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Games like The Nightmare from Beyond

If The Nightmare from Beyond is your kind of game, the closest matches are FOQUES, Lost Sanity: Cthulhu and Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — 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 Nightmare from Beyond: Uncover the horrible secrets that lie in the depths of Exham Priory in this dark and twisted puzzle-platformer inspired by "The Rats in The Walls", and other works by H.P. Lovecraft.

2017ActionIndieAdventureEarly AccessWindowsby The Domaginarium
The Nightmare from Beyond — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Nightmare from Beyond also play

Steam players who put hours into The Nightmare from Beyond 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. FOQUES

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    The Debut title from award-winning indie studio TheVampire’sManor, FOQUES is a passion project years in the making. FOQUES is a third person, action-adventure turned survival horror based on oil painted techniques and eldritch horror, following Kari; an arctic fox who must now be faster than death.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Lost Sanity: Cthulhu

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    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 ↗
  5. Hamilton's Great Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    All new DLC, Retro Fever, Now Available!

    2011IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Livestream 2: Escape from Togaezuka Happy Place

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    Can you escape the horror of being hunted down...? The sequel to the survival horror game "Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami" is now available!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. FALL GIRLS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    FALL GIRLS is a casual arcade runner with unique setting.It`s a competition, where you should pass the levels one by one.You will play as a female protagonist.

    2022ActionSportsIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Nightmare from Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    Paper Dolls 2 is a first-person horror adventure game. A dark aura emanates from a Qing dynasty dwelling—the Yin Mansion. What happened to the once-famous Yin Family? Clues lead us to its second floor haunted by restless spirits. A truth, buried for over a hundred years, is waiting to be unraveled.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Nightmare from Beyond.

    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. Shares Action and Adventure with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nightmare from Beyond.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 The Nightmare from Beyond.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from The Domaginarium

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

  1. Enola

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The Domaginarium, the studio behind The Nightmare from Beyond. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    Survive a macabre world conjured up by the tortured memories of Angelica.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Dreamlands: Aisling's Quest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The Domaginarium, the studio behind The Nightmare from Beyond. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    Help Aisling free The Dreamlands from The Mourner! The Dreamlands: Aisling's Quest is an adventure game that blends fantasy and mystery elements to present a gripping story.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Color Slayer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The Domaginarium, the studio behind The Nightmare from Beyond. Shares Action and Indie with The Nightmare from Beyond.

    Push your reflexes and slash your way forward in this fast-paced, color-based arcade game.

    2019ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Nightmare from Beyond

What games are most similar to The Nightmare from Beyond?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Nightmare from Beyond are FOQUES, Lost Sanity: Cthulhu, Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
Who developed The Nightmare from Beyond?
The Nightmare from Beyond was developed by The Domaginarium.

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 Nightmare from Beyond.

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