Rank 01Games like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
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- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles also play
The closest matches to Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles: Outbreak, Them and Us, Daymare: 1998, Outbreak: The New Nightmare, and Resident Evil. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares tank controls and inventory management with Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- $7.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
Rank 03Why this
Shares inventory management with Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Verified
- 2019
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Outbreak: The New Nightmare
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
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Blasphemous 2
Why this: Also Unforgiving and Action RPG, like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
- 1Outbreak
Also Third-Person Shooter and Survival Horror, like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 65% of 77 reviews
- 2Them and Us
Shares tank controls and inventory management with Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 76% of 529 reviews
- 3Daymare: 1998
Shares inventory management with Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 67% of 1,273 reviews
- 4Outbreak: The New Nightmare
Same atmospheric mood as Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 67% of 160 reviews
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- 7Blasphemous 2
Also Unforgiving and Action RPG, like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 90% of 5,085 reviews
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- 9The Sinking City Remastered
Also Third-Person Shooter and Action RPG, like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 74% of 1,970 reviews
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- 11Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Shares fixed camera navigation and tank controls with Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 65% of 212 reviews
- 12Wicked Seed
Also Survival Horror and Action RPG, like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
- 95% of 721 reviews
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Dead Drop Studios LLC
- Price: $0.99−80%checked Oct 31
- 76% of 55 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, RPG
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Faithfully recreates classic survival horror feel
- Fixed cameras force tactical positioning
- Memory editing enables difficulty adjustment
- Atmospheric
- Dark
- Immersive
More games like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles, sliced differently
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

Daymare: 1998
Why this: Shares inventory management with Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.


Blasphemous 2
Why this: Also Unforgiving and Action RPG, like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.
More from Dead Drop Studios LLC
Other recommendable Steam games by Dead Drop Studios LLC, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

Outbreak: Lost Hope
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Survival Horror, like Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.



Outbreak: Contagious Memories
Why this: Shares fixed camera navigation and tank controls with Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles.


About Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
The closest matches to Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles: Outbreak, Them and Us, Daymare: 1998, Outbreak: The New Nightmare, and Resident Evil. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outbreak, Them and Us and Daymare: 1998 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, dark and immersive, and single out its door code puzzles and fixed camera navigation. 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.
About Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles: Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.
Is Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 76% of 55 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 3 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Faithfully recreates classic survival horror feel
- Fixed cameras force tactical positioning
- Memory editing enables difficulty adjustment
- Nostalgic atmosphere for retro horror fans
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“i would like to call this a tribute to RE 90's.. but controls are crap and camera just annoying. All elements that worked well with RE work bad here. Too bad. I don't like to be hard with people, but wondering if Dead Drop Studios are…”
People who play it also play: Outbreak, Them and Us, Daymare: 1998
Frequently asked about Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Can I run it?
How much does Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles cost?
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles are Outbreak, Them and Us, Daymare: 1998.
Who developed Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles?
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles was developed by Dead Drop Studios LLC.