Games like The Forgotten Nightmare Series
Below are 29 hand-picked alternatives to The Forgotten Nightmare Series for fans of 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 Forgotten Nightmare Series 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, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About The Forgotten Nightmare Series: A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system.
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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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Alcyone: The Last City
Top pick for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
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Rusts Of Corruption
Second-strongest match for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
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Upheaval
Third-strongest match for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
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DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Ranked #4 for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
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Arcadia Fallen
Ranked #5 for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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Scarlet Hollow
Ranked #6 for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Ranked #7 for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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VIDEOVERSE
Ranked #8 for The Forgotten Nightmare Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Forgotten Nightmare Series at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~67% under The Forgotten Nightmare Series on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~50% under The Forgotten Nightmare Series on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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.
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~67% under The Forgotten Nightmare Series on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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.
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shapez
Priced ~67% under The Forgotten Nightmare Series on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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!
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~67% under The Forgotten Nightmare Series on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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Bit Blaster XL
Priced ~67% under The Forgotten Nightmare Series on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
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Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
Priced ~67% under The Forgotten Nightmare Series on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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 Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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 Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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 Indie with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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 Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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 Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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 Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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 Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
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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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
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Arcadia Fallen
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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Scarlet Hollow
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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VIDEOVERSE
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forgotten Nightmare Series.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Frequently asked about The Forgotten Nightmare Series
- How much does The Forgotten Nightmare Series cost?
- The Forgotten Nightmare Series is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Forgotten Nightmare Series?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Forgotten Nightmare Series are Alcyone: The Last City, Rusts Of Corruption, Upheaval.
- Who developed The Forgotten Nightmare Series?
- The Forgotten Nightmare Series was developed by Chris Radford.
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