Games like Descendant of Night
If Descendant of Night is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Crimson Hunt, Echograph and Hear Tell of Hauntings — 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 Descendant of Night: Descendant of Night is a love letter to the 00s era of survival horror. Play as Blake Cage, a sharp-tongued operative of Vector Six - humanity’s last hope against the darkness. Unravel a gripping, lore-rich mystery of ancient immortals, bloodthirsty vampires, and the desperate struggle of mankind.
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The Crimson Hunt
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Top pick for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
You play as Victoria, a vampire hunter haunted by her past, and Eleanor, a young woman trapped in a nightmare that has only just begun. Together, they must endure grotesque creatures, hidden traps, and a presence that seems to know them better than they realize.
Echograph
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Second-strongest match for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
photograph ghosts, crack environmental puzzles, manage limited resources, and unravel the mystery behind a generational family curse in this classic survival horror experience.
Hear Tell of Hauntings
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Third-strongest match for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
Deep in the mountains of wild west-era Montana, former outlaw Adelaide Clancy ventures to the desolate remains of the Wraith estate in this third-person survival horror game.
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
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Ranked #4 for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Descendant of Night.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
Daymare: 1998
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Ranked #5 for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Resident Evil 5
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Ranked #6 for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Descendant of Night.
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
The Haunted: Hells Reach
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Ranked #7 for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
Winner of 2010′s Make Something Unreal contest, The Haunted: Hells Reach is a fast-paced horror game where your goal is to liberate cursed places and survive the assault of Hell.
Alien Shooter 2 - New Era
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Ranked #8 for Descendant of Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
A desert, an abandoned city, cramped underground corridors of MAGMAs research centers, and for hundreds of kilometers around there is only darkness and thousands of monsters coming from all sides. You have only two options - to achieve your goal or die.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Descendant of 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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Descendant of 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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
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 Descendant of Night.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of 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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descendant of Night.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descendant of Night.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about Descendant of Night
- Does Descendant of Night have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Descendant of Night supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, LAN Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Descendant of Night?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Descendant of Night are The Crimson Hunt, Echograph, Hear Tell of Hauntings.
- Who developed Descendant of Night?
- Descendant of Night was developed by Project Gaiden.
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