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Games Like Escape until Friday

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

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You are kidnapped by a maniac who keeps you locked up in his basement. You have to get out of the kidnapper's house at any cost until Friday.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 200 reviews
Released: 2020-10-01
Developer: Poly anchor studio
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 54 min
Mean playtime: 4.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 43%

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    Dev: DVloper
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 31.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Violent 48.6%, Horror 32.6%, Indie 12.8%, Action 6%

  2. #2 Granny: Escape Together
    96% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,831 reviews2024
    Dev: CreepyToad
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    This is a creepy co-op horror game. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house!

    Why similar: Horror 62.1%, Action 37.9%

  3. #3 At Home
    96% matchMostly Negative21% of 58 reviews2019
    Dev: BisquitPlay
    Windows

    At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.

    Why similar: Action 39.9%, Indie 33%, Horror 27%

  4. #4 Metel - Horror Escape
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 2,429 reviews2020
    Dev: Linked Squad
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.

    Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Action 30.4%, Indie 29.7%

  5. #5 Captivity
    95% matchMixed54% of 138 reviews2016
    Dev: TraumaPub: New Worlds Games
    Windows
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    You wake up to the smell of rotting flesh in what can only be described as someone's basement. Your memory is blank and your vision impaired, you have no idea where you are. The floors and walls are dirty, it appears there may be other people here as there are dirty sheets on the floor.

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  6. #6 Last Floor
    94% matchMostly Positive71% of 370 reviews2020
    Dev: AK Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.

    Why similar: Action 48.2%, Indie 39%, Horror 12.8%

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    Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
    Windows

    George Dinescu kidnapped you in his home in Romania. Get out alive while utilizing a V.H.S camera to film everything that happens inside. Torture, murder, and dismemberment take place inside the house, exposing the frightening legacy of a serial killer's decade of terror.

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    92% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2022
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    91% matchVery Positive83% of 980 reviews2020
    Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

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  10. #10 Granny: Chapter Two
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 2,078 reviews2019
    Dev: DVloper
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    You have to escape Granny and Grandpa...You have five days...

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  11. #11 Butcherman
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 144 reviews2026
    Dev: Mounpeak Games
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    Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.

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    91% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2019
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    Windows

    Escape from Labyrinth is a multiplayer horror game consisting of two modes. The player chooses who to be, a victim or a murderer. The victim is to find a way out of the maze with 3 other victims and leave it before the killer finds you.

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    89% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2024
    Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
    Windows

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    Windows

    You woke up in a dusty room, in an unknown place, with no memory of how you got here. Your pockets are empty, and there is something outside the door producing frightening sounds.

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  15. #15 Granny 3
    86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,316 reviews2021
    Dev: DVloper
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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    85% matchVery Positive94% of 1,838 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac
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    Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Indie 31.4%, Action 27.9%

  17. #17 Filthy Hands
    86% matchMixed64% of 75 reviews2018
    Dev: Globiss Interactive
    Windows

    Experience the multiplayer action of an armed robbery where a hostile intruder will do everything he can to steal the safe from a wealthy family. Play as a family of 3 or as a brutal home invader attempting to steal the family's hard earned savings.

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  18. #18 The Escape: Together
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Dev: Euphoria Games
    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Dev: deepins corp.
    Windows

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    Dev: Taichi Games
    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    74% matchMixed66% of 104 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2023
    Dev: Euphoria Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Horror 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

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    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,343 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    Why similar: Violent 42.5%, Horror 23.9%, Action 22.2%, Indie 11.4%

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    72% matchVery Positive82% of 165 reviews2019
    Dev: N4bA
    Windows

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    Why similar: Indie 59.5%, Horror 40.5%

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    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 772 reviews2023
    Dev: Linked Squad
    Windows

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    68% matchVery Positive82% of 2,152 reviews2023
    Dev: FerriteLabs
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    65% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,389 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    68% matchMostly Negative34% of 61 reviews2022
    Dev: Janner
    Windows

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    67% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2019
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    Windows

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