# Games like Dark Hours: Prologue

> The closest matches to Dark Hours: Prologue: Dark Hours, MIMESIS, Backrooms Society, Murky Divers, and Blood Typers. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Dark Hours](https://imho.run/games/2208570/dark-hours) — Also Heist and Team-Based, like Dark Hours: Prologue. 1,232 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2208570/)
2. [MIMESIS](https://imho.run/games/2827200/mimesis) — Shares social deduction and stealth avoidance with Dark Hours: Prologue. 1,794 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2827200/)
3. [Backrooms Society](https://imho.run/games/2304620/backrooms-society) — Shares stealth and co op multiplayer with Dark Hours: Prologue. 342 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2304620/)
4. [Murky Divers](https://imho.run/games/2963880/murky-divers) — Also Survival Horror and Procedural Generation, like Dark Hours: Prologue. 2,182 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2963880/)
5. [Blood Typers](https://imho.run/games/2790330/blood-typers) — Shares wave based combat and co op multiplayer with Dark Hours: Prologue. 689 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2790330/)
6. [PANICORE](https://imho.run/games/2695940/panicore) — Shares stealth avoidance and stealth with Dark Hours: Prologue. 4,299 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2695940/)
7. [Spectral Scream](https://imho.run/games/2620240/spectral-scream) — Shares co op multiplayer and resource management with Dark Hours: Prologue. 131 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2620240/)
8. [Nuclear Nightmare](https://imho.run/games/2909110/nuclear-nightmare) — Also Survival Horror, like Dark Hours: Prologue. 8,674 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2909110/)
9. [Among Ashes](https://imho.run/games/2430900/among-ashes) — Shares stealth and environmental puzzle solving with Dark Hours: Prologue. 228 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2430900/)
10. [Amnesia: The Dark Descent](https://imho.run/games/57300/amnesia-the-dark-descent) — Shares resource management with Dark Hours: Prologue. 12,717 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/)
11. [Forsaken Frontiers](https://imho.run/games/2810780/forsaken-frontiers) — Also Procedural Generation, like Dark Hours: Prologue. 309 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2810780/)
12. [Midnight Heist](https://imho.run/games/2204350/midnight-heist) — Also Heist and Survival Horror, like Dark Hours: Prologue. 259 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2204350/)
13. [Escape the Backrooms](https://imho.run/games/1943950/escape-the-backrooms) — A frequent pick in Dark Hours: Prologue players' libraries, and another Action. 36,625 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1943950/)
14. [Chased by Darkness](https://imho.run/games/1595710/chased-by-darkness) — Shares co op multiplayer with Dark Hours: Prologue. 120 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1595710/)
15. [Find or be Found](https://imho.run/games/3223330/find-or-be-found) — A frequent pick in Dark Hours: Prologue players' libraries, and another Indie. 74 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3223330/)
16. [The Devourer: Hunted Souls](https://imho.run/games/2309400/the-devourer-hunted-souls) — Shares co op multiplayer and environmental puzzle solving with Dark Hours: Prologue. 235 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2309400/)
17. [SKIBIDI GYATROOMS](https://imho.run/games/3288600/skibidi-gyatrooms) — Shares stealth avoidance and co op multiplayer with Dark Hours: Prologue. 335 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3288600/)
18. [Darkwood](https://imho.run/games/274520/darkwood) — A frequent pick in Dark Hours: Prologue players' libraries, and another RPG. 9,910 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/)
19. [SEVERANCE](https://imho.run/games/3815750/severance) — Shares investigation and stealth with Dark Hours: Prologue. 304 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3815750/)
20. [Together After Dark](https://imho.run/games/2708790/together-after-dark) — Shares co op multiplayer and environmental puzzle solving with Dark Hours: Prologue. 132 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2708790/)
21. [Content Warning](https://imho.run/games/2881650/content-warning) — Shares co op multiplayer with Dark Hours: Prologue. 33,238 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2881650/)
22. [GTFO](https://imho.run/games/493520/gtfo) — Also Team-Based and Survival Horror, like Dark Hours: Prologue. 25,271 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/493520/)
23. [Gravewood High](https://imho.run/games/1239300/gravewood-high) — Shares stealth hiding with Dark Hours: Prologue. 325 Steam reviews, 56% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239300/)
24. [Emissary Zero](https://imho.run/games/3176060/emissary-zero) — Shares co op multiplayer and environmental puzzle solving with Dark Hours: Prologue. 1,113 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3176060/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3064370&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3064370&n=20&coop=true
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=3064370
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/3064370
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Dark Hours: Prologue

Dark Hours: Prologue is a free co-op survival horror game from Piece of Cake studios, released in 2024, for one to four players. A heist gone wrong traps a team of robbers with a monster, and survival means exploring, solving environmental puzzles, and hiding, with monsters that can hear players through their microphone driving the tension. Procedural generation and contract-based progression vary each run. Reviewers praise the atmospheric dark setting with jumpscares, the mic-detection mechanic, and the free co-op horror with friends. As a free prologue rated Playable on Steam Deck, it holds 87% positive across 1,098 Steam reviews. It serves as an introduction to the larger Dark Hours universe.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 3064370
- **Developer:** Piece of Cake studios
- **Publisher:** Piece of Cake studios, Kepler Ghost
- **Genres:** Action, Adventure, Free To Play
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Online Co-op, Co-op
- **Released:** Jul 18, 2024
- **Free to play:** yes
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

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- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3064370/)
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