# Games like The Dark Room

> The closest matches to The Dark Room: Trolley Problem, Inc., Harvester, Kindergarten, Night At the Gates of Hell, and Hector: Badge of Carnage - Full Series. 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. [Trolley Problem, Inc.](https://imho.run/games/1582680/trolley-problem-inc) — Also Text-Based, like The Dark Room. 758 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1582680/)
2. [Harvester](https://imho.run/games/287020/harvester) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 1,005 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/287020/)
3. [Kindergarten](https://imho.run/games/589590/kindergarten) — Also Dark Comedy and Gore, like The Dark Room. 7,477 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/589590/)
4. [Night At the Gates of Hell](https://imho.run/games/2026870/night-at-the-gates-of-hell) — A frequent pick in The Dark Room players' libraries, and another Action. 617 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026870/)
5. [Hector: Badge of Carnage - Full Series](https://imho.run/games/94620/hector-badge-of-carnage-full-series) — A frequent pick in The Dark Room players' libraries, and another Adventure. 83 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/94620/)
6. [Death of the Reprobate](https://imho.run/games/1739900/death-of-the-reprobate) — Also Dark Comedy, like The Dark Room. 434 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1739900/)
7. [Dark Devotion](https://imho.run/games/718590/dark-devotion) — A frequent pick in The Dark Room players' libraries, and another RPG. 672 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/718590/)
8. [Overboard!](https://imho.run/games/1546920/overboard) — Also Dark Comedy and Text-Based, like The Dark Room. 454 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546920/)
9. [Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit](https://imho.run/games/205230/hell-yeah-wrath-of-the-dead-rabbit) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 300 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/205230/)
10. [The Stanley Parable](https://imho.run/games/221910/the-stanley-parable) — Shares achievement hunting with The Dark Room. 28,192 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/)
11. [The Skin Stapler](https://imho.run/games/4310610/the-skin-stapler) — Also Dark Comedy and Violent, like The Dark Room. 533 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4310610/)
12. [POSTAL 2](https://imho.run/games/223470/postal-2) — Also Dark Comedy and Gore, like The Dark Room. 42,176 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/)
13. [Party Hard](https://imho.run/games/356570/party-hard) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 3,181 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/356570/)
14. [AI: The Somnium Files](https://imho.run/games/948740/ai-the-somnium-files) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 4,347 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/948740/)
15. [Killing Room](https://imho.run/games/407560/killing-room) — Also Gore, like The Dark Room. 610 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/407560/)
16. [The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark](https://imho.run/games/795420/the-darkside-detective-a-fumble-in-the-dark) — A frequent pick in The Dark Room players' libraries, and another Indie. 877 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/795420/)
17. [Mother Russia Bleeds](https://imho.run/games/361300/mother-russia-bleeds) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 1,552 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/361300/)
18. [CARRION](https://imho.run/games/953490/carrion) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 15,824 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/953490/)
19. [Disc Room](https://imho.run/games/1229580/disc-room) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 553 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229580/)
20. [SHUT IN](https://imho.run/games/1438190/shut-in) — Also Dark Comedy, like The Dark Room. 71 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1438190/)
21. [Hatred](https://imho.run/games/341940/hatred) — Shares achievement hunting with The Dark Room. 9,619 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/341940/)
22. [Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?](https://imho.run/games/2658470/is-this-game-trying-to-kill-me) — Same dark mood as The Dark Room. 577 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2658470/)
23. [Nidhogg 2](https://imho.run/games/535520/nidhogg-2) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 657 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/535520/)
24. [The Dark Inside Me](https://imho.run/games/345230/the-dark-inside-me) — Also Gore and Violent, like The Dark Room. 89 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/345230/)

## 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=918530&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=918530&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=918530&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=918530
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/918530
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About The Dark Room

Addictive and vicious retro-styled comedy puzzler chock full of profanity, abuse, unfairness and warped logic. Will You: Go North? Find Light Switch? Cower and whimper like a beaten swine? Make your decision and escape The Dark Room! Just remember - YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 918530
- **Developer:** Developers At Large, John Robertson
- **Publisher:** John Robertson
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, Early Access
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 19, 2018
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/918530/the-dark-room)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=918530&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/918530/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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