Rank 01Games like Dark Deception
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- Updated Nov 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Dark Deception: Outlast, Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals, CASE 2: Animatronics Survival, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares procedural generation with Dark Deception.
- $4.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2020
Rank 03Why this
Same anxious mood as Dark Deception.
- $0.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2019
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Super Dark Deception
Why this: Also Runner and Dark Humor, like Dark Deception.
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Decimate Drive
Why this: Also Runner and Survival Horror, like Dark Deception.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Dark Deception
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Shares procedural generation with Dark Deception.
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Glowstick Entertainment
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 88% of 7,632 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Free To Play
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Levels are unique and cool
- Anxious
- Dark
- Stressful
- Collect secrets and items
- Procedural generation
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals
Why this: Shares procedural generation with Dark Deception.
Five Nights at Freddy's
Why this: Same anxious mood as Dark Deception.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Why this: Same stressful mood as Dark Deception.
Super Dark Deception
Why this: Also Runner and Dark Humor, like Dark Deception.
About Dark Deception
The closest matches to Dark Deception: Outlast, Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals, CASE 2: Animatronics Survival, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Dark Deception is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outlast, Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals and CASE 2: Animatronics Survival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as anxious, dark and stressful, and single out its collect secrets and items and procedural generation. 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.
Dark Deception is a first-person horror maze game released in 2018 by Glowstick Entertainment. It combines Action, Adventure, and Indie elements in a free-to-play package that supports both single-player and multiplayer modes. Players navigate procedurally generated nightmares where tactical positioning matters, collecting secrets and items while evading pursuing monsters. Reviewers note the levels are unique and cool, offering a tense, atmospheric experience suited for short burst play sessions. The game runs at a challenging difficulty and is marked as playable on Steam Deck. It holds an 88% positive rating from over 7,600 Steam reviews. Players describe the experience as dark, anxious, and stressful.
About Dark Deception: Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Is Dark Deception worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 88% of 7,632 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 81% positive across 205 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 11 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Levels are unique and cool
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Game is fine but I can't get behind GE's management of the project. They're taking more than 8 years to finish the story and responding to fans in such a spiteful manner”
“Aside from the fact that the game has delightful potential in its terms to play, the game is incredibly buggy, and hasn't been updated in what, almost 4 years now? No bug fixes, or bug patches at all, achievements at least around a 20% of…”
People who play it also play: Outlast, Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals, CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
Frequently asked about Dark Deception
Can I run it?
Does Dark Deception run on Steam Deck?
Dark Deception 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 Deception free to play?
Yes — Dark Deception 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.
What games are most similar to Dark Deception?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Deception are Outlast, Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals, CASE 2: Animatronics Survival.
Who developed Dark Deception?
Dark Deception was developed by Glowstick Entertainment.