fall 2: Lights Out

If Dark Fall 2: Lights Out is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dark Fall: The Journal, Quest room: Hanon and The Room — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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 Dark Fall 2: Lights Out: Three men once manned the lighthouse on Fetch Rock, but they vanished without trace on New Year, 1900. No-one knows what really happened to those three poor souls, and no-one is brave enough to stay in the lighthouse, alone, after dark. Except you...travel to Fetch Rock Island, and discover what really happened...

2013Adventure4.99 USDMetacritic 66Windowsby Darkling Room
Dark Fall 2: Lights Out — Steam game cover
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Atmosphere is oppressively eerie and claustrophobicPuzzles reward careful observation and note takingStory blends horror and sci fi in a unique wayAtmosphericContemplativeMysterious

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Steam players who put hours into Dark Fall 2: Lights Out 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. Dark Fall: The Journal

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Top pick for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    This Myst-style horror-adventure game will bring fear into your heart. From the very beginning you are exposed to an overwhelming but invisible ghost presence – strange calls, footsteps, voices from nowhere. In order to help your brother and survive you will need to solve the mystery of this abandoned, haunted place. And remember!

    2013Adventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Quest room: Hanon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Second-strongest match for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    After 20 years in search of the mysterious Egyptian artifact of Hanon, you managed to find the entrance, but to get inside you need to solve more than one puzzle. You do not have much time, you are locked in 4 walls and oxygen is running out.

    2018IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Room

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Third-strongest match for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Draugen

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Ranked #4 for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.

    2019IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Ranked #5 for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.

    2009Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dark Fall: Lost Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Ranked #6 for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Travel to the old train station and hotel, abandoned since 1947, following the 'disappearances'. Unravel the mystery that binds this place, by communicating with the ghosts of the long since dead, both in your time and theirs.

    2010IndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Ranked #7 for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Black Mirror III

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Ranked #8 for Dark Fall 2: Lights Out fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Help Darren continue his search to uncover his clouded past. What do his torturous nightmares really mean? Who is the mysterious person that posted the bail to set him free? What demons lie waiting in the crypt?

    2014Adventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dark Fall 2: Lights Out

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Reviewers of Dark Fall 2: Lights Out cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Riven

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Reviewers of Dark Fall 2: Lights Out cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fire and Steel

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dark Fall 2: Lights Out cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Fire & Steel is the first chapter of a fast-paced, old-school, arcade aerial shooter where you burn down the mighty armies of World War II as young Dragon Aiden!

    20216.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dark Fall: The Journal

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Reviewers of Dark Fall 2: Lights Out cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    This Myst-style horror-adventure game will bring fear into your heart. From the very beginning you are exposed to an overwhelming but invisible ghost presence – strange calls, footsteps, voices from nowhere. In order to help your brother and survive you will need to solve the mystery of this abandoned, haunted place. And remember!

    2013Adventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Fall 2: Lights Out at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    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 ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TOEM: A Photo Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Aventura Copilului Albastru și Urât

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dark Fall 2: Lights Out on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Pornește într-o aventură scurtă de uitat în maxim 30min după ce ai închis jocul! Ce mai aștepți? Aventura îl urmărește pe Copilul Albastru și Urât într-o lume bizară, seara. 2D Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    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 ↗
  2. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Supper

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Samsara Room

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Darkling Room

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

  1. The Lost Crown

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Another title from Darkling Room, the studio behind Dark Fall 2: Lights Out. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Dark Fall: The Journal

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Another title from Darkling Room, the studio behind Dark Fall 2: Lights Out. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    This Myst-style horror-adventure game will bring fear into your heart. From the very beginning you are exposed to an overwhelming but invisible ghost presence – strange calls, footsteps, voices from nowhere. In order to help your brother and survive you will need to solve the mystery of this abandoned, haunted place. And remember!

    2013Adventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dark Fall: Lost Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Another title from Darkling Room, the studio behind Dark Fall 2: Lights Out. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Travel to the old train station and hotel, abandoned since 1947, following the 'disappearances'. Unravel the mystery that binds this place, by communicating with the ghosts of the long since dead, both in your time and theirs.

    2010IndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dark Fall: Ghost Vigil

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Another title from Darkling Room, the studio behind Dark Fall 2: Lights Out. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Join the all-night ghost vigil at Harwood House. As part of the 'OPG' paranormal team, explore the haunted buildings and investigate sightings of ghosts, long reported around the area of Wolfenden. Grab the ghost hunting gadgets and solve the mystery surrounding this abandoned building.

    2020IndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Crown: Midnight Horror

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Another title from Darkling Room, the studio behind Dark Fall 2: Lights Out. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Halloween celebrations are in full swing, in the harbour town of Saxton. Ghost-hunter, Nigel Danvers, doesn't believe the night is any different. He knows that ghosts exist, so why would tonight be any different? Nigel and his ghost-hunting partner, Lucy Reubans, are in for a supernatural surprise.

    2015IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Incubus - A ghost-hunters tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Another title from Darkling Room, the studio behind Dark Fall 2: Lights Out. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    You are on your first solo ghost hunt, under the watchful instructions of Bear and Jen from the O.P.G paranormal team. Use real gadgets in a real location, a house investigated by the developers on the request of three different owners. It is a case worthy of a video game, so welcome to Incubus.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck 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. Dark Fall: The Journal

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    This Myst-style horror-adventure game will bring fear into your heart. From the very beginning you are exposed to an overwhelming but invisible ghost presence – strange calls, footsteps, voices from nowhere. In order to help your brother and survive you will need to solve the mystery of this abandoned, haunted place. And remember!

    2013Adventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Room

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dark Fall 2: Lights Out

How much does Dark Fall 2: Lights Out cost?
Dark Fall 2: Lights Out is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dark Fall 2: Lights Out?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Fall 2: Lights Out are Dark Fall: The Journal, Quest room: Hanon, The Room.
Who developed Dark Fall 2: Lights Out?
Dark Fall 2: Lights Out was developed by Darkling Room and published by THQ Nordic.

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 Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

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