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Games like A Passing in the Night

If A Passing in the Night is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mother Zina, My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me and Clink — 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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About A Passing in the Night: In the dead of night, Kai wakes from a dream. Walk aimlessly in a surreal town among apparitions, to escape reality, to pass the time. Time only matters to the living.

2026IndieAdventureWindowsby .iris
A Passing in the Night — Steam game cover

Players who liked A Passing in the Night also play

Steam players who put hours into A Passing in the Night 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.

  1. Mother Zina

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    You’re a journalist who came to Russia for a report. After renting an apartment from Zinaida Petrovna, you quickly realize she’s hiding something - and this place isn’t meant for random tenants. To get out, you’ll have to dig into her past - and keep your sanity.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    A dreamlike, half-remembered nowhere. Quietly wander through it, solve opaque puzzles, and meet strange figures as something beautiful unwinds.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. Clink

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. INDIKA

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

    2024Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. CRUELTY

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    "CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Fuck You Witch

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. REVEIL

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

    2024IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for A Passing in the Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.

    2012IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Passing in the Night.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Passing in the Night.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Passing in the Night.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 A Passing in the Night.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 A Passing in the Night.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about A Passing in the Night

What games are most similar to A Passing in the Night?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Passing in the Night are Mother Zina, My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me, Clink.
Who developed A Passing in the Night?
A Passing in the Night was developed by .iris and published by PLAYISM.

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 A Passing in the Night.

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16 Games Like A Passing in the Night — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run