Games like Boogeyman
If Boogeyman is your kind of game, the closest matches are Boogeyman 2, Frosty Nights and The Obsessive Shadow — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its captures primal childhood fear, atmospheric and eerie. 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 Boogeyman: Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.
Players who liked Boogeyman also play
Steam players who put hours into Boogeyman 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.
Boogeyman 2
WHY THIS
Shares sound based detection, flashlight management and an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Top pick for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Boogeyman.
Awoken in the night by your doll. Speaking as if it possesses a mind of its own. The doll warns you of a monster that has come to take you away.
Frosty Nights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Second-strongest match for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
The Obsessive Shadow
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.
The Obsessive Shadow is a Survival Horror Game about a stalker you can't exactly Identify. With nothing but your eyes and a flashlight at your disposal, it's up to you to survive whatever horrific person or thing is out there watching you...
Emily Wants To Play
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Ranked #4 for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
DEVOUR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Ranked #5 for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
Don't Knock Twice
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Ranked #6 for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boogeyman.
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
The Persistence
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Ranked #7 for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boogeyman.
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Boogeyman.
Ranked #8 for Boogeyman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Boogeyman.
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Boogeyman at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Boogeyman.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Action with Boogeyman.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Action with Boogeyman.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Boogeyman.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Action with Boogeyman.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Boogeyman on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.
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?
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 Boogeyman.
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 Action with Boogeyman.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Boogeyman.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Boogeyman.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Boogeyman.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Clockwork Wolf
Other recommendable Steam games by Clockwork Wolf, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Boogeyman 2
WHY THIS
Shares sound based detection, flashlight management and an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Another title from Clockwork Wolf, the studio behind Boogeyman. Shares Strategy and Indie with Boogeyman.
Awoken in the night by your doll. Speaking as if it possesses a mind of its own. The doll warns you of a monster that has come to take you away.
Frosty Nights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Another title from Clockwork Wolf, the studio behind Boogeyman. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Boogeyman 3
WHY THIS
Another title from Clockwork Wolf, the studio behind Boogeyman. Shares Strategy and Indie with Boogeyman.
A child lays awake in the light of the moon, unaware the Halloween curse will be starting soon. The radio crackles to life, a mysterious girl...
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Obsessive Shadow
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.
The Obsessive Shadow is a Survival Horror Game about a stalker you can't exactly Identify. With nothing but your eyes and a flashlight at your disposal, it's up to you to survive whatever horrific person or thing is out there watching you...
Emily Wants To Play
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
DEVOUR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Boogeyman.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Boogeyman.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Boogeyman.
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
Frequently asked about Boogeyman
- How much does Boogeyman cost?
- Boogeyman is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Boogeyman?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Boogeyman are Boogeyman 2, Frosty Nights, The Obsessive Shadow.
- Who developed Boogeyman?
- Boogeyman was developed by Clockwork Wolf.
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