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Games like Lights Out Dark House

If Lights Out Dark House is your kind of game, the closest matches are 飢界, Death Stream and The Haunting Eyes — 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 Lights Out Dark House: All alone and abandoned in the dark house, you embark on a journey as an investigative journalist. You explore the house, searching for notes hidden within to learn what happened and how to escape.

2026IndieAdventure3.99 USDWindowsby Dead Dream Games
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  1. 飢界

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    『飢界』は不気味な異界を探索し、脱出を目指すホラーゲーム。異界の住人に食べられてはいけません...。

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Death Stream

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    You wake up in a basement room, bound, with a camera staring you down. A deranged masked man entices his audience. You’ve been abducted by a lunatic who thrives on chaos and carnage. His goal? To force you into a twisted game of luck while the entire internet watches in real time.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Haunting Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    The Haunting Eyes is a game in which you have to break into an abandoned mansion and solve its mystery by collecting bags of gold.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. DON'T STOP SMILING

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Smile—and survive. A first-person “forced-smile” horror game that tracks your facial expression in real time. PC camera required.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  5. THE BACKWORLDS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    RUN, JUMP, ESCAPE. Endlessly high buildings of dead ruins are towering over a giant chasm of green mist. But the reality of our world is seeping in, and some familiar places are now stuck there. This is how you are invited there - against your will. Enter the hostile realm of the BACKWORLDS.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. The Inner Descent VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    "The Inner Descent" is a VR horror-adventure. Survive a haunting forest, explore eerie buildings, and evade lurking fears. Find keys to unlock your escape in this replayable journey. Will you conquer your inner self?

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Ultimate Pain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Ultimate Pain (UP) is wild, sock-blasting journey of non-stop jumping madness! We’re not sure if you’ll love it or scream in agony, but it’s packed with epic leaps, chaotic surprises, and gravity-defying pain. Get ready to jump UP, fall down, and laugh the whole way!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. SICK

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Lights Out Dark House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Sick is a mixture of intense thriller and exploration of a small surrounding world. A first-person game with a frightening atmosphere. Once in Hell, you play as Jack Willis, who roams an endless loop of suffering, pain and fear.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lights Out Dark House at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lights Out Dark House.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lights Out Dark House on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lights Out Dark House.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 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. Shares Indie with Lights Out Dark House.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lights Out Dark House.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lights Out Dark House.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lights Out Dark House

How much does Lights Out Dark House cost?
Lights Out Dark House is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Lights Out Dark House?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lights Out Dark House are 飢界, Death Stream, The Haunting Eyes.
Who developed Lights Out Dark House?
Lights Out Dark House was developed by Dead Dream Games.

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 Lights Out Dark House.

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