Games like The Strange Lights
If The Strange Lights is your kind of game, the closest matches are Still With Me, Flick and In My Head — 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 The Strange Lights: You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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Steam players who put hours into The Strange Lights 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.
Still With Me
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Top pick for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.
Flick
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Shift realities with the flick of a light switch and plunge into the grotesque to uncover your family's twisted past. A psychological horror game where you must balance the light you need to progress with the terrifying nightmares it summons.
In My Head
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
The Dark Gift
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Ranked #4 for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.
Summer of '58
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Ranked #5 for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Strange Lights.
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Reflection
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Strange Lights.
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Clink
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
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?
Silent Nights
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Strange Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Strange Lights at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~72% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
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 ~43% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
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 ~57% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
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 ~72% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Strange Lights.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~43% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Strange Lights.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~72% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Strange Lights.
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 ~43% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
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 Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~43% under The Strange Lights on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Strange Lights.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
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 The Strange Lights.
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 The Strange Lights.
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 The Strange Lights.
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 The Strange Lights.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Strange Lights.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Strange Lights.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from JustTomcuk
Other recommendable Steam games by JustTomcuk, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Abandoned Souls
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Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Christmas Nightmare
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Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
The Cursed Tape
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Reflection
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie with The Strange Lights.
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Silent Nights
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
There's Something In The Ice
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...
In My Head
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
The Dark Gift
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Strange Lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.
Frequently asked about The Strange Lights
- How much does The Strange Lights cost?
- The Strange Lights is listed on Steam at 3.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Strange Lights?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Strange Lights are Still With Me, Flick, In My Head.
- Who developed The Strange Lights?
- The Strange Lights was developed by JustTomcuk.
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