Games Like Silence in the Dark

Venture into the desolate frozen wasteland in this open-world survival horror. Struggle to survive in the cold, where strange creatures roam in the darkness. Build a shelter, collect supplies, fend off unimaginable threats, and fight for survival After Hell Freezes Over.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Survival Horror 17.5%, Noir 14.5%, Horror 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Noir 41.3%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 15.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Survival 7.6%

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 11.6%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.8%

Dead Earth is an open world survival game, choose what you want to do in this world, build a small base, hunt for food, survive and explore the open world, play the game your way, ohh... and try to stay off the menu.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.6% ★, Survival Horror 22.4%, Survival 15.5%, Top-Down 10.2%, Horror 9.2%

Step into the dark and eerie world of "Never Play Evil," an action horror noir game that combines puzzle-solving, exploration, and thrilling combat. You are an invitee to the party as a musician in a mansion full of hidden mysteries. Navigate its corridors and confront the forces lurking within.

Why similar: Noir 31.6%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 9.9%, Puzzle 8.7%

A dungeon crawl in glorious 160x144 resolution. Fight unforgiving battles in tight corridors. Use powerful, limited magic to overcome the odds. Refine your approach and defeat the wizards, or succumb to their will.

Why similar: Souls-like 33.9%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Top-Down 10.1%, Resource Management 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.3% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 11.5%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Horror 3.8%

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Survival 19.5%, Survival Horror 13%, Top-Down 12.3%, Open World 9.6%

Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Survival 19.3%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Horror 9.8%, Open World 8.9%

Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Survival 18.8%, Open World 10.9%, Survival Horror 6.9%, Souls-like 5.7%

A topdown survival space horror where a single enemy hit can end your life

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Survival 16.9%, Top-Down 7.9%, Dark 7.6%

Face the paranormal in this survival horror experience. Monitor security cameras, identify hostile entities using professional equipment, and maintain control of an abandoned psychiatric hospital before your sanity collapses.

Why similar: Investigation 26.7%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Survival 14%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.5%

You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.

Why similar: Noir 32.7%, Investigation 23.3%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 7.8%, Puzzle 7.5%

Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Survival Horror 12.6%, Resource Management 12.1%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 10.5%

Struggle to survive on a perilous and unknown planet. Environment, climate and creatures are threats all the time, but also may be your powerful boosts. Survival Simulator - How you survive on the last day?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Open World 22.6%, Survival 21.5%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Throw a party at a maniac's mansion. RIP Party is a single player slasher horror game inspired by 80s & 90s horror movies where you and the NPCs are being hunted. Try and survive the micro sandbox experience.

Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 11.7%, Top-Down 10.4%

Criminal Russia is an adrenaline-fueled thriller full of primal brutality, dangerous shootouts and a complex high-quality storyline! The scene of action is a prototype of modern Russia in an alternative reality.

Why similar: Character Action Game 25.4% ★, Souls-like 21.5%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 9.8%

Welcome to downtown Catsburg: where the streets bleed neon and the critters bite back. You play as private detective Mitch Birman, an ex-Vietnam vet, with a trunk full of guns and a personal vendetta against the little monsters that plague his city.

Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Survival 8.9%, Action 8.3%, Top-Down 8.1%

A scary bedtime story or a horrid physical entity? The story goes that the toymaker is an undead figure who comes out at night leaving a toy on the children’s bedroom window to lure and capture them. A folktale passed through generations within the family might hold some dark secrets.

Why similar: Character Action Game 33.6% ★, Survival Horror 20.1%, Investigation 18.3%, Survival 9.7%, Dark 8.4%

[GAME CANCELLED] Stranded in the darkness, survive and build a base scattered across the lunar surface to generate electricity and alight the moon as you upgrade your equipment, struggle for oxygen, and escape fearsome monsters. Singleplayer only, you will survive, gather, craft, build, and explore.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Survival Horror 14.3%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.6%, Resource Management 9.3%

Stranded and alone, you must craft, build and fight your way through a treacherous open-world paradise teeming with monsters, forgotten temples, wildlife, and derelict research facilities. However, an ancient beast freely roams the skies and stalks the grounds, and it has fire in its eyes.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Survival Horror 13.7%, Survival 13%, Open World 11.4%, Resource Management 10.2%

Godless grove - survival horror with elements of a hunting simulator in an open world filled with horrors. Uncover the terrible secrets of the locals and overcome the disgusting creatures of evil that have gathered over this grove.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Survival Horror 28.1%, Top-Down 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Open World 8.5%

A dark, story-rich puzzle adventure where every clue matters. Think carefully, read with attention, and make meaningful choices and be ready to act fast when danger strikes to uncover the truth and save your daughter.

Why similar: Investigation 38.1%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Horror 12%, Dark 8.6%, Puzzle 8.4%

Become Mori and Avoid the scary nurse! Escape from the hospital!

Why similar: Character Action Game 57% ★, Horror 14.7%, Top-Down 10.9%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 5.3%

⛏️ Survival crafting adventure 💎 🌌 Through magical portals 🌀 👹 Into fantasy worlds 🏰 ⚡ Once-in-a-lifetime, high-paced, high-variety 💨 ⏳ The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel 🕰️

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Souls-like 22.2%, Survival 13.5%, Resource Management 11.7%, Open World 10%

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.5% ★, Survival 22.1%, Open World 13.5%, Survival Horror 4.2%, Adventure 2.5%

Explore a dark labyrinth in this top-down survival horror. Solve puzzles, evade traps, manage scarce resources, and uncover the gruesome story of a cannibalistic killer. Stealth and strategy are key to surviving this tense, atmospheric experience.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Survival 17.5%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 14.1%, Top-Down 9.6%

The Dark Way is a single-player, action-adventure horror game. After He Lost in mysterious village you need to keep alive before Red Night!

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.2%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 21.2%, Horror 14.1%, Action 7.8%

Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.9% ★, Survival 21.5%, Open World 10%, Adventure 5.6%, Action 4.7%

The Island - "Island") - a computer game with an open world and a first-person view in the genre of survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Character Action Game 33.4% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 11.6%, Action 2.5%

Cameras and heads are rolling in this noir inspired RPGmaker horror game. Save the spectral starlets trapped in the deadly director's mansion, and escape without joining them in their fate.

Why similar: Noir 34%, Investigation 26.7%, Horror 15.2%, Story Rich 5.6%, Puzzle 5.4%

Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite is a first-person sci-fi survival RPG. Explore an alien planet, gather resources, build your base, and survive a world that's both beautiful and deadly.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Souls-like 16.9%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Resource Management 11.4%, Open World 10.4%

Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.

Why similar: Souls-like 32.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 11.7%, Dark 9.4%

Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.6% ★, Survival Horror 14.6%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.3%, Horror 10.2%

Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.

Why similar: Character Action Game 33% ★, Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Open World 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Top-Down 7.1%

Speak into the microphone to see, but be careful, for he can hear you...

Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Survival Horror 22.7%, Horror 14.5%, Survival 11.2%, Dark 9.2%

Canterz Paranormies 2 is a 2D Top Down survival horror game based on the story of the most renowned paranormal investigation team of the US, Canterz Paranormies, who have received a request to investigate the Kentucky house located in the vicinity of the cemetery.

Why similar: Investigation 24.8%, Survival Horror 23.6%, Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Top-Down 7.4%

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.7%

“Man Without organs” is a 2D detective adventure game. The player assumes control of “Man Without organs”, whose body is hollow inside, on his journey through a ruined Hong Kong.

Why similar: Noir 39.9%, Dark 14.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, Horror 9%, Story Rich 8.6%

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 67.1% ★, Survival 25.6%, Open World 3.5%, Survival Horror 1.5%, Adventure 0.9%

Explore a mesmerizing alien world, filled with deep bioluminescent wonders and horrors alike. Old alien artefacts await uncovering, in your search for the lost crew of Lazarus, in the search for your family in the depths of planet Eo-III.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival Horror 17.7%, Survival 15.8%, Open World 15.1%, Horror 11.5%

Agent Ethan Graves dives into the mind of a monstrous cult leader, a decaying nightmare where reality twists and sanity shatters. Guided only by an AI, he must navigate horrors beyond comprehension to save a child’s life. But in a mind built to trap him… will he ever escape?

Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Investigation 18.8%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 7.3%

A ghost and her doll guardian explore the mysterious town of Penwyll and the sprawling graveyards, tombs, caves and rotting estates that surround it in this Horror Action RPG from the creator of Withering Rooms.

Why similar: Souls-like 30.9%, Noir 27.5%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Horror 13.7%, Action 5.2%

Ailment is a pixel-art action game which takes place on a spaceship in a far far galaxy. The main character wakes up in a spaceship after being unconscious for three days and all of his crew became enemies. He has to remember what happened and find out the truth.

Why similar: Character Action Game 33.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Survival 10.3%, Horror 7.5%

A story-driven first person adventure where you should fight through with your loyal revolver, gather knowledge from the enviroment and solve puzzles to unveil the secrets of a cult and how it fits with you.

Why similar: Noir 40%, Investigation 13.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 6.4%

Mystery of Island is a wilderness survival game. Various enemies, huge map to explore, collect resources to improve and strengthen yourself over time.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 15%, Action 5.4%, Adventure 5.2%

The Silent Jungle is a classic survival horror game set deep within the haunting jungles of Vietnam. After a brutal ambush, a lost American soldier must survive in a cursed jungle filled with lethal traps and haunting illusions. To escape, he must uncover its dark secrets and break the curse.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.5%, Top-Down 13.7%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Dark 8.3%

A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.

Why similar: Investigation 30.6%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Horror 18.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Dark 11.6%

Heltons Haunted Hotel is a 2D Top Down Survival Horror game based on the story of a Haunted hotel, located in the Helton City, which has witnessed the various tragic incidents occurred during the early 2000s.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Horror 13.5%, Investigation 11%, Top-Down 9.6%, Dark 9.5%

Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Survival 13.9%, Open World 11.3%, Resource Management 11%, Survival Horror 9.7%

Investigate the strange occurrences in a small town, while slowly revealing the truth behind the formation of a local cult.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.5%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 15.8%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 11.4%

Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59.6% ★, Open World 12.4%, Survival 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Adventure 5.7%

Transfigured is a 2D side-scroller psychological horror game. Humanoid monstrosities stalk you from the dark. Armed with nothing other than a dying flashlight, survival depends on hiding, finding tools, and carefully navigating your surroundings.

Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Survival Horror 24.6%, Horror 15.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 7.2%

An infinite open world survival game for 1-8 players to explore. Journey into the deepest caves, enter alternate dimensions, and release an ancient evil's grasp on the world of Epocria.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 12.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Top-Down 9.3%

Chop trees, cook meals, build your home and play music to control the wild! Explore a procedurally generated world and survive your way through art.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Open World 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Top-Down 6.7%, Survival 6.2%

You are the Black Baby, forever without hope, forever without light. Traverse through a maze full of naked giants with massive head indents that try to crush your skull.

Why similar: Character Action Game 47.1% ★, Souls-like 24.2%, Dark 11.6%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 7.6%

Azurael's Circle is a horror-mystery adventure game. Navigate the manor and piece together the real reason why you're here. Combine items in your inventory to get into locked areas of the house and find other useful tools that can help you uncover the truth while meeting a few familiar faces.

Why similar: Noir 36.5%, Investigation 15.1%, Top-Down 11.8%, Horror 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

An adventure Horror RPG. Ride to survive, fight to win, Road to Hollow Hills

Why similar: Souls-like 26.2%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 12.3%, Survival 10.9%

Today Is My Birthday offers a classic horror experience for fans of the genre, thrusting players into insurmountable odds with only a few tools at their disposal to escape death. Your own survival instincts, problem solving skills, and willingness to explore will shape your fate.

Why similar: Character Action Game 37.9% ★, Survival Horror 22.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 5.3%