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Games like The Maze: In Dark

If The Maze: In Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Smiling Flesh, SANRI and Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼- — 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 The Maze: In Dark: Relying on a single flashlight, secure your objective in the dark factory and escape avoiding 'his' eyes. Overcome the extreme fear of the unknown that the darkness brings, and break through your limits.

2026ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Puriza Games
The Maze: In Dark — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Maze: In Dark also play

Steam players who put hours into The Maze: In 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. The Smiling Flesh

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

    The Smiling Flesh is a tense, single-player survival horror where you play as a thief trapped in a decaying gothic mansion. Solve puzzles, explore forgotten halls, and outsmart a twisted entity that learns your movements. Find the treasure, or become the mansion's next victim.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. SANRI

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

    SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.74 USDSteam ↗
  3. Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

    20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bughouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In 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 ↗
  5. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hollow Cocoon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Maze: In Dark.

    "Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. ROUTINE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

    ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. INVITATION To FEAR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Maze: In Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

    『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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. Shares Indie with The Maze: In 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.

    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 Action and Adventure with The Maze: In 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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Maze: In Dark.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Maze: In Dark.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 The Maze: In 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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Maze: In Dark.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Maze: In Dark.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Maze: In Dark

What games are most similar to The Maze: In Dark?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Maze: In Dark are The Smiling Flesh, SANRI, Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-.
Who developed The Maze: In Dark?
The Maze: In Dark was developed by Puriza Games.

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 The Maze: In Dark.

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