Games like Dread Neighbor
If Dread Neighbor is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Alley, Moved mind and Arrogation: Unlight of Day — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and dark. 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 Dread Neighbor: Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.
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The Alley
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Top pick for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Ghost Traces" and deceptive "Ghost Feints" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Moved mind
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Second-strongest match for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
Moved mind is a first person narrative psychological horror game, where you will be the subject of a psychological experiment where you will have to face your fears and differentiate reality from the symptoms of your illness.
Arrogation: Unlight of Day
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Dread Neighbor.
Third-strongest match for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
Arrogation: Unlight of Day is a psychological horror game set in World War II. You will play as a lone reporter searching for his lost family in an abandoned village from 80s China. Beyond darkness, you will find nightmarish creatures and secrets from the long lost Imperial Japanese Army.
No Return
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread Neighbor.
Ranked #4 for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
Oxenfree
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Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Dread Neighbor.
Ranked #5 for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Clink
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Ranked #6 for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
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?
Raining City: Millions Recollections
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Shares environmental storytelling, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Dread Neighbor.
Ranked #7 for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Dread Neighbor.
One night, Lyu Xuan woke up soaked in blood, a mysterious black hole in the palm of her hand, and millions pouring out of that hole, like an unstoppable fountain of wealth. Still in shock, She has to evade the monsters that rushed to her and her new riches. A strange story begins in a gloomy city…
What Happened to Lily?
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Ranked #8 for Dread Neighbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dread Neighbor at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~50% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Neighbor.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
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 ~75% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
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 ~83% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Dread Neighbor.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Neighbor.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~50% under Dread Neighbor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Neighbor.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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 Dread Neighbor.
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 Adventure with Dread Neighbor.
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 Dread Neighbor.
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 Dread Neighbor.
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 with Dread Neighbor.
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 Dread Neighbor.
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 Dread Neighbor.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Dread Neighbor
- Does Dread Neighbor run on Steam Deck?
- Dread Neighbor is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Dread Neighbor cost?
- Dread Neighbor is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dread Neighbor?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dread Neighbor are The Alley, Moved mind, Arrogation: Unlight of Day.
- Who developed Dread Neighbor?
- Dread Neighbor was developed by Ghostcase and published by Erabit.
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