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Games like The Way Home at Night

If The Way Home at Night is your kind of game, the closest matches are STOP THE TRAIN(열차 막기), DON'T STOP SMILING and 18th Floor — 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 The Way Home at Night: Proceed through the fear on a dimly lit road home. At times, stop, catch your breath, and overcome the fear. Make it home safely.

2026Indie0.90 USDWindowsby MeteorWing
The Way Home at Night — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Way Home at Night also play

Steam players who put hours into The Way Home at Night 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.

  1. STOP THE TRAIN(열차 막기)

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    "The tip for this game is: you just have to stop the train."

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. DON'T STOP SMILING

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

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

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. 18th Floor

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    You are trapped in a virtual abandoned building created by hackers. Find the escape password, or find the real exit.

    2025IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Backmooms

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    You’ve wandered into a strange dimension while shopping.A mysterious monster is chasing you.You must escape."Backmooms" is a first-person adventure game.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lonely Christmas

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. 廃村巡り | Haisonmeguri

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    "廃村巡り | Haisonmeguri " is a J-horror walking simulator game based on a terrifying experience involving an abandoned village.

    2022IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Valley

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Find Yourself

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Way Home at Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

    2021IndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Way Home at Night at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Way Home at Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 The Way Home at Night.

    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.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    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 ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Supper

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from MeteorWing

Other recommendable Steam games by MeteorWing, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The暴 SpecialEdition

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MeteorWing, the studio behind The Way Home at Night.

    暴れて壊してどんどん暴れろ!

    2023Action1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. バグだらけの村

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MeteorWing, the studio behind The Way Home at Night.

    バグを探して、村を元通りにせよ!

    2024ActionRPGCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. バグだらけの町

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MeteorWing, the studio behind The Way Home at Night.

    バグを探して、町を元通りにせよ!

    2024ActionAdventureRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. バグだらけの城

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MeteorWing, the studio behind The Way Home at Night. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    バグを駆使して、世界を救え! VRM対応アクションRPG

    2025ActionIndieRPG8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. 夏まつり

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MeteorWing, the studio behind The Way Home at Night. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    夏祭りシミュレーションホラーゲーム

    2025IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Vらいふ

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MeteorWing, the studio behind The Way Home at Night. Shares Indie with The Way Home at Night.

    Live in a miniature garden with your favorite characters! Color your own unique world with blocks and furniture! A VRM-compatible, idle crafting simulation game. The perfect companion for your work, a quick break, or just a part of your daily life.

    2025IndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Way Home at Night

How much does The Way Home at Night cost?
The Way Home at Night is listed on Steam at 0.90 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Way Home at Night?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Way Home at Night are STOP THE TRAIN(열차 막기), DON'T STOP SMILING, 18th Floor.
Who developed The Way Home at Night?
The Way Home at Night was developed by MeteorWing.

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 The Way Home at Night.

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