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Games Like Don't Play Their Game

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Difficult, Horror, Singleplayer.

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Analyze tapes, identify audio anomalies, and survive each workday as relentless creatures turn a simple job into a desperate game. Don't Play Their Game is a tense first-person horror experience where every mistake could be your last.

Reviews: 9 user reviews — 100% — of 9 reviews
Released: 2026-07-20
Developer: FrenchyDerg
Genres: Indie
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    97% matchMixed61% of 126 reviews2016
    Dev: Sindie GamesPub: SOEDESCO Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    First days at school are usually tough, but they can be even tougher if you’re helping a blind 8-year-old boy named Ian who doesn't know the terrifying dangers that lurk around in every hallway. You play as North, Ian’s lifelong canine companion. Can you help him escape alive?

    Why similar: Difficult 50.5%, Horror 27.5%, Indie 17.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%

  2. #2 YOBA
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2017
    Dev: PEKA GamingPub: Besedka
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    Collect all coins on the level to reach the next one. Avoid the dangers on your way. Just remember, you have only one chance, if you die, you will start again!

    Why similar: Difficult 69.3%, Indie 30.7%

  3. #3 The Hour Has Come
    96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
    Dev: Obadiah D Luna
    Windows

    You wake up in a seemingly empty mansion with only one goal... Escape. As you lurk through the shadows of the halls and corridors, something else is following your footsteps. Will you make it out alive? Or will this nightmare become a reality?

    Why similar: Difficult 46.4%, Horror 30.4%, Indie 18.4%, Singleplayer 4.8%

  4. #4 Ray of Light
    95% matchMixed58% of 55 reviews2018
    Dev: SAFINGPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows

    Ray of Light is a horror game with awesome graphics, perfect sound and unexpected twists of plot. This game never lets you get bored.

    Why similar: Difficult 29.1%, Survival 24.2%, Horror 23.8%, Indie 23%

  5. #5 Ad Exitum
    94% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2016
    Dev: Since Idea Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Survival 35.3%, Indie 29.2%

  6. #6 Wobbly Jungle
    93% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2016
    Dev: Sourena Game StudioPub: KATNAPPE SP. Z O. O.
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Wobbly Jungle demands the player's entire skill and dexterity across 60 diverse levels. This sidescroller impresses with its extraordinary design and will drive the player to the edge. Survival of the fittest!

    Why similar: Difficult 70%, Indie 26.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

  7. #7 Zardy's Maze
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,590 reviews2021
    Dev: Full Trek Media
    Windows · Mac

    Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe, you must brave the unknown... And avoid what lurks in the darkness.

    Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Difficult 30.8%, Survival 26.9%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  8. #8 Polterheist
    92% matchMostly Negative36% of 248 reviews2017
    Dev: BisquitPlay
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    You are a burglar, and you often rob houses at night when the owners are out.

    Why similar: Difficult 30.3%, Survival 28.2%, Horror 25.6%, Indie 13%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  9. #9 Ultimate Custom Night
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 62,683 reviews2018
    Dev: Scott Cawthon
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    Why similar: Difficult 42.8%, Horror 30%, Survival 18.9%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

  10. #10 Chucky
    91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
    Dev: Shichifu
    Windows

    In this game you will find endless darkness and challenging levels. Your mission is simple: help Chucky get to his home avoiding danger.

    Why similar: Difficult 64.6%, Indie 35.4%

  11. #11 Impossible Runner
    89% matchMixed63% of 236 reviews2018
    Dev: Kwebbelkop
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    World's hardest game. Impossible Runner. Try to complete all 10 'Impossible' levels.

    Why similar: Difficult 74.8%, Indie 25.2%

  12. #12 Ghostship Aftermath
    89% matchMostly Negative39% of 108 reviews2014
    Dev: MadAboutGamesStudios
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Ghostship Aftermath takes survival horror to a new level with random events and multiple story-lines. Your survival skills will be put to the test on a huge open-world military spacecraft with limited light and oxygen as you struggle to discover what happened, and fight to stay alive!

    Why similar: Horror 46.1%, Survival 37.1%, Indie 16.8%

  13. #13 Devil in the Pines
    88% matchPositive80% of 29 reviews2017
    Dev: Rebelware Games
    Windows

    An Appalachian man makes a desperate final move to save his sick daughter's life. But after unknowingly stepping onto cursed land, he now also finds himself in a fight to save his own.

    Why similar: Difficult 52.5%, Horror 28.6%, Indie 18.9%

  14. #14 Robot Boy
    87% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: Emile TARDY
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Difficult 65.3%, Indie 34.7%

  15. #15 The Thing at the Window
    86% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2022
    Dev: VladiMattPub: Two Glass Hams
    Windows

    Home alone in the American midwest, there's a storm coming and something's trying to break into your house at night.

    Why similar: Difficult 60.5%, Horror 30.4%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%

  16. #16 Five Nights at Freddy's 3
    85% matchVery Positive90% of 11,301 reviews2015
    Dev: Scott Cawthon
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%

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    Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Difficult 35.3%, Survival 19%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%

  17. #17 Leenie Boog
    84% matchVery Positive80% of 301 reviews2021
    Dev: Alexander BazhenovPub: AB Developer
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%

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    Why similar: Difficult 39.7%, Horror 25.3%, Survival 24.5%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  18. #18 Night shift: Warehouse
    84% matchNo user reviews2024
    Dev: Elephant Arts
    Windows

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    Why similar: Difficult 60.3%, Horror 29.1%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

  19. #19 The Misadventures of Botsworth
    86% matchNo user reviews2018
    Dev: Team Botsworth
    Windows

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    Why similar: Difficult 68.8%, Indie 24.7%, Singleplayer 6.5%

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    82% matchVery Positive94% of 26,051 reviews2014
    Dev: Scott Cawthon
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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    83% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
    Dev: Kings of the Heroes
    Windows

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    80% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    82% matchMixed45% of 85 reviews2014
    Dev: Trickster Face
    Windows

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    81% matchMixed65% of 247 reviews2018
    Dev: Kai van OmmerenPub: Cetus Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 24 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%

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    79% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2017
    Dev: Thugnificent
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%

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    Why similar: Difficult 71.7%, Indie 28.3%

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    78% matchVery Positive93% of 16,870 reviews2015
    Dev: Scott Cawthon
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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    Why similar: Difficult 38%, Horror 34.3%, Survival 18.9%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

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    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Miquéias Veloso
    Windows · Linux

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    Why similar: Difficult 72.5%, Indie 23.5%, Singleplayer 4%

  28. #28 Barbara-ian
    79% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2017
    Dev: Owlbear
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Difficult 71.7%, Indie 28.3%

  29. #29 Algorithm
    78% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2017
    Dev: Valut
    Windows

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  30. #30 The Old Man’s Will
    73% matchNo user reviews0% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: JoseDesuPub: RoomDreams
    Windows

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  31. #31 Rolling Shapes
    77% matchMixed55% of 66 reviews2015
    Dev: Vertex Games, S.C.
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Difficult 63.6%, Indie 30.4%, Singleplayer 6%

  32. #32 Red Blue
    75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
    Dev: SRA Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Difficult 67.1%, Indie 26.6%, Singleplayer 6.3%

  33. #33 Tross
    76% matchMostly Negative40% of 58 reviews2016
    Dev: Shadowprerequisite
    Windows

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    76% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2015
    Dev: Modesto A. RabenaPub: Divergent Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    74% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2017
    Dev: MidipixelPub: Whippering
    Windows · Mac

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    75% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    74% matchMostly Positive74% of 134 reviews2018
    Dev: IanPub: M.I.M
    Windows

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  38. #38 Backrooms VHS
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Unity Scape Studios
    Windows

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    73% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2018
    Dev: Łukasz TabaczkiewiczPub: Adrian Waltrowski
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  40. #40 Phantom Jump
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2017
    Dev: Phantom Pine Studios
    Windows

    Phantom Jump is a skill based platformer with rhythm mechanics, built to turn you into a speedrunner.

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    72% matchMostly Negative25% of 12 reviews2019
    Dev: Sakarikos Kleanthis
    Windows

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  42. #42 The Maze
    72% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
    Dev: L.A.T.I. Game StudiosPub: Self
    Windows

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  43. #43 Night Blights
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2016
    Dev: Trapdoor Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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  44. #44 Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 12,614 reviews2016
    Dev: Scott Cawthon
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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  45. #45 Five Nights at Freddy's
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 59,072 reviews2014
    Dev: Scott Cawthon
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%

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    Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Difficult 33.3%, Survival 16.9%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 4.2%

  46. #46 M.U.S.T. Repeat
    70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
    Dev: Old Men Games
    Windows · Linux

    M.U.S.T. Repeat is a logical puzzle game in which tiny robot Q.T. uses the Repeat mechanic to navigate the rooms and defeat enemies. The higher the Repeat is, the more difficult it is to navigate through the room, but you have to increase your Repeat in order to defeat the higher level Guard Bots.

    Why similar: Difficult 50.7%, Indie 44.6%, Singleplayer 4.8%

  47. #47 Snakebird
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,253 reviews2015
    Dev: Noumenon Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Difficult 86.3%, Indie 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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    65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Sophon Core
    Windows

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    Why similar: Difficult 42.1%, Horror 24.1%, Survival 23.6%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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    71% matchMixed57% of 59 reviews2015
    Dev: Perfect Square Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    Why similar: Horror 59.8%, Indie 40.2%

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    66% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: David SecoPub: HeadArrow
    Windows

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    Why similar: Difficult 56.3%, Horror 22%, Survival 13.6%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%

  51. #51 Fourtex Jugo
    70% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2017
    Dev: Salty Dog Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    A challenging single-player strategy puzzler with rule-based mechanics and hand-crafted levels.

    Why similar: Difficult 82.7%, Indie 17.3%

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    68% matchVery Positive84% of 641 reviews2018
    Dev: Charlie Behan
    Windows

    Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.

    Why similar: Horror 76.5%, Indie 23.5%

  53. #53 The Fifth Expedition
    69% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2016
    Dev: Snapjaw Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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  54. #54 Saturnine
    68% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
    Dev: Dominik MichalkePub: 70:30
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Survival 34.1%, Indie 31.1%

  55. #55 A Bastard's Tale
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 392 reviews2015
    Dev: No Pest Productions
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  56. #56 Boogeyman
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 671 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    63% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
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    67% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2018
    Dev: Spidove
    Windows

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