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Games like Nightholme

If Nightholme is your kind of game, the closest matches are Halloween: The Game, Mortal Shell II and Dead by Daylight — 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.

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About Nightholme: Team up or strike out alone to hunt an eldritch Gloomfiend in a city crawling with horrors. Channel corruption and transform into a monstrous Grimspawn for devastating bursts of power. But beware. Madness is patient, and you look delicious. Survive the run. Take the prize. No one leaves unchanged.

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Nightholme — Steam game cover

Players who liked Nightholme also play

Steam players who put hours into Nightholme 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.

  1. Halloween: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    On Halloween night, 1978, no one is safe from Michael Myers. Become the Boogeyman or fight back against the face of evil itself in Halloween.

    2026Action39.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mortal Shell II

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.

    2026ActionRPG49.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dead by Daylight

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.

    2016Action7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

    2023ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sniper Elite 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.

    2022ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Friday the 13th: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!

    2017ActionSteam ↗
  8. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Nightholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Dead by Daylight

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.

    2016Action7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Nightholme.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nightholme

Does Nightholme have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Nightholme supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Nightholme?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nightholme are Halloween: The Game, Mortal Shell II, Dead by Daylight.
Who developed Nightholme?
Nightholme was developed by Studio Ellipsis.

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 Nightholme.

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