Games Like Door in the Woods

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.8%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Difficult 11.2%, Roguelike 11%, Horror 9.8%

Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38%, Survival Horror 18.9%, RPG 14.8%, Horror 10%, Dark 7.4%

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Dark 20.4%, Horror 13.2%, RPG 12.9%, Survival 11.5%

The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.

Why similar: Dark 26.2%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Horror 16.3%, Survival 12%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.1% ★, Roguelike 21.1%, Perma Death 20.9%, RPG 9.2%, 2D 2.4%

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.1%, Dark 13.1%, Roguelike 10.6%, Survival 8.7%, RPG 7.1%

Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.2%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 9.6%, Survival 7.8%

There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Dark 16%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 9.8%, Minimalist 7.9%

Do you remember those horror flash games? Early quests? Well this is the idea.

Why similar: Horror 62.7%, Indie 37.3%

A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.

Why similar: Dark 48.1%, Atmospheric 24.5%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Singleplayer 5.6%, Indie 4.2%

A pixel-graphics open world survival craft RPG, where player is locked in a deep dream world, survive in this elusive world, forage, hunt, mine, and build up shelters. Find a way to escape.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Difficult 23.9%, RPG 11%, 2D 5.6%, Mystery 5.5%

An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

Why similar: Dark 30.2%, Horror 20.6%, Retro 15%, Mystery 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%

A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32% ★, Lovecraftian 28.3%, Roguelike 11.7%, RPG 11.1%, Retro 9%

Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.

Why similar: Dark 31.5%, RPG 25.7%, Survival 21.1%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 4.9%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Survival 19.5%, Perma Death 17.8%, Roguelike 8.2%, Difficult 6.3%

Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 41%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Dark 9.6%, RPG 8.9%, Horror 8.3%

Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.7% ★, Roguelike 17%, RPG 14.5%, Dark 9.8%, Minimalist 9.6%

A turn-based horror RPG with retro 32-bit 3D graphics. Survive the horrors of the mansion that changes every time you enter.

Why similar: Perma Death 20.5%, Zombies 17.2%, Roguelike 16%, RPG 11.2%, Dark 10.2%

The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.6% ★, Roguelike 15.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Survival 6.5%, RPG 5.8%

Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Dark 25.9%, Horror 16.8%, Survival 11.3%, RPG 9.7%

Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 61.6% ★, Roguelike 12.9%, Perma Death 9.3%, Difficult 8.1%, RPG 3.4%

"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.

Why similar: Dark 40.7%, Atmospheric 20.5%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Mystery 16%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.8%, Roguelike 21.3%, Difficult 17.4%, RPG 11.5%

An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building

Why similar: Dark 33.4%, Horror 22%, Retro 18.3%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Mystery 8.4%

The hardcore dark fantasy Dungeon Crawler where you will go to the endless depths of a mysterious grim Dungeon.

Why similar: Perma Death 21.9%, Difficult 21.4%, Dark 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.6%, RPG 14.1%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.4%, Difficult 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 9%

Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

Why similar: Dark 33.1%, Horror 17.8%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries

Why similar: Roguelike 28%, RPG 17.2%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.7%, Horror 22.9%, Dark 21.4%, Indie 10%, Singleplayer 3.1%

This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.

Why similar: RPG 66.1%, Roguelike 30.9%, Singleplayer 3%

An unsettling rogue-lite survival horror adventure. Iconic levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.8%, Horror 24.8%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Singleplayer 5.7%

There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.

Why similar: Difficult 34.2%, Horror 19.8%, Survival 13%, Mystery 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%

It Lurks in the Woods is a short first-person horror game based on French Canadian folklore.

Why similar: Dark 38.2%, Horror 27.7%, Indie 18.2%, Atmospheric 15.9%

Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.

Why similar: Roguelike 35.9%, Horror 26.1%, RPG 16.9%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Singleplayer 5.1%

You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

Why similar: Retro 37.4%, Atmospheric 28.9%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.

Why similar: Zombies 25.4%, Difficult 19.5%, Horror 12.2%, Survival 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%

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 24.7% ★, Zombies 20.8%, Survival 15.1%, Survival Horror 14.5%, RPG 11.5%

No Delivery is a procedurally generated CRPG, pizzeria simulator where you are the newest in a long line of employees for a local decrepit pizza parlor. Despite the rumors and shady history, you sign up for the night shift… Luckily, it’ll just be a boring job in an empty pizzeria… right?

Why similar: Roguelike 22.6%, Survival Horror 22.1%, Perma Death 13.8%, Horror 12.6%, RPG 12.4%

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Difficult 15.6%, RPG 12.7%, Dark 12.2%, Horror 11.4%

Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?

Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Dark 22%, Retro 13.2%, Horror 13%, RPG 11.9%

You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.1% ★, Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Roguelike 14.3%, Survival 8.7%, RPG 6.2%

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.3%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 13.4%, Retro 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Zombies 22.7%, Roguelike 18.8%, Survival 10.9%, RPG 8.9%

Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.2%, Roguelike 15.1%, Perma Death 13.8%, Difficult 13.1%, Dark 4.2%

Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Mystery 22.9%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Singleplayer 7.7%

Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler with survival elements. It's inspired by classic cRPG from the 90s. An old-school game for hardcore players.

Why similar: Dark 30.7%, RPG 25%, Survival 19.5%, Horror 19.2%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Roguelike 25.4%, RPG 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Horror 10.3%

You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.

Why similar: Perma Death 41.4%, Roguelike 26.1%, RPG 14.6%, Horror 11.7%, 2D 6.3%

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.5%, Roguelike 15.2%, Difficult 13.6%, Dark 11.3%, RPG 9.8%

You've made a mistake trying to summon a beast from the depths. Explore a huge manor to solve your mess. Can you find the sacred grimoires before being consumed by the darkness?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 50%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Dark 11%, 2D 5.8%

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 20.8% ★, Zombies 15.2%, Survival 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Perma Death 9.6%

Retro turn-based 2D pixelart RPG. Exploration, character choices, riddles and challenges. 80+ hours of gameplay.

Why similar: RPG 44.1%, Roguelike 32.1%, Indie 12.3%, Retro 11.5%

A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat

Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Dark 31.8%, Atmospheric 14.8%, 2D 10.6%, Mystery 8.3%

You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

Why similar: Dark 42.2%, Retro 22.4%, Mystery 16.8%, Survival 11%, 2D 7.6%

This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.1%, RPG 17.5%, Dark 15.6%, Atmospheric 12.3%

Explore a survival-roguelike RPG set in an unknown and bizarre world. To withstand its many dangers, you'll need to gain new knowledge, scavenge for food, and acquire useful items. Craft, build, and learn your way through a crucial adventure to uncover the world's secrets.

Why similar: Roguelike 44.7%, RPG 23.2%, Survival 19.6%, Mystery 9.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%

You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.

Why similar: Perma Death 42.4%, Roguelike 26.3%, RPG 14%, Horror 11.3%, 2D 6.1%

Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.2%, Survival Horror 23.6%, RPG 15.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Perma Death 5%

Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.9% ★, Perma Death 18.1%, Roguelike 15%, RPG 5.4%, Retro 5.3%

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Perma Death 28%, Roguelike 22.8%, Survival 19.3%, Difficult 13.1%, RPG 12.6%