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Games like Strange Night

If Strange Night is your kind of game, the closest matches are Strange Night ll, Decay: The Mare and GET EVEN — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious and tense. 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 Strange Night: As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.

2016Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Labory
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Hallway exploration feels claustrophobic and immersiveScripted events create unpredictable scaresSlow burn tension builds through minimalist designAtmosphericMysteriousTense

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Steam players who put hours into Strange 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. Strange Night ll

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.

    2018Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Decay: The Mare

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Night.

    Second-strongest match for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…

    2015IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. GET EVEN

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Night.

    Third-strongest match for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Take a deep breath... Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of you memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment.

    2017ActionIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Outlast

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Strange Night.

    Ranked #4 for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Five Nights at Freddy's

    WHY THIS

    Shares camera monitoring with Strange Night.

    Ranked #5 for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

    2014IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Strange Night.

    Ranked #6 for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Visage

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Night.

    Ranked #7 for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Layers of Fear (2016)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Night.

    Ranked #8 for Strange Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Strange Night

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Five Nights at Freddy's

    WHY THIS

    Shares camera monitoring with Strange Night.

    Reviewers of Strange Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

    2014IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. PT+

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Strange Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Use virtual reality to learn how to stretch and exercise your neck

    2020SportsStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. T. B. P.

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Strange Night cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    This is a game in which the player needs to navigate through the planets of the corresponding type (so that the other planets are the same as the one on which the rocket is located).

    2021IndieSimulationCasual24.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    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 ~60% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    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 ~70% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    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. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    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 ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    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 ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    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 ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    "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 ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Strange Night on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Strange 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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Strange 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 ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Supper

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Strange 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 ↗

More from Labory

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

  1. The Next Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Night.

    Another title from Labory, the studio behind Strange Night. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

       Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?

    2016IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. iREC

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Labory, the studio behind Strange Night. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    A narcotics police officer invades a logistics company, suspected of drug trafficking. Looking for evidence, he discovers an even greater secret, and his mission now and leave the place alive. iREC presents moments of tension, with an incredible atmosphere of terror.

    2017Indie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Descent - Silence of Mind

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Labory, the studio behind Strange Night. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.

    2017IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Overhead

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Labory, the studio behind Strange Night. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    A bunker evacuated miles below the earth, you were kept frozen and forgotten ... until now. Overhead, a first person game of exploration, puzzles and terror. survive experiments and mutations in the dark and discover the surface exit. if it still exists.

    2018IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Strange Night ll

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Labory, the studio behind Strange Night. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.

    2018Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 乌鸦 - Crows

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Labory, the studio behind Strange Night. Shares Indie with Strange Night.

    Protect the Mafia, or be a traitor in Crows online.

    2018Indie4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Strange Night

Does Strange Night run on Steam Deck?
Strange Night is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Strange Night cost?
Strange Night is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Strange Night?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Strange Night are Strange Night ll, Decay: The Mare, GET EVEN.
Who developed Strange Night?
Strange Night was developed by Labory and published by SA Industry.

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 Strange Night.

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