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Games like The Stroke of Midnight

If The Stroke of Midnight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Uventa, MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH and Diary of Defender — 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 Stroke of Midnight: Rowan Cox wakes up in a barren room, alone with a mysterious girl he's never seen before. He quickly comes to realise that things are very much out of place. A full-length Mystery/Detective visual novel with an LGBT-inclusive cast.

2018IndieViolentGore24.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Ace Of Spades Studios
The Stroke of Midnight — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Stroke of Midnight also play

Steam players who put hours into The Stroke of Midnight 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. Uventa

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with The Stroke of Midnight.

    The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.

    2018IndieViolentGore0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    There are lots of exciting experiences and tasks waiting for you in the game. Do you like the tasks to be solved? Do you like excitement when someone is chasing you and you need to find the key to the mystery? Then this game is for you. We are continually developing and engaging in more and more puzzles and tasks.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Diary of Defender

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    Into the game, you will become a defender, return to the age of war, defense the enemy wave of attack.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. SLG Remix

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with The Stroke of Midnight.

    SLG Remix is an alternate kinetic version of the brand new 16-bit horror visual novel/adventure Mega Drive game Sacred Line Genesis. A surreal, twisted kinetic novel tribute to obscure visual novel / adventure games of 90s.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Kemonomichi-White Moment-

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Violent and Gore with The Stroke of Midnight.

    Adventure novel game. (English subtitles) Story synopsis: Large sword in hand, a man plans his escape from the organization. Running from his pursuers, he is forced to wander. Then, before his eyes… a girl appears. In the silver-haired girl’s hand, a long sword that seems otherworldly.

    2018AdventureViolentGore9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Paradise Lost: FPS Cosmic Horror Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with The Stroke of Midnight.

    An Spec Ops team was sent to a planet to investigate a disappearance of a research team. What lies beneath this god-forsaken planet?

    2018IndieEarly AccessViolent2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Pawn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A story rich visual novel where you must investigate a series of disappearances threatening the inhabitants of your hometown. Analyze crime scenes, interrogate suspects, witness the dreadful events unravel and face your past. Beware, innocence might be nothing but a mere illusion.

    2016AdventureSimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Beast Battle Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Stroke of Midnight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    Beast Battle Simulator is a physics based battle-simulation sandbox game featuring dinosaurs, animals, and humans. Kamikaze Zebras VS. T-Rex with laser guns, Lions VS. medieval knights; anything is possible! Watch as the beasts dismember and rip each other apart in gory detail!

    2018ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Stroke of Midnight at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under The Stroke of Midnight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stroke of Midnight.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 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 Stroke of Midnight.

    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. Lucid9: Inciting Incident

    WHY THIS

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

    Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

    2016SimulationFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Without a Voice

    WHY THIS

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

    In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...

    2020IndieRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. XOXO Blood Droplets

    WHY THIS

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

    A collection of very short stories. XOXO Blood Droplets is an absurd, dark comedy, twisted romance Visual Novel about terrible things happening to terrible people. The fun comes not from avoiding the potential horrors, but by seeing just how many ways things can go wrong.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Our Wonderland

    WHY THIS

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

    A horror-fantasy visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  6. KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托

    WHY THIS

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

    “喂喂,求求你啦!救救我!” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救,给你打电话的人,是一名被监禁的少女

    2018IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. Harrowed World: What's Past Is Portents

    WHY THIS

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

    Step into the dark and unforgiving world of vampires and have the course of your life changed forever. Experience a Rich Narrative Experience with gothic horror, distinct protagonists, interesting characters, and varied locations.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Aroma

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Stroke of Midnight

How much does The Stroke of Midnight cost?
The Stroke of Midnight is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Stroke of Midnight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Stroke of Midnight are Uventa, MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH, Diary of Defender.
Who developed The Stroke of Midnight?
The Stroke of Midnight was developed by Ace Of Spades Studios and published by Ace of Spades 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 The Stroke of Midnight.

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