Games like In The Dark
If In The Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn, BURIED STARS and The Railway — 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 In The Dark: Shoji Suzuki is one of the officers of the assault squad, who accompany detective Yamato Inoue in his investigation to stop a gang of bloody criminals, but the mission will not be so simple because they will be involved in an event that transcends their kind and should remain a secret forever.
Players who liked In The Dark also play
Steam players who put hours into In The Dark 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.
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
WHY THIS
Top pick for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
BURIED STARS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with In The Dark.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
The Railway
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
The vibe of a typical Russian train is conveyed through illustrations, sounds, and characters. So, hold your seat on the train!
The Soul Box
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
The Soul Box is a kinetic visual novel about the mystery of a puzzle box. A story of a heritage hidden behind what’s written. A different look at the future, a worried glance at the past.
Ninety-Six
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
Leaving something behind is a hard task, Niles knows it all too well. When a stranger disturbs his peaceful everyday life and routine, he has no choice but to face the past and make some life-changing decisions.
《乱步馆》-断崖 -Precipice
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
这是一部短篇视觉互动小说， 剧情改编自江户川乱步的同名短篇小说， 作品以一对青年男女在断崖边回忆往事开始， 通过抽丝剥茧的分析那件往日旧案， 一点一滴的挖出了隐藏在案件背后的更为残酷的真相， 乱步也同时透过作品中他（她）们的对话和回忆， 讨论和表述了自己心目中的某种“完美”。
Snowdome
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
For Tan Yan, there is little hope his life will change. It's like his whole life is trapped inside a snowdome, unable to escape. But, what if, one day, he's given the chance to make a change?
No Mercy 🔞
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for In The Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
No Mercy is a 3D choice-driven adult Visual Novel about love and passion! <3
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below In The Dark at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with In The Dark.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under In The Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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 In The Dark.
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 In The Dark.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
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 In The Dark.
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 In The Dark.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Dark.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In The Dark.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about In The Dark
- How much does In The Dark cost?
- In The Dark is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to In The Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside In The Dark are Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn, BURIED STARS, The Railway.
- Who developed In The Dark?
- In The Dark was developed by Spicy Marmalade.
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 In The Dark.
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