# Games like I Can't Escape: Darkness

> The closest matches to I Can't Escape: Darkness: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Darkwood, SOMA, Outlast, and White Knuckle. 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. [Amnesia: The Dark Descent](https://imho.run/games/57300/amnesia-the-dark-descent) — Shares resource management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 12,717 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/)
2. [Darkwood](https://imho.run/games/274520/darkwood) — Also Survival Horror, like I Can't Escape: Darkness. 9,910 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/)
3. [SOMA](https://imho.run/games/282140/soma) — A frequent pick in I Can't Escape: Darkness players' libraries, and another Action. 23,563 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/)
4. [Outlast](https://imho.run/games/238320/outlast) — Shares resource management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 28,158 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/238320/)
5. [White Knuckle](https://imho.run/games/3195790/white-knuckle) — Shares permadeath and procedural generation with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 6,859 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195790/)
6. [The Hat Man: Shadow Ward](https://imho.run/games/291010/the-hat-man-shadow-ward) — Shares procedural generation with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 897 Steam reviews, 57% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/291010/)
7. [Static Dread: The Lighthouse](https://imho.run/games/3298940/static-dread-the-lighthouse) — Shares resource management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 356 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3298940/)
8. [Dead of Darkness](https://imho.run/games/2157210/dead-of-darkness) — Shares resource management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 103 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2157210/)
9. [Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?](https://imho.run/games/2658470/is-this-game-trying-to-kill-me) — Shares procedural generation with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 577 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2658470/)
10. [DEMON DUST](https://imho.run/games/3080050/demon-dust) — Shares permadeath and resource management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 87 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3080050/)
11. [Visage](https://imho.run/games/594330/visage) — Also Survival Horror, like I Can't Escape: Darkness. 3,985 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/594330/)
12. [Descending The Woods](https://imho.run/games/2868070/descending-the-woods) — Shares permadeath and procedural generation with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 51 Steam reviews, 59% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868070/)
13. [Darkest Dungeon®](https://imho.run/games/262060/darkest-dungeon) — Also Dungeon Crawler, like I Can't Escape: Darkness. 55,844 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/)
14. [Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory](https://imho.run/games/382090/dungeon-nightmares-ii-the-memory) — Shares permadeath and procedural generation with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 138 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/382090/)
15. [Pathologic 3](https://imho.run/games/3199650/pathologic-3) — A frequent pick in I Can't Escape: Darkness players' libraries, and another RPG. 994 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/)
16. [IMSCARED](https://imho.run/games/429720/imscared) — Also Survival Horror, like I Can't Escape: Darkness. 1,981 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/429720/)
17. [Out of Sight](https://imho.run/games/2526310/out-of-sight) — Same atmospheric mood as I Can't Escape: Darkness. 350 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2526310/)
18. [Apartament 1406: Horror](https://imho.run/games/2419900/apartament-1406-horror) — Shares resource management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 170 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2419900/)
19. [White Night](https://imho.run/games/301560/white-night) — Shares light management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 146 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/301560/)
20. [The Backrooms: Survival](https://imho.run/games/1889640/the-backrooms-survival) — Also Dungeon Crawler and Survival Horror, like I Can't Escape: Darkness. 511 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1889640/)
21. [Look Outside](https://imho.run/games/3373660/look-outside) — Shares permadeath and procedural generation with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 8,069 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/)
22. [Inscryption](https://imho.run/games/1092790/inscryption) — A frequent pick in I Can't Escape: Darkness players' libraries, and another Strategy. 74,873 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1092790/)
23. [Ells Tales: Chairbound](https://imho.run/games/3281410/ells-tales-chairbound) — A frequent pick in I Can't Escape: Darkness players' libraries, and another Simulation. 95 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3281410/)
24. [The Light Keeps Us Safe](https://imho.run/games/853240/the-light-keeps-us-safe) — Shares procedural generation and resource management with I Can't Escape: Darkness. 111 Steam reviews, 59% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/853240/)

## 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=346090&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=346090&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=346090&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=346090
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/346090
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About I Can't Escape: Darkness

I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 346090
- **Developer:** Fancy Fish Games
- **Publisher:** Fancy Fish Games
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 17, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 43
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/346090/i-can-t-escape-darkness)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=346090&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/346090/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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