Games like The Box of Fear
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to The Box of Fear for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in The Box of Fear also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About The Box of Fear: Your daughter has vanished inside the facilities of the company "THE BOX." Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and survive the creatures that hunt you in a game that blends psychological horror, survival, and atmospheric storytelling.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Glacial
Top pick for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
1988, a chill is in the air, and fear hides in the dark. Glacial is an 80s VHS slasher inspired first person horror where you must brave unimaginable terrors lurking in the shadows to discover the truth
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The LastOnesLeft
Second-strongest match for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
"The LastOnesLeft" is a first-person survival horror game where the player finds themselves in an abandoned village overrun by zombies. Uncover the truth about what happened by finding mysterious letters from an unknown source.
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Shaytan
Third-strongest match for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
🔐 Can You Escape the Clutches of Shaytan? 🔐 🕯️Embark on a chilling odyssey through the enigmatic corridors of the human mind in Shaytan, a psychological horror puzzle game that will haunt your senses. The very devil who once beguiled Adam into tasting the forbidden fruit in paradise.🕯️
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Eternity's Echo: Patient Zero
Ranked #4 for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
As Rayne Williams, an elite agent of the D.I.B you were deployed into the zone. Your team is missing and you're surrounded by both paranormal nightmares and mercs. Guided by your partner Sam, you must survive this chaos and uncover the mystery of "Patient Zero".
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The Beast Inside
Ranked #5 for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Ranked #6 for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Box of Fear.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
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Witch Hunt
Ranked #7 for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
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Maid of Sker
Ranked #8 for The Box of Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Box of Fear.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Box of Fear.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Box of Fear.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Box of Fear.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Box of Fear.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Box of Fear.
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.
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Frequently asked about The Box of Fear
- What games are most similar to The Box of Fear?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Box of Fear are Glacial, The LastOnesLeft, Shaytan.
- Who developed The Box of Fear?
- The Box of Fear was developed by Bruno da Silva Lopes and published by Escapebox.
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 The Box of Fear.
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