Games Like Footsteps in the Dark

As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Escape Room 28.7% ★, Immersive 16.3% ★, Online Co-Op 15%, Investigation 8.9%, Horror 7.6%

Reports of paranormal activity have been creeping up across the nation. You and your team have been instructed to investigate. Explore and solve puzzles, all whilst avoiding deadly horrors from the Otherplane.

Why similar: Escape Room 29.9% ★, Immersive 15.7% ★, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 7.1%

"Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories" is a series of co-operative escape-room style puzzle scenarios. Each one is sure to test your wits as you try to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of your escape.

Why similar: Escape Room 37.5% ★, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Detective 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Investigation 6.6%

Escape game from a classic mansion

Why similar: Escape Room 44.1% ★, Detective 13.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 9%, Investigation 8.8%

Enter a mysterious cave and put your puzzle-solving skills to the test. Explore the depths of the cave, search for clues, and solve challenging puzzles that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Why similar: Escape Room 35% ★, Immersive 19.5% ★, First-Person 9.6%, Detective 7.6%, Investigation 7.5%

"First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds" is a co-operative atmospheric escape-room-style puzzle game, set in a beautiful luxury airship. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the challenges that await you on the airship?

Why similar: Escape Room 33% ★, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Detective 13.4%, Investigation 10.5%, Mystery 6.7%

Explore the mansion and escape in this 3D horror game. Solve the riddles and escape from the ghosts that roam the mansion!

Why similar: Escape Room 46.1% ★, Horror 15.2%, Stealth 12.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Adventure 7.6%

Last case is a realistic escape room game based on a real murder case from the 1950s. Become a detective and solve unique puzzles to uncover the truth about the murders. Do you have what it takes to solve the case?

Why similar: Escape Room 30.3% ★, Immersive 18.1% ★, Detective 13.6%, First-Person 8.6%, Mystery 7.6%

"Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist" is a co-operative atmospheric reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a master thief who has been hired to rob a mysterious mansion, filled with various puzzles. Do you think you have what it takes to conquer the challenges that await you in the mansion.

Why similar: Escape Room 35.4% ★, Online Co-Op 17.1%, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%

You must escape a mysterious facility and solve complex puzzles in this psychological horror game. An unseen entity manipulates both you and a deranged man, forcing you to make life-or-death decisions to survive.

Why similar: Escape Room 28.9% ★, Immersive 14.9% ★, Stealth 14.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 10%

"Escape Memoirs: Safe House" is a co-operative reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a member of a criminal organization who must break into one of their own safe houses to fetch some important tools. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the puzzles that stand in your way?

Why similar: Escape Room 34.8% ★, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Investigation 11.9%, Detective 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Work together to escape the manor in "Trapped Together", a narrative co-op puzzle campaign where logic reigns and death is not an option. Communicate, trade items via dumbwaiter, and solve intricate riddles. Also features "The Blood Harvest", a bonus 3v1 asymmetric horror mode.

Why similar: Escape Room 33.4% ★, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Investigation 9.3%, Detective 9.1%, First-Person 7.5%

Escape.exe is a gripping escape game for 1-4 players, each offering a unique atmosphere, filled with mysteries and threats. Challenges determine intelligence, and decisions determine survival. Prepare for an uninterrupted experience with each new episode.

Why similar: Escape Room 27.3% ★, Online Co-Op 20.9%, Horror 14.2%, Multiplayer 9.6%, First-Person 8.8%

You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.

Why similar: Escape Room 24.1% ★, Multiplayer 16.5%, Horror 14.4%, Investigation 14.1%, Detective 10.6%

A 1-4 player co-op horror game where you must outsmart a monster that adapts to your every move. Enter a volatile Rift with shifting maps and objectives, scavenge rare resources, and extract together… or betray your friends for the lion’s share of the loot.

Why similar: Immersive 19.9% ★, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Stealth 10.3%, Horror 10.1%, Investigation 8.8%

Last Respects is a short, single player indie horror game where the player must solve an unexplained murder case and banish a demonic presence.

Why similar: First-Person 17.5%, Stealth 17%, Horror 15.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Action 12.6%

An online multiplayer co-op escape room experience where you must use your wits, skills, and speed to escape your peril. Escape rooms include Halloween dungeon, saving Christmas, robbing a bank, escaping a zombie horde, and destroying a dungeon demon. Grab your friends and join the fun!

Why similar: Escape Room 33.2% ★, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Investigation 12.4%, Detective 12.1%, Character Customization 8.8%

Embark on 3D online multiplayer escape rooms in Escape Party. Solve puzzles, test your speed, and conquer challenges together.

Why similar: Escape Room 37.9% ★, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Detective 17.9%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%

A cooperative sci-fi horror experience set in the underground facility known as RDL. Explore randomized floors, collect strange artifacts, and survive AURORA - the rogue AI overseeing your “rehabilitation.” Research continues whether you live or not.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.8%, Stealth 19.4%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%

"First Class Escape: The Train of Thought" is a co-operative atmospheric escape room puzzle game, set in a beautifully realized vintage train. Do you think you have what it takes to solve the puzzles and escape the train?

Why similar: Escape Room 33% ★, Online Co-Op 16%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 11.1%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Following a message from an old friend, you visit abandoned estate. Suddenly, you're knocked out. As you wake up, your only job is to escape as quickly as possible..

Why similar: Escape Room 27.9% ★, Stealth 15.4%, First-Person 12.7%, Detective 11.3%, Mystery 9.4%

Locked Together is a 1–4 player co-op horror escape room game. Solve logic puzzles, explore eerie environments, and escape before sinister entities catch you or your friends.

Why similar: Escape Room 32.4% ★, Online Co-Op 18.4%, First-Person 14.4%, Horror 13.1%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Trapped inside a spider-infested research facility, Huntsman immerses you in a survival horror experience fueled by arachnophobia. Combining realistic spider behavior with intense tension, Huntsman will test your nerve like never before.

Why similar: Immersive 25.9% ★, Stealth 16.4%, Horror 12.1%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, First-Person 9.2%

The Hunt Begins is a dynamic multiplayer (1-4 Co-Op vs 1) horror game where one player is selected to control the ghost that is trying to scare and kill their friends. Everyone else on the team is trying to identify the type of ghost players haunt location, type and purge them.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.5%, Horror 20.1%, Action 13.6%, PvP 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.1%

Your party finds themselves trapped in a Japanese-themed room. Solve puzzles, crack riddles and discover hidden secrets in your adventure to Escape from Kyoto House!

Why similar: Escape Room 45.8% ★, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 7.6%, Multiplayer 7.5%

You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?

Why similar: Escape Room 37.2% ★, Online Co-Op 19%, Detective 12.4%, Multiplayer 6.4%, First-Person 6.1%

Gather your best mystery solving friends or go in alone in this VR Escape Room game, that features both singleplayer and multiplayer with VR cross platform support. Can you uncover the secrets of the professor and escape?

Why similar: Escape Room 34.7% ★, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 7.8%

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

Why similar: Escape Room 23.1% ★, Online Co-Op 21.5%, Horror 20.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Stealth 8.1%

Entity Research Group — a cooperative first-person horror game where you become part of a special unit investigating highly dangerous anomalous entities. Collect evidence and samples, complete technical objectives, and survive within the ever-changing Backrooms clusters.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.6%, Detective 15%, Investigation 12.6%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%

The Backrooms: Descent is a 1-4 player co-op horror experience. You are tasked with descending into the vast levels of the Backrooms which have dangerous entities while also finding evidence of previous research teams before you find your escape.

Why similar: Immersive 34.6% ★, Online Co-Op 19.5%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 14.5%, Adventure 8.2%

A 4v1 asymmetrical horror where survivors escape by solving shifting puzzles. Use always-on proximity voice to manage sanity, but speak too loudly and the monster will find you.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.8%, Party Game 17.6% ★, Horror 13.2%, Action 11.1%, PvP 10.8%

Wrong House is a 1–4 player co-op horror experience with puzzle-solving and intense stealth. Explore creepy houses, collect valuable loot, and survive encounters with unique paranormal entities. Work together—or die alone.

Why similar: Immersive 32.8% ★, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Horror 10.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Stealth 9%

Enter abandoned locations as Spectral Reporters to prove the existence of ghosts. But beware: sanity is fragile, and not everything you see is real. Cooperate with your team, investigate the place, take evidences, and finally prove that ghosts are real.

Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Horror 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12%, Investigation 8.6%

ISO is an indie built one shot–one kill airsoft first person shooter. Fight alongside your friends in intense 5v5 battles or fight solo in 10 player free for all matches. Immerse yourself in the stunning visuals created in Unreal Engine 5 and dive into fast paced gameplay where every BB counts.

Why similar: Immersive 27.9% ★, Stealth 14.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, PvP 9.7%

N.O.X. is a co-op horror game where up to four players take on the roles of paranormal investigators. Players must find clues, identify the type of spirit, and banish it using their tools, either alone or together with their crew.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.6%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10%

A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?

Why similar: Immersive 19.7% ★, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Stealth 13%, Investigation 10.5%, PvP 9.5%

'Escape Memoirs: Questionable Side Stories' is a humorous co-operative escape room game where you are a henchman who has to make his way through variety of puzzles to make it to a job interview on time. Can you solve all of the puzzles that stand in the way of your employment?

Why similar: Escape Room 37.7% ★, Online Co-Op 16%, Detective 11.1%, Investigation 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Friki is an online co-op investigative horror. Solve how these supernatural beings have died, collect evidence to be paid, and survive the dangers that await you.

Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Stealth 12.7%, Investigation 12%, Horror 9.9%

Awaken alone aboard a drifting colony ship under autonomous lockdown. Restore critical systems, solve interconnected puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the Solari Protocol before you and the colonists depending on you are lost to the void.

Why similar: Escape Room 52.7% ★, Immersive 15.3% ★, Investigation 9.3%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, Mystery 7%

"Void Path" is a first-person horror game set in a residential area of ​​Japan. There are no grotesque monsters. You explore a town depicted with retro-style graphics.

Why similar: Immersive 30.3% ★, Escape Room 27.4% ★, Horror 12%, First-Person 10.2%, Investigation 10.2%

A heart-pounding 1-4 player co-op horror experience. Step into a forsaken orphanage to banish the legendary Child Eater. Work together to find clues, complete the ritual, and survive relentless demonic attacks. Trust your team, watch your back, and whatever you do—don't get caught!

Why similar: Escape Room 30.5% ★, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Stealth 13.7%, Investigation 11.2%, Horror 9.2%

Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.

Why similar: Escape Room 31.6% ★, Detective 13.6%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Investigation 9%, First-Person 8.4%

Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.

Why similar: Escape Room 28.2% ★, Online Co-Op 20.6%, Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Stealth 9.2%

HuntNPrey is a multiplayer hide-and-seek game for up to 8 players. By day, act natural and blend in with the herd to escape the hunter's sights. By night, transform into a wolf and flip the script—now it’s your turn to hunt! Stay sneaky, stay sated, or get caught!

Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Detective 14.6%, PvP 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Murder on the train? It doesn't matter, it's no longer our concern! Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, we have four detectives who can handle this! After all, there's nothing complicated about murder investigations, right?

Why similar: Party Game 17.9% ★, Detective 16.5%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Investigation 10.3%

You have to maintain your mentality in a place where any sound can cause your death, Hajis is a survival co-op game 1-4 players.

Why similar: Escape Room 36% ★, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Stealth 9.5%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 7.9%

This is the sequel to Mountain's Memory. Mountain's Secret is an adventure game where you must escape from mysterious ruins while evading enigmatic dolls. Uncover the secrets left unresolved in the previous story, and reveal the true nature of the mountain.

Why similar: Escape Room 40.4% ★, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Horror 12.5%, Stealth 12%, First-Person 9.4%

You and up to 4 players are victims of a horror show, having to collaborate to solve multiple puzzles and use cooperative dynamics to find your way out, while surviving the creatures lurking around, hunting you, watching out for haunted events that can be a blessing or a bane for your survival.

Why similar: Party Game 27% ★, Online Co-Op 24%, Horror 15.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%, First-Person 8.9%

In this horror escape room, a prequel to the novel Dracula, you play as Renfield. Solve puzzles, survive the trials of the enigmatic Countess Dolingen of Gratz, and escape the horrors that haunt you — both outside and within your mind. Is your fate written in blood?

Why similar: Escape Room 34.3% ★, Vampire 22.9% ★, Investigation 12.7%, Detective 9.5%, First-Person 8%

Shadows on the Walls is an immersive game of psychological horror, exploration and puzzles that takes place in the Crystal Palace Museum of London. Put yourself in the shoes of a security guard in charge of watching the new and mysterious exhibit of the museum known as the “Cursed Loot”.

Why similar: Escape Room 25.3% ★, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 13.4%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 7.8%

Murder Next Room is a multiplayer social deduction game. You are trapped in a location with others and one or more of them are killers. The police has been called and in the mean time try to survive. You can try to report the killer but there is no guarantee that the phones will be working.

Why similar: Immersive 22.7% ★, Party Game 20.5% ★, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Investigation 10.6%, First-Person 8%

In a world where traditional executions have been deemed immoral, the state has turned to a new solution: Deepscape Inc..Presented to the public as a humane alternative, Deepscape Inc. claims to provide a more "compassionate" method of ending the lives of condemned prisoners.

Why similar: Escape Room 26.1% ★, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Investigation 7.9%

OPEN PLAYTEST READY TO PLAY "The Patient - can you escape?" is an escape game in ego perspective where you find yourself in a German Sanatorium in the 1930s. Explore the mysterious location with subtile horror elements and solve cunning Puzzles. But stay alert, you are not alone!

Why similar: Escape Room 48% ★, Stealth 20%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Adventure 6.3%

The Hike is a first person horror/survival game in which you must survive the horrors that start while investigating a mysterious emergency message in a simple hike through the Red River National Park. Your chance of making it back to society relies entirely on your legs, you're no fighter.

Why similar: Immersive 26.1% ★, Horror 17.9%, Action 15.7%, First-Person 15.5%, Adventure 13.4%

Become an apprentice of the famous Leonardo da Vinci. Solve handcrafted mechanical 3D puzzles and discover hidden secrets. Navigate through mesmerizing environments of the Italian Renaissance. Travel through time to influence your surroundings.

Why similar: Escape Room 32.5% ★, Immersive 30.9% ★, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 8.6%, Adventure 4.7%

An Online Multiplayer Party Game for 2-8 Players, Thriving on Unpredictable Fobia-Filled Encounters and Chaotic Knife Fights with your Friends!

Why similar: Party Game 30.5% ★, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Stealth 10.4%, PvP 9%, Multiplayer 9%

A visually realistic 1-7 player co-op survival horror game. Explore 5 levels filled with confined environments, puzzles, and entities with new levels and content added regularly. Beware of terrifying moments and ruthless monsters. Do whatever it takes to escape, even if it means hiding.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.6%, Vampire 15.7% ★, Horror 11.5%, Character Customization 10.6%, First-Person 9.3%

This is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game. Deep within pitch-black ruins, with only the beam of a flashlight to guide you, the children must play KAKUREONI -a deadly game of hide-and-seek- to bring an end to the ritual of reincarnation.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.4%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 13.3%, PvP 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%

Play a story-driven room escape game with unique puzzles enjoyed by tens of millions of players. Solve mysteries, puzzle through escape rooms, and find the clue that will crack the case in a critically acclaimed puzzle adventure game!

Why similar: Escape Room 39.8% ★, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8%