Games like Light in the woods
If Light in the woods is your kind of game, the closest matches are EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket, Rusty Lake: Roots and The Room Three — 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 Light in the woods: A horror escape room. Trapped by a demonic entity in an old house, solve puzzles in each room before the candles go out.
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Steam players who put hours into Light 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.
EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
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Top pick for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Light in the woods.
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
The Room Three
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Malice
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Ranked #4 for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
You fall through a sinkhole into a nightmarish Japanese mansion with a lingering, sinister presence and terrifying threats… and the only way out is deeper in. Malice is a two-player, compulsory co-op survival horror that forces you to make unforgiving choices and rely on your wits to survive.
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
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Ranked #5 for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Rusty Lake Paradise
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.
CLeM
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
ASYLUM
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Light in the woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Light in the woods at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light 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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
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
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Priced ~80% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Light 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.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Light in the woods.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~80% under Light in the woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Light in the woods.
"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!
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 Light in the woods.
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 Light 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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Light in the woods.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
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 Light in the woods.
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 Light 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.
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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.
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
CLeM
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
ASYLUM
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Frequently asked about Light in the woods
- How much does Light in the woods cost?
- Light in the woods is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Light in the woods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Light in the woods are EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket, Rusty Lake: Roots, The Room Three.
- Who developed Light in the woods?
- Light in the woods was developed by BadTaste 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 Light in the woods.
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