Games like Panic In The Woods
If Panic In The Woods is your kind of game, the closest matches are What The Maze, Avalon Lost and The Forest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Panic In The Woods: A horror survival and extraction game playable in single player or co-op for up to 4 players. Lost in a creepy forest, you and your friends are hunted by a monster. Stay quiet while extracting keys through nightmarish realms using items like traps, sonars, and flare guns to survive!
Players who liked Panic In The Woods also play
Steam players who put hours into Panic In The Woods 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.
What The Maze
WHY THIS
Top pick for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Panic In The Woods.
"What The Maze" is a horror survival and puzzle game in one. You have to fight for survival as you search for the exit of the huge maze. Register for the experiment today!
Avalon Lost
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
With the defeat of King Arthur and his knights, Mordred ascended to the throne atop the ruins of Camelot. The tyrant subjected Albion to chaos and savagery under his bloody conquest. But a glimmer of hope remains within a fragment of the legendary blade that has the power to change destiny.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Panic In The Woods.
Third-strongest match for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
MIMESIS
WHY THIS
Shares stealth and atmospheric with Panic In The Woods.
Ranked #4 for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Panic In The Woods.
4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.
Epstein
WHY THIS
Shares survival management, co op multiplayer, horror and an atmospheric mood with Panic In The Woods.
Ranked #5 for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
Epstein adasında hesaplaşma! Ball Gates, Danold Tramp ve Leo Cabrio gibi isimleri avla, 4 gizli dosyayı topla ve finalde bizzat Epstein’ı indir! Arkadaşlarınla üs kur, hayatta kal ve bu kaotik çok oyunculu savaşta karanlık bir kurgunun perdelerini arala.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Panic In The Woods.
Ranked #6 for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Backrooms Media
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, horror and an atmospheric mood with Panic In The Woods.
Ranked #7 for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
The Persistence
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Panic In The Woods.
Ranked #8 for Panic In The Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Panic In The Woods at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Panic In The Woods.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Panic In The Woods.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Panic In The Woods on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Panic In The Woods.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
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 with Panic In The Woods.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Panic In The Woods.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Panic In The Woods.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Panic In The Woods.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about Panic In The Woods
- Does Panic In The Woods run on Steam Deck?
- Panic In The Woods is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Panic In The Woods cost?
- Panic In The Woods is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Panic In The Woods have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Panic In The Woods supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Panic In The Woods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Panic In The Woods are What The Maze, Avalon Lost, The Forest.
- Who developed Panic In The Woods?
- Panic In The Woods was developed by Exit Plan Games.
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