Games like Midnight of Despair
If Midnight of Despair is your kind of game, the closest matches are Air Bounce - The Jump 'n' Run Challenge, Only Ban! and Only Up 2 — 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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Players who liked Midnight of Despair also play
Steam players who put hours into Midnight of Despair 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.
Air Bounce - The Jump 'n' Run Challenge
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Top pick for Midnight of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
Jump or Die! Air Bounce - The Jump 'n' Run Challenge is a fast-paced crazy difficult sometimes rage-inducing 3d first-person platformer. Are you ready for the challenge?
Only Ban!
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Second-strongest match for Midnight of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
You will go on an exciting journey, where you will be waiting for various Easter eggs, references, as well as difficult obstacles, platforms, mazes that require reaction and the ability to control your character. Strive to get to the very top the fastest to prove your superiority!
Only Up 2
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Third-strongest match for Midnight of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
Reach new heights in "Only Up 2," set in a mysterious world above the clouds, brimming with secrets waiting to be unearthed. Embark on an ascent like no other, the only limit is the sky.
JETRUNNER
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Ranked #4 for Midnight of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
JETRUNNER is a parkour FPS, with cel shaded, comic like visuals, and a gameplay loop that can be best described as Trackmania meets Titanfall. Rich, expressive movement, and tight gunplay is what JETRUNNER is all about.
NERVE
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Ranked #5 for Midnight of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT
Jusant
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Ranked #7 for Midnight of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
Hell of an Office
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Ranked #8 for Midnight of Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
Hell of an Office is a 3D precision platformer in first-person view that combines action and speedrunning as you try to escape HellO, the most infernal office in the (under)world! Be quick, use your stapler to rocket jump and dash. Can you escape before the lava catches up to you?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Midnight of Despair at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action with Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action with Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight of Despair.
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.
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 Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair.
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 Midnight of Despair.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Midnight of Despair.
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 Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight of Despair.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Midnight of Despair
- How much does Midnight of Despair cost?
- Midnight of Despair is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Midnight of Despair?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Midnight of Despair are Air Bounce - The Jump 'n' Run Challenge, Only Ban!, Only Up 2.
- Who developed Midnight of Despair?
- Midnight of Despair was developed by DefinitelyNotScaryGames.
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