Games like Dreadful
If Dreadful is your kind of game, the closest matches are AsHes, Selene's Unbearable Night and Dread X Collection 5 — 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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AsHes
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
This horror game inspired by Chinese folklore offers an enthralling journey through the depths of the Underworld. As you delve deeper, you'll unravel hidden secrets veiled in the darkness.
Selene's Unbearable Night
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
Dread X Collection 5
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
A horror anthology in the Dread X Collection series. Featuring 12 new games from up-and-comers along with veterans, all wrapped up in an old, run down party venue that may be hiding more than it's letting on...
Backrooms: Escape Together
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
BIGFOOT
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...
Daymare: 1998
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Lethal Company
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Ranked #7 for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Outlast
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Ranked #8 for Dreadful fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dreadful at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dreadful on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dreadful on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dreadful.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dreadful on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dreadful.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dreadful on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dreadful on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dreadful on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dreadful.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dreadful on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 with Dreadful.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Dreadful.
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.
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 Dreadful.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadful.
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.
The Supper
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadful.
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.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadful.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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More from Volens Nolens Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Volens Nolens Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
SAMOLIOTIK
WHY THIS
Another title from Volens Nolens Games, the studio behind Dreadful. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
SAMOLIOTIK is a stylish shoot-em-up with different enemies, bosses, colour palettes, power-ups, set in different eras. In this game you will fight Adolf Gutler,The Illuminati, and other creatures.
Help
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Another title from Volens Nolens Games, the studio behind Dreadful. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
Rogue Port - Blue Nightmare
WHY THIS
Another title from Volens Nolens Games, the studio behind Dreadful. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
Help reunite your missing friends and save your family from wild animals, mutants, inanimate objects, aliens and the undead!
Possessed
WHY THIS
Another title from Volens Nolens Games, the studio behind Dreadful. Shares Action and Adventure with Dreadful.
Possessed is a fast-paced story driven survival first person shooter spread across 3 action-packed regions. It features witty characters, terrifying creatures and a strong focus on physics and world interaction.
Drunken Fight Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Volens Nolens Games, the studio behind Dreadful. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
For real fun and drunken fighting experience, try Drunken Fighting Simulator.
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Another title from Volens Nolens Games, the studio behind Dreadful. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful.
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice, the title says it all! You get thrown into a dark room, with no light to be found anywhere! Are you willing to end your life to light the way for the next generation to proceed further? Play it today and find out!
Frequently asked about Dreadful
- How much does Dreadful cost?
- Dreadful is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dreadful?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dreadful are AsHes, Selene's Unbearable Night, Dread X Collection 5.
- Who developed Dreadful?
- Dreadful was developed by Volens Nolens Games.
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