Games like Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark
If Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms Dream with Tung Tung Tung Sahur, County Hospital and SURVIVAL IN THE BACKROOMS — 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 Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark: Nyctophobia is a thrilling physiological horror game that challenges players to confront a terrifying SCP that preys on their deepest fears. The game takes place in a neighborhood where players must navigate through the darkness and uncover the mystery behind the strange occurrences.
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Backrooms Dream with Tung Tung Tung Sahur
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Top pick for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
Backrooms Dream with Tung Tung Tung Sahur is a first-person psychological horror game about a lonely man trapped in a surreal dream loop. Explore strange levels, solve eerie puzzles, survive terrifying chases, and uncover why Sahur keeps appearing in your nightmare.
County Hospital
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
County Hospital is a singleplayer offline psychological horror inmersive game with jumpscares and high quality assets. Paranormal activity is happening, gather as much evidence as you can and try to escape from the building without getting caught. Are you brave enough?
SURVIVAL IN THE BACKROOMS
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
Survival In The Backrooms is an atmospheric horror game in which you will wander for a long time through surreal corridors and rooms in search of a way out. Immerse yourself in this mysterious world and try not to become prey for its inhabitants.
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Ranked #4 for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
You are locked in a quiet apartment room. The only way out of the tightly closed door is to get to the truth of the case. Overcome your fear and try to escape.
Show Yourself (Director's Cut)
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Ranked #5 for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
A psychological horror where Charlie will have to deal with his memories and his demons... but are they really demons? Who can Charlie trust? The flying brain or the mysterious voice? Every choice matters and will lead you to a different ending
Noah's Descent into Madness
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Ranked #6 for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
Noah's Descent into Madness is a short horror-themed adventure and puzzle game. Make your way through a dark forest of unknown horrors while trying your best to escape the nightmare you've found yourself in.
Runway 66
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Ranked #7 for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.
Angels Cove
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Ranked #8 for Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
You are called to a secluded house on a remote island to conduct a paranormal investigation. However, you find the island and the house abandoned. Or are they?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear 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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
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 Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear 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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear 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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
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 Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
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 Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
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 Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
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!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
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.
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 Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
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 Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Nyctophobia: Fear 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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark
- How much does Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark cost?
- Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark are Backrooms Dream with Tung Tung Tung Sahur, County Hospital, SURVIVAL IN THE BACKROOMS.
- Who developed Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark?
- Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark was developed by Good A'Nuff Studios, Zygobot and published by Good A'Nuff Studios.
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