Games like Hotel in the Dark
If Hotel in the Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Night in Prison, Gate of Souls and Village — 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 Hotel in the Dark: That's the day it all started on Sept. 13. 2020. In the early morning of the same day, I was already standing at the bus station, waiting for my bus. I had to travel a couple of three hundred kilometers to a small town. I found a hotel quickly. It was quite a modern building at first glance.
Players who liked Hotel in the Dark also play
Steam players who put hours into Hotel in 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.
A Night in Prison
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds.
Gate of Souls
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight.
Village
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
A young boy has come to a distant village to visit his grandmother. Arriving at the final station, in some wilderness, we find newspaper clippings on the platform. This is where our tangled story begins.
Nafanya the Poltergeist
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
A game about a house spirit - Houseboy. With the name Nafanya. The player will have to get out of a multi-unit Soviet house, which is run by the Domovoi. To find the way out, you will have to solve riddles from the spirit, and maybe even make friends with him.
Shadow of the School
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
The player finds himself in an abandoned school, which was once a place of study for local schoolchildren. The protagonist is a paranormal researcher who came here to solve the mystery that shrouds this gloomy location.
Night of Horror
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
You are on the night shift at the bank. You hear noises all the time. You need to find out what they are and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
RE-EXIT
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel in the Dark.
RE-EXIT is an anomaly horror game that challenges your perception and attention to detail. Your mission is to observe your surroundings carefully, survive, and report any anomalies.
Backrooms: Forgotten Floors
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hotel in the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel in the Dark.
Backrooms: Forgotten Floors is a cooperative horror game for 1–4 players. Descend into levels no one remembers, through spaces that shouldn't exist. You're here now — and the only thing worse than being lost is being noticed.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hotel in the Dark at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hotel in the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hotel in the Dark.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hotel in the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hotel in the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hotel in the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hotel in the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
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 Hotel in 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.
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 Hotel in 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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in 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 Hotel in 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 Hotel in 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 Hotel in the Dark.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel in the Dark.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![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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Other recommendable Steam games by STuNT, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Guard
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
The Witch's House
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
There is an old house on the edge of a small town. All the locals have always avoided it, as strange and mysterious events constantly happen there. This time, what happened in this house made the whole city shudder with fear.
Ghost Village
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel in the Dark.
My grandmother was originally from the village, but after the environmental disaster that occurred 30 years ago near their settlement, she moved to our city and lived with us.
Mission: Aliens
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark. Shares Action and Adventure with Hotel in the Dark.
Sergeant, last night we received a signal that an unknown aircraft of extraterrestrial origin had crashed in the taiga. The locals assured us that at the crash site they observed five creatures very similar to humans, only with gray skin and large almond-shaped eyes.
DrugRunner
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark.
Drug Runner is a 3D game in which you have to run along the road and dodge obstacles, on the way collecting bonuses and coins that give you points. If you can jump over the barrier by pressing the "space bar".
Battle Robots
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark. Shares Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
Do you like fast games with the grinding of metal? Try to take part in fights with robots. Your task is to come out of the battle victorious, deftly inflicting crushing blows on your opponent. Upgrade your armor, and then head to the arena to fight. Start playing now!
Sleep
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark. Shares Action and Indie with Hotel in the Dark.
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
307 Racing
WHY THIS
Another title from STuNT, the studio behind Hotel in the Dark. Shares Simulation with Hotel in the Dark.
Circuit racing is the common name for several types of car races, held on special tracks with hard surfaces. The main feature of such competitions is that the track has a closed form (ring).
Frequently asked about Hotel in the Dark
- How much does Hotel in the Dark cost?
- Hotel in the Dark is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hotel in the Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hotel in the Dark are A Night in Prison, Gate of Souls, Village.
- Who developed Hotel in the Dark?
- Hotel in the Dark was developed by STuNT.
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 Hotel in the Dark.
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