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If Dark Hours: Prologue is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dark Hours, Deepscape Inc and Ivory Cage — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and intense. 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 →Dark Hours: Prologue is a free co-op survival horror game from Piece of Cake studios, released in 2024, for one to four players. A heist gone wrong traps a team of robbers with a monster, and survival means exploring, solving environmental puzzles, and hiding, with monsters that can hear players through their microphone driving the tension. Procedural generation and contract-based progression vary each run. Reviewers praise the atmospheric dark setting with jumpscares, the mic-detection mechanic, and the free co-op horror with friends. As a free prologue rated Playable on Steam Deck, it holds 87% positive across 1,098 Steam reviews. It serves as an introduction to the larger Dark Hours universe.
About Dark Hours: Prologue: Dark Hours: Prologue is a free co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with a monster. Forget your plan, your mission: survive! Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.
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Second-strongest match for Dark Hours: Prologue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark Hours: Prologue.
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Ivory Cage
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Third-strongest match for Dark Hours: Prologue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark Hours: Prologue.
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Shares a tense mood with Dark Hours: Prologue.
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Hours: Prologue.
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Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.
AsHes
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Shares environmental puzzle solving, atmospheric and an unsettling mood with Dark Hours: Prologue.
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This horror game inspired by Chinese folklore offers an enthralling journey through the depths of the Underworld. As you delve deeper, you'll unravel hidden secrets veiled in the darkness.
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Hours: Prologue.
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An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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Frequently asked about Dark Hours: Prologue
- Does Dark Hours: Prologue run on Steam Deck?
- Dark Hours: Prologue is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Dark Hours: Prologue free to play?
- Yes — Dark Hours: Prologue is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Dark Hours: Prologue have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dark Hours: Prologue supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Dark Hours: Prologue?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Hours: Prologue are Dark Hours, Deepscape Inc, Ivory Cage.
- Who developed Dark Hours: Prologue?
- Dark Hours: Prologue was developed by Piece of Cake studios and published by Piece of Cake studios, Kepler Ghost.
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