Games like Waking Nightmares
If Waking Nightmares is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Prospector Odyssey, Submersed 2 - The Hive and Proyecto Huemul — 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 Waking Nightmares: Waking Nightmares is a top-down survival horror game where you're a detective, the last inhabitant of a ghost town, or at least, that's as far as you remember... Everyone is gone, and yet you can't seem to remember anyone... The case is open. Your objective: Find out what happened to everyone.
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The Prospector Odyssey
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Top pick for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Waking Nightmares.
A lonely trek to a desolate planet unearths a strange anomaly, seemingly causing denizens of a nearby station to become horrifying, violent mutants. Run, think, scavenge and improvise. Only the smartest will survive.
Submersed 2 - The Hive
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Second-strongest match for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Waking Nightmares.
SUBMERSED 2 - THE HIVE is a first-person science-fiction horror game, set in the harrowing depths of the Atlantic Ocean.Face the horror of being submerged at the bottom of the ocean.
Proyecto Huemul
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Third-strongest match for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Waking Nightmares.
First-person survival horror inspired by a real Argentine conspiracy. Explore abandoned underground facilities, manage scarce resources, and stay out of its sight. Survive whatever lurks beneath the surface.
Knot Pain
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Ranked #4 for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Waking Nightmares.
The punishment for a life spent torturing others is a hell that forces you to relive your deepest traumas. A trap strapped to your body that slices off parts of you is the price of every mistake you make. Here, You are the Hangman.
Gun Massacre
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Ranked #5 for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Waking Nightmares.
Return to Survival Horror in decaying mansion filled with echoes of broken glass.
Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil
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Ranked #6 for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Waking Nightmares.
Shadow Sacrament is a grim horrorvania where you play as a tormented detective who must investigate the secrets of an ancient, horrific monastery. Explore hidden chambers, solve intricate puzzles, and face terrifying nightmares that lurk in its shadowy halls. Hunt the Haunt.
Vampire Huntress - Lament of the Sun
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Ranked #7 for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Waking Nightmares.
Classic survival horror experience set in a dark gothic world. Play as Luna Ashcroft and explore an interconnected world filled with incomprehensible horrors, mind-bending puzzles and countless secrets. Are you ready to face the horrors of the night? THE HUNT STARTS NOW!
The Doorframe
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Ranked #8 for Waking Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Waking Nightmares.
Locked away in a facility far underground lies a mysterious and foreboding doorframe. There is no door, yet remains open a gateway into a familiar place. You are an employee whose job is to enter it, record what lies within, and get out. At least that was the case originally in this Survival Horror.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Waking Nightmares.
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 with Waking Nightmares.
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 Waking Nightmares.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Waking Nightmares.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Waking Nightmares.
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.
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 Waking Nightmares.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Waking Nightmares.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Waking Nightmares
- What games are most similar to Waking Nightmares?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Waking Nightmares are The Prospector Odyssey, Submersed 2 - The Hive, Proyecto Huemul.
- Who developed Waking Nightmares?
- Waking Nightmares was developed by ElMasterDev.
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 Waking Nightmares.
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