Games like City of Nightmares
If City of Nightmares is your kind of game, the closest matches are Table 9, IFU and Apestin Explorer — 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 City of Nightmares: You are a detective who wants to investigate how all the inhabitants of a city died due to a virus. It all started in a hotel that was abandoned along with the city, and it was rumored to be haunted. You are on a quest for answers.
Players who liked City of Nightmares also play
Steam players who put hours into City of Nightmares 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.
Table 9
WHY THIS
Top pick for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Deliver coffee to 9 tables in a looping European-style specialty cafe, spot the anomalies creeping in and reach Table 9.
IFU
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Apestin Explorer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
In the early 2000s, a series of horrifying incidents shattered countless lives across the world. No one truly understood the purpose behind them. Some called it corruption, others called it power beyond humanity. The real monsters were never demons, but humans with absolute control over others.
Village
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
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.
Inside The Forest
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with City of Nightmares.
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
Discolored
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst®
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Rumors surrounding the history of stately Ravenhearst Manor have circulated for decades. The recently acquired diary of Emma Ravenhearst may hold the key to unraveling the tale behind this unsettling place, yet the pages are missing.
The Painscreek Killings
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for City of Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below City of Nightmares at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under City of Nightmares on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under City of Nightmares on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under City of Nightmares on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with City of Nightmares.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under City of Nightmares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City of Nightmares.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under City of Nightmares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City of Nightmares.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under City of Nightmares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City of Nightmares.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under City of Nightmares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City of Nightmares.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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 City of Nightmares.
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 Adventure with City of Nightmares.
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 Indie with City of Nightmares.
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 City of Nightmares.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with City of Nightmares.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
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 City of Nightmares.
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 with City of Nightmares.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about City of Nightmares
- How much does City of Nightmares cost?
- City of Nightmares is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to City of Nightmares?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside City of Nightmares are Table 9, IFU, Apestin Explorer.
- Who developed City of Nightmares?
- City of Nightmares was developed by Kizuna Game Studio.
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 City of Nightmares.
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