60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Dark, Dystopian, Exploration, Adventure.
You find yourself in a darkened maze at the stroke of midnight. But the wolves howling, the blades sharpening and the crows calling out tell you that you are not alone. The only question that remains is how many times will you die before you stumble upon the exit to this fiendish construction.
Pexet Inc.
A top-down 2D survival horror game where you shift between timelines, solve time-based puzzles, manage limited resources, and survive deadly encounters in a collapsing research facility.
Abrasion
You are an enslaved oilborn. The Facility sends you to harvest blood from overgrown brains in the depths of an ancient megastructure. Search for secrets and uncover forgotten lore in this exploration focused horror game.
A top-down 2D survival horror game where you shift between timelines, solve time-based puzzles, manage limited resources, and survive deadly encounters in a collapsing research facility.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.5%, Mystery Dungeon 25% ★, Dark 13.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Puzzle 7.7%
You are an enslaved oilborn. The Facility sends you to harvest blood from overgrown brains in the depths of an ancient megastructure. Search for secrets and uncover forgotten lore in this exploration focused horror game.
Why similar: Dystopian 50.9%, Dark 31.4%, Exploration 17.7%
Moonless Night is a psychological horror game where you explore Selene’s mind, uncover her sins, and escape a labyrinth of shadows. Every choice matters—face the darkness and discover one of six different endings.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 43.3% ★, Exploration 16.8%, Dark 13.1%, Puzzle 11.7%, Violent 6.4%
Zombie Clown Trap is a survival puzzle game. Scavenge what little remains, set up cruel traps, and outsmart the undead, because in this nightmare, every mistake becomes the final joke.
Why similar: Dark 19.4%, Action 15.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 12.4%
A slow, meditative survival journey across a bleak continent. Carry an evil artifact, manage scarce resources, scavenge abandoned places and decide how far you’re willing to endure in a world that offers no reassurance.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.2%, Dark 19.4%, Exploration 16.6%, Minimalist 16.1%, Top-Down 9.2%
It’s your job to safeguard reality by watching the camera feeds and identifying changes in various key locations. But be careful, too many BREACHES seep in unnoticed and it will be GAME OVER for us all.
Why similar: Dystopian 37.4%, Dark 37.1%, Gore 15.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Light2live is a procedurally generated roguelike with crafting, stealth, exploration and asynchronous multiplayer mechanics. Improve your skills and discover secrets as you advance through the floors of this dangerous fortress in search of your missing friend. Stay in the light ...
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 30.3% ★, Roguelike 20.1%, Action 11.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Dark 10.1%
Help Spiderbro through a strange dystopia and overcome the shadow spider that is constantly hindering you. Collect items and solve puzzles and keep moving, don't let the shadow spider get the better of you.
Why similar: Dystopian 30.3%, Dark 19.8%, Minimalist 14%, Exploration 13.2%, Top-Down 9%
NRV is a frenetic and violent top-down shooter set in a grim cyberpunk universe that feels like a boomer shooter from top down view. Fueled by rage and by a thirst for revenge, you will slain waves of enemies and liberate the city to save the citizens from a cynical elite that seeks to enslave them.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.9%, Dark 15.2%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Top-Down 7.4%
Imagine Squid Game and Portal having a child. That's basically CRTX (pronounced cortex). Be prepared for an oppressive atmosphere with dark humor, a few horror elements and a story that digs deep inside your mind...
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 26% ★, Dystopian 22.4%, Dark 15.6%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Puzzle 8.7%
County Hospital Cautery is a 4-player online co-op and single-player sci-fi horror game. Experiments in a secret laboratory hidden behind an abandoned hospital have gone too far, you and your team must use all the equipment to eliminate the threat before a worse one awakens. Get your flametrhower!
Why similar: Dystopian 37.1%, Dark 20.2%, Mystery Dungeon 19.2% ★, Action 9.1%, Exploration 7.7%
A challenging and engaging puzzle game that will require you to move colored objects and place them on their respective platforms to explore through a series of increasingly complex levels.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 24.8% ★, Dystopian 16.8%, Dark 13.4%, Minimalist 13.1%, Puzzle 9.5%
In an increasingly oppressive world, a magpie feeds her only remaining child amidst a city of lackluster sightseers. Take their vision and feed your son.
Why similar: Dystopian 44.1%, Dark 19.7%, Surreal 12.1%, Exploration 8.3%, Action 6.7%
Kingpin: Reloaded is an enhanced re-release of the classic tale of revenge. Take control of a street gang and order your recruits to attack, defend or even do a little safe-cracking to pick up some needed cash.
Why similar: Dystopian 37.4%, Dark 19.2%, Gore 11%, Exploration 10.1%, Violent 9.8%
Welcome to Project Spark. Help our little android friend navigate across multiple, challenging levels in search of bio-matter. You see, we are in desperate need of those primarily to restore human civilization and undo the damage caused by our own problem child - Artificial Intelligence.
Why similar: Dystopian 37.5%, Mystery Dungeon 29.2% ★, Top-Down 9%, Action 8.1%, Stealth 5.9%
PAIN-TO-WIN is a violent, hostile top-down shooter set in a decaying asylum that functions like a meat grinder. You hunt those willing to go further than others and grow stronger only by increasing your capacity for harm. There is no redemption, and the story always ends in death.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.7%, Dark 19.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 15%, Violent 11.1%, Gore 11%
Dickland: Horror Quest is a 2D quest, the main features of which are: black humor and graphics drawn with an ordinary pencil in an album and scanned afterwards. In the game you will find a lot of different puzzles, dangers and puzzles that you have to solve.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 31.2% ★, Dark 21.8%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Exploration 7.6%
Light is a luxury. Sanity is vital. Survive the dithered remains of a botched psychological experiment in GRAY SPACE. Scavenge for the crumbling resources, evade the fear entities lurking the grit, and stay highly conscious of anomalies. A lo-fi first-person survival horror nightmare.
Why similar: Dystopian 38.8%, Roguelike 16.8%, Dark 16.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.
Why similar: Dystopian 29.3%, Roguelike 19.9%, Dark 18.5%, Exploration 14.6%, Minimalist 13%
A top down 2d puzzle game set in the far future. Explore the remains of a lost civilization, or create your own stories in the in-game map editor. Share your maps on the steam workshop and download maps to play from the community!
Why similar: Dystopian 26.5%, Exploration 21.6%, Puzzle 17%, Top-Down 14.6%, Minimalist 10.3%
Dungeon Slime it's a challenging game. Every time you hit the walls you change the shape of Billy the Slime. Dodge sharp spines, go through narrow gaps, solve complicated logic and skill based puzzles to find a way out of this dungeon.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 36.4% ★, Dark 23.5%, Puzzle 13.8%, Tactical 9.9%, Strategy 8.9%
Awaken as the skeleton beside the chest in a darkly comedic, choice-driven mystery. Unravel secrets, face eerie discoveries, and decide whether you’ll escape the vault—or become part of it forever.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 37.3% ★, Dark 18.7%, Exploration 13.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Dark Humor 12.6%
From the creators of Mutant Year Zero comes an intense and Hardcore Turn-Based Tactical Game. Command your squad of four units and venture into a war torn America, where every turn counts in fierce tactical battles. Designed for those who crave a serious challenge, not for the faint-hearted!
Why similar: Dystopian 27%, Dark 20.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Tactical 10.9%, Strategy 10.5%
The wolves are watching! Venture through a captivating but brutal dystopia where our young adventurer Ravengirl will travel through this huge city’s brightest highs and delve to its darkest depths on her perilous journey of discovery and finding her destiny where hope seems in short supply.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.9%, Dark 19.2%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 11.6%, Gore 8.3%
Asterion is a stylized rogue-like adventure inspired by Greek mythology. Explore the Labyrinth, face the Minotaur, and uncover a haunting story of gods, betrayal, and survival.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 38.3% ★, Roguelike 19.5%, Dark 15.8%, Action 11.7%, Strategy 10.4%
"Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where you face a variety of enemies, save what is left of this world. Endless Days Z is an intense and immersive survival experience."
Why similar: Dystopian 35.6%, Dark 20.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Surreal 9.8%, Zombies 8.4%
Explore unique dungeons with every run, defy death, and complete, quest and challenge that stands in your way.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 34.2% ★, Roguelike 15.9%, Dark 13.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Top-Down 10.1%
You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.
Why similar: Dark 42.6%, Exploration 19.4%, Puzzle 14.3%, Action 10.7%, Stealth 8.3%
Tycho's Apocalypse. The game depicts a pilgrimage to Victory, the Capit0l City of Lights.
Why similar: Dystopian 29.2%, Dark 28%, Surreal 15.1%, Top-Down 8.7%, Action 7.2%
Enter the Depths is a minimalistic dice-building roguelike. Customize your dice, collect powerful relics, and battle through an ever-shifting dungeon to confront the Void.
Why similar: Dark 28.4%, Roguelike 26.3%, Minimalist 18.1%, Action 11.5%, Strategy 8.5%
A body discovered. Two people missing. You – a detective who hears more than others want to see. Narrative noir game – sound guides you, sketches tell the story.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 36.7% ★, Roguelike 19.4%, Dark 14.4%, Exploration 13.9%, Minimalist 12%
Initium is a puzzle game with a hint of horror. As an experimenter, you must navigate your way through lucid dreams, such as a tropical island and open-air museum. Solve puzzles in order to advance to the next challenge and eventually return to reality. A Meta Quest headset is required to play.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 31% ★, Dystopian 30.1%, Minimalist 11%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 9.5%
A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world. (Part 2)
Why similar: Dystopian 41.8%, Dark 24.4%, Minimalist 8.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Action 7.9%
A short, cute puzzle action-adventure through the tense and dangerous Forbidden Forest.
Why similar: Exploration 25.1%, Dark 17.3%, Action 17.3%, Top-Down 14.9%, Puzzle 12%
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
Why similar: Dystopian 32.3%, Dark 18.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Surreal 9.8%, Puzzle 9.7%
Micro Abyss - action roguelike, in a subatomic procedurally generated universe. You, a descendant of an ancient deity, have to cleanse the Abyss from a rapidly spreading infection.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 37% ★, Roguelike 17.5%, Dark 16%, Exploration 12%, Action 9.3%
LightBear is a randomly generated action RPG whackathon with heavy Rogue-like elements. Players will lose their vision the further from the starting point they get. Don't be deceived by its appearance, this game will challenge you to no end. Watch out for 100s of randomized monsters.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 41.5% ★, Roguelike 18.5%, Exploration 14.7%, Surreal 10.3%, Top-Down 10%
A cheerful man excitedly arrives at a popular burger shop in town. However, it turns out to be a terrifying facility controlled by the evil Emperor "Pattypatine"! Ravenous, rampaging burgers are everywhere... Fight back with the shining fries, the "Potato Saber"!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 43.7% ★, Dark 17.2%, Exploration 13.9%, Puzzle 13.4%, Action 11.8%
Can you trust your own memory? Here a maze that you should escape with your survival skils. Find the correct ways, keys ,codes and lastly watch out for evil spirits!
Why similar: Action 17.5%, Dark 17.1%, Strategy 14.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Gore 11.8%
Hum is a dark 2D adventure game with stealth and horror elements set in the bleak, retro-futuristic world of Postapoland. You discover that you cannot die, forever trapped in a nightmarish reality. Explore the world in ever shifting perspectives, reach the reality engine and finally die.
Why similar: Dystopian 36.4%, Dark 22%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Surreal 7.3%
A challenging but lighthearted Mystery Dungeon-inspired game set in a dark fantasy dystopia. Venture down into the Coil to find adventure, despair, and perhaps salvation.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 40.8% ★, Roguelike 21.8%, Dystopian 19.9%, Strategy 7.6%, Top-Down 6.7%
Fighting that's a cross between Smash Bros and Dragon Ball Z!
Why similar: Dystopian 90.7%, Violent 5%, Action 3.5%, Atmospheric 0.9%
A collection of 5 short first-person horror games, that revolve around detailed machinery and dread.
Why similar: Dystopian 41.4%, Dark 23.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Action 8.3%
Experience the classic Snake in a whole new way – this time with brains!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 41.2% ★, Action 20.5%, Puzzle 19.5%, 2D 9.4%, Tactical 9.4%
Navigate an underground warehouse, approve special items, and eliminate anomalies over a tense 7-day contract or face termination.
Why similar: Dystopian 42.6%, Dark 26.2%, Surreal 9.3%, Violent 8.1%, Gore 7.3%
First person horror, Simple short game, look for keys, unlock passages. Be in an unknown location with a Dark atmosphere. In each phase there will be a different challenge, survive and advance while you try not to get caught. Avoid Scares.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 25.3% ★, Dark 24.7%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 8.1%, Action 6.8%
David is trapped in his grandmother's basement, help him escape! Warning: flashing images and disturbing imagery
Why similar: Dark 24.6%, Action 23.8%, Exploration 20.1%, Puzzle 18.6%, 2D 6.6%
Hello there traveller. Are you going into that maze? I must warn you, it's an awfully dreadful place there. Full of monsters and the like. You won't find many torches in there, you'll be in the darkness. But if you insist, go right on ahead. Farewell traveler.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 35.3% ★, Dark 14.2%, Exploration 12.7%, Minimalist 9.8%, Top-Down 8.1%
Take on the role of one of the king's defenders! And go to the "Deadly Dungeon" filled with various monsters and bosses! Collect various artifacts and purchase items from a mysterious merchant!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 33.8% ★, Roguelike 19.3%, Dark 16.3%, Action 16%, Exploration 11.1%
Take part in a fierce battle, the Bloody Harvest ritual created by the Demons of Evil to satisfy their endless thirst for fear and death. Adapt. Fight. Win.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.9%, Dark 20.7%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Gore 11%, Zombies 9.3%
Navigate the narrow hallways in the darkness to find and rescue Jessica and survive the infinite Labyrinth.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 44.9% ★, Dark 20.6%, Puzzle 15.2%, Gore 8.5%, Stealth 5.5%
In the facility, each step, each shot, each mistake costs precious energy. Rendered entirely in black and white, this mystery can be unravelled. The puzzle can be solved. Don't ask who tried to solve it before. Do the job. Find oxygen and sleep. Go deeper. And don't ask about Aaron.
Why similar: Dystopian 35.6%, Dark 22.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Surreal 10.4%, Puzzle 10.1%
Because at this point we would rather play NOTHING than what most of these american AAA game studios are putting out.
Why similar: Dystopian 50.4%, Dark 31.9%, Action 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.9%, 2D 3.1%
Blindia is an abstract top-down shooter puzzle game where you have to go through the difficulties using sound. Use the visualized sound waves to take down the enemies and make your way to the exit. At the end, you will face the truth of this blind world.
Why similar: Dark 17.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.6%, Action 13%, Minimalist 11.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
The Lady Puppet is a Survival Horror Adventure game that puts emphasis on atmosphere and exploration. Help Lailah Reah escape from Clawhill, a bizarre world where everyone has been turned into a living puppet. Solve puzzles, use your wits to avoid the enemies and use dolls to summon companions.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 40.1% ★, Dark 20.6%, Exploration 13%, Puzzle 12%, Stealth 5.2%
"Toast" is a game where players must use problem-solving skills to escape a randomly generated maze while being chased by a deadly humanoid piece of toast. The game features challenging puzzles, randomly generated levels, and endless hours of excitement.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 47.4% ★, Dark 20.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Puzzle 15.3%
In 2062, twenty years after a treaty legalized human cloning for organ harvesting, in Vitacorp’s mega factory an incubator malfunctions and a boy pops out. Opening his eyes for the first time he is Overwhelmed by the sight and pure size of the mega factory. The boy succumbs to his instincts: ESCAPE!
Why similar: Dark 35.7%, Puzzle 19.4%, Action 14%, Stealth 13.3%, Top-Down 9.8%
Glowy™ is a minimal yet atmospheric puzzle experience where light is both your only guide, and your greatest fear. In this journey through a mind trapped between light and darkness, you’ll help a fragile being rediscover who they truly are.
Why similar: Dark 18.4%, Exploration 17%, Strategy 16.8%, Puzzle 15.7%, Minimalist 13.6%
Take control of a powerful drone and prepare to face off against hordes of enemies standing in your way. Collect currency and upgrade your drone with new weapons and skills. Are you ready for the ultimate challenge?
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 29.5% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 22.6%, Roguelike 14.8%, Dark 9.7%, Minimalist 9%
A space mystery in 1-bit pixel art, where every choice unveils dark secrets.
Why similar: Dystopian 35.6%, Minimalist 17%, Exploration 16%, Puzzle 14.4%, Stealth 6.7%
