Games like PASTDARK
If PASTDARK is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bay 23, Backrooms: Echo and SMS Returns — 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.
Get personalized picks →About PASTDARK: PASTDARK is a horror extraction game with CO-OP up to 4 players with a twist - MADNESS! This makes each of the players see and hear things which are not there. Extract toys and submarine parts by utilizing stealth, teamwork, proximity voice chat and various items before the madness overwhelms you!
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Bay 23
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Top pick for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
You're an expendable robot on the night shift. Haul packages through a procedurally generated warehouse, dodge a hunting AI and roaming sentinels, and get out before your battery dies. Co-op scavenger horror with full physics-based hauling.
Backrooms: Echo
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Second-strongest match for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
A co-op horror for 1–4 players inspired by the Backrooms. Procedurally generated levels, terrifying entities, and a realistic atmosphere powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every playthrough is a unique experience. Try to find the way out, but don’t trust everything you hear and see.
SMS Returns
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Third-strongest match for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
The 2012 viral phenomenon returns. A slender, faceless figure hunts you in your favourite maps rebuilt from the ground up, including the all-new Forest. Survive with friends in multiplayer, immerse yourself in VR, and build your own terrifying maps with the in-game editor. Will you survive?
Dimension Defenders
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Ranked #4 for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
Compete in ranked PvP tower defense, survive infinite dimension loops, or defend alongside a friend in online co-op. Build powerful turret combinations, adapt to ever-changing enemy paths, and climb a global ELO ladder.
Puddle Pals
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Ranked #5 for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PASTDARK.
A cozy-chaotic co-op physics adventure where you play as frogs exploring a giant Aussie backyard. Jump, grapple, swing, stack, and cause playful chaos with toys, wildlife, and backyard contraptions in a sandbox full of silly discoveries.
Halo: Campaign Evolved
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Ranked #6 for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PASTDARK.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a faithful yet modernized remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign, rebuilt from the ground up.
False Horizons
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Ranked #7 for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PASTDARK.
Explore and defend a dangerous frontier as a sheriff and their deputies. Gather resources, arm yourself, build defenses, and prepare your town for a constant fight for survival against mysterious alien threats.
Escape: School
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Ranked #8 for PASTDARK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PASTDARK.
Escape: School is a 1~6 co-op multiplayer horror game set inside a school where an incident is happening. Cooperate with your friends, find the name of the student who has died and grieve to escape from this school!
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 and Casual with PASTDARK.
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 Action and Adventure with PASTDARK.
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 Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PASTDARK.
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?
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 PASTDARK.
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 and Casual with PASTDARK.
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 Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
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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Frequently asked about PASTDARK
- Does PASTDARK have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — PASTDARK supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to PASTDARK?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PASTDARK are Bay 23, Backrooms: Echo, SMS Returns.
- Who developed PASTDARK?
- PASTDARK was developed by Skill Issue Studios and published by Skill Issue Studios, Digital Pajamas.
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