Games like Dread of Laughter
If Dread of Laughter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Psychopathy Assessment and Maid of Sker — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its claustrophobic farmhouse setting, atmospheric and dark. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dread of Laughter: Dread of Laughter is a survival horror game where the player has to survive the attack of a serial killer by making choices that will either help the player or make the killer stronger.
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Steam players who put hours into Dread of Laughter 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.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread of Laughter.
Top pick for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Psychopathy Assessment
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread of Laughter.
Ranked #4 for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
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.
TORMENTOR
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Dread of Laughter.
Ranked #5 for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.
Lucius II
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Dread of Laughter.
Ranked #6 for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Dread of Laughter.
Ranked #7 for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
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.
Unholy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dread of Laughter.
Ranked #8 for Dread of Laughter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dread of Laughter at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dread of Laughter.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread of Laughter.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread of Laughter.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dread of Laughter.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread of Laughter.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dread of Laughter.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dread of Laughter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread of Laughter.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
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 Dread of Laughter.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dread of Laughter.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dread of Laughter.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Dread of Laughter.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dread of Laughter.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dread of Laughter.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Dread of Laughter
- How much does Dread of Laughter cost?
- Dread of Laughter is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dread of Laughter?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dread of Laughter are Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Psychopathy Assessment, Maid of Sker.
- Who developed Dread of Laughter?
- Dread of Laughter was developed by Icy North Games.
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 Dread of Laughter.
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