Choose Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
Choose Yomawari: Midnight Shadows if it's currently about 80% cheaper on the Steam Store. Yomawari: Midnight Shadows launched in 2017.
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows vs Yomawari: Lost in the Dark
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows and Yomawari: Lost in the Dark both land in Strategy, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Adventure on Steam. Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (2017) is 5 years older than Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (2022). Yomawari: Lost in the Dark scores higher on Steam reviews (91.5% positive) than Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (90.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Yomawari: Lost in the Dark
Choose Yomawari: Lost in the Dark if it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Yomawari: Lost in the Dark launched in 2022.
Both Yomawari: Midnight Shadows and Yomawari: Lost in the Dark sit in Strategy and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (90.2% vs 91.5% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Yomawari: Midnight Shadows |  Yomawari: Lost in the Dark | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2022 |
| Genres | Strategy, Adventure | Strategy, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | 3.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 90.2% positive (193 reviews) | 91.5% positive (82 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Adventure on Steam.
- Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (2017) is 5 years older than Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (2022).
- Yomawari: Lost in the Dark scores higher on Steam reviews (91.5% positive) than Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (90.2% positive).
- Yomawari: Midnight Shadows is currently ~80% cheaper on Steam than Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (3.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Yomawari: Midnight Shadows is Deck Verified, Yomawari: Lost in the Dark is Deck Playable.
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows vs Yomawari: Lost in the Dark — FAQ
- Should I play Yomawari: Midnight Shadows or Yomawari: Lost in the Dark first?
- If you want chronology, Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (2017) came out before Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (2022). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Yomawari: Midnight Shadows and Yomawari: Lost in the Dark similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.