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Games like Don't Wake the King

If Don't Wake the King is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ivory Cage, MACE: Mapinguari's Temple and IMITATORS — 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 Don't Wake the King: A co-op horror for up to four players that hears your real voice. Whisper while you search a procedurally generated forest for cursed bones - speak too loudly and the blind king beneath it wakes. Escape alive, and the next raid is worth double. Wipe, and you lose everything.

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Shroudbound Studios
Don't Wake the King — Steam game cover

Players who liked Don't Wake the King also play

Steam players who put hours into Don't Wake the King 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. Ivory Cage

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    Descent with your team into the depths of an abandoned theme park to repair its broken machinery, and survive what's still down there.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. MACE: Mapinguari's Temple

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    MACE: Mapinguari's Temple is a multiplayer, horror game with adventure and social deduction elements. Venture into a maze-like, procedurally generated dungeon filled with puzzles, avoid the terrible creature that roams it's corridors and discover who is the deceitful cultist among you.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. IMITATORS

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    Co-op horror for 6 players and multiplayer for up to 20 players. Search for items on a randomly generated map and send them into the tube. But be careful: Imitators (Mimics) hide among ordinary things, ready to attack the moment the lights go out.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Dave's House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    In this frantic first-person co-op horror, answer the phone before Grandma eats you! Cook the food exactly as ordered, or she’ll eat you! Throw the food on the table and hide—don’t let it fall, or she'll eat you! If she finds you, RUN! If she catches you... don't get eaten!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Rot Together

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    A first-person co-op horror game for up to four players set in a medieval world. Explore a module map and fight a mysterious cult. Brew potions, kill monsters, chat with your friends. Survival is not guaranteed!

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Echo Mates

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    To see, you must speak. To speak is to be found. A co-op horror in near-total darkness where every sound sends out a wave that lights the level — and calls whatever lives in it. 1–4 players, real voice, microphone required.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. HOLLOWED Co.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    A chaotic multiplayer horror game where a paranormal recovery crew hunts cursed relics in haunted locations — while monsters hunt them back and corrupted teammates hide among the crew. Work together, uncover the impostors, and survive long enough to escape.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. GLANCED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Don't Wake the King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Don't Wake the King.

    Step inside. Infiltrate the manor of porcelain dolls, some are maybe your friends. Steal the key from her cold neck, find the door, and whatever you do, don’t meet her eyes. One glance is enough to lose your body. GLANCED: forget FPS shooters. Here, just a look...KILLS. Now, just survive...

    ActionEarly AccessSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Wake the King.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Wake the King.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Don't Wake the King.

    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 ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Don't Wake the King.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree 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 and Adventure with Don't Wake the King.

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

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Wake the King.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Don't Wake the King

Does Don't Wake the King have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Don't Wake the King supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Don't Wake the King?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Don't Wake the King are Ivory Cage, MACE: Mapinguari's Temple, IMITATORS.
Who developed Don't Wake the King?
Don't Wake the King was developed by Shroudbound Studios.

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 Don't Wake the King.

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