Games like Nightmares Awake
If Nightmares Awake is your kind of game, the closest matches are ABIDE, Joyful Masks and Night Grove — 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Nightmares Awake 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.
ABIDE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
ABIDE is a psychological first person horror game using prosthetic gore effects, stop motion and dolls scanned into 3D models. A peaceful retreat where people go to get better. A place for people to air their demons.
Joyful Masks
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Step into the subconscious mind of a brilliant professor, where memories twist, logic bends, and hidden truths await discovery through intricate puzzles
Night Grove
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
This is a first-person indie horror game. A young deliveryman took an unusual order that led him to Night Grove. This place has a dubious reputation among the townspeople, because for many years it has been sent to live with people that society has long since abandoned.
Through The Backrooms
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
You as Ethan, a robber who wants to end his criminal past. Suddenly you fall in the Backrooms and now you have to solve the mystery of the liminal rooms to find a way out. But you are not alone here...
Unwell
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Ranked #5 for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Descend into your own broken mind in this psychological survival horror. Survive twisted manifestations of your psyche, defend your shelter, and shape your fate through choices that lead to multiple endings.
Hatch
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Ranked #6 for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
Lair of Torment
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
KARMA: The Dark World
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Ranked #8 for Nightmares Awake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
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 Nightmares Awake.
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 Nightmares Awake.
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 Nightmares Awake.
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 Nightmares Awake.
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 Nightmares Awake.
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 Nightmares Awake.
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 Nightmares Awake.
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 Nightmares Awake.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Antelus Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Antelus Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Black Ice
WHY THIS
Another title from Antelus Games, the studio behind Nightmares Awake. Shares Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.
Heart Of Altai
WHY THIS
Another title from Antelus Games, the studio behind Nightmares Awake. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Heart of Altai is an exciting story about the adventures of blogger Arina Demidova, searching for a lost city in the Altai Republic. During the trek, she realises that her fate is closely linked to the ultimate goal of this dangerous and mysterious expedition.
Sea Walker Saga
WHY THIS
Another title from Antelus Games, the studio behind Nightmares Awake. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
An exciting steampunk adventure with strategy and RPG elements. Fight pirates, explore the seabed, build your own battle island and set out into the vast world ocean in search of a mythical continent!
True Thief
WHY THIS
Another title from Antelus Games, the studio behind Nightmares Awake. Shares Indie with Nightmares Awake.
True Thief is a dark isometric stealth RPG where the shadows are your only ally. In a world mired in corruption, you must become the ultimate thief. No killing—only the mastery of stealth, unique lockpicking mechanics, and secrets that are best left undisturbed.
Cat's Wars
WHY THIS
Another title from Antelus Games, the studio behind Nightmares Awake.
Cat's Wars is a turn-based, third-person co-op strategy game. Choose a side: the Catounter or the CaTerror, assemble a squad of 5 unique furry fighters and unleash pure feline chaos. Hide in shelters, set ambushes and destroy your enemies in battle against a friend locally or online.
Lethal Grace
WHY THIS
Another title from Antelus Games, the studio behind Nightmares Awake. Shares Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Order received. Target identified. Proceed with elimination. Play as Grace, a killer android, in this dynamic shooter.
Might of Fate
WHY THIS
Another title from Antelus Games, the studio behind Nightmares Awake. Shares Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
A classic JRPG-style game about the conflict between magic and humanity in a medieval world. Experience Fate's story from his carefree childhood to becoming a powerful warrior. Assemble a party and master the combat stance system to change the fate of the world.
Frequently asked about Nightmares Awake
- What games are most similar to Nightmares Awake?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nightmares Awake are ABIDE, Joyful Masks, Night Grove.
- Who developed Nightmares Awake?
- Nightmares Awake was developed by Antelus Games.
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