Games Like Little Nightmares

Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Dark 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Puzzle 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the original's child-in-peril stealth, cinematic platforming, grotesque adults, and wordless dark-fairy-tale world.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Horror 17%, Dark 13.2%, 2.5D 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its bleak visual storytelling, deadly pursuit sequences, and precise environmental puzzles make it the closest tonal and mechanical companion outside the series.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, Dark 14.5%, Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist predecessor to INSIDE pairs a vulnerable child protagonist with lethal traps, shadowy monsters, and eerie side-scrolling puzzles.

DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.

Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Dark 12.8%, Stealth 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A boy navigates shifting nightmare spaces in this dark puzzle-platformer built around surreal threats and unsettling visual design.

Bramble The Mountain King is a grim adventure set in a world inspired by dark, Nordic fables. Explore the beautiful yet dangerous and twisted land of Bramble in your endeavour to rescue your sister. Traverse a wondrous landscape and survive deadly encounters with Bramble's many hideous creatures.

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Dark 19.6%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Adventure 8.8%, Survival Horror 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic Nordic fairy tale similarly puts a small child against enormous, horrifying storybook creatures and dangerous traversal challenges.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 51.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Dark 7.4%, Adventure 5.9%, Psychological Horror 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its child perspective turns ordinary rooms into threatening spaces while emphasizing atmospheric exploration and horror over combat.

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: Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Horror 16.2%, Stealth 11.2%, Dark 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers monochrome dystopian puzzle-platforming with a small protagonist, oppressive institutions, and strikingly grotesque imagery.

Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 16%, Puzzle 14.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A wordless, darkly cinematic platformer about a boy protecting his brother through a dystopian world of traps and hostile adults.

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Dark 14%, Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This melancholy pixel-art horror adventure interweaves childlike vulnerability, oppressive environments, stealth, and emotionally dark storytelling.

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Horror 12.8%, Stealth 11%, Dark 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its silent dystopian escape combines bleak industrial environments, environmental puzzles, and the feeling of being tiny against a cruel system.

💀🧩🕹️ Beyond The Darkness is a horror adventure game with puzzles where you help little girl Milly battle nightmares in the darkness to find her missing family. You will find yourself in bizarre worlds of memories, distorted by fears, and your only weapon will be the light of a small lamp...

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Dark 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%, 2.5D 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes dark atmospheric puzzle-platforming with a childlike nightmare setting and a constant sense of danger from the surrounding world.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Dark 13.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Story Rich 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror adventure follows a young girl through grotesque alternate realities, emphasizing disturbing imagery and puzzle-led storytelling.

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Dark 11.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a deceptively childlike protagonist, bleak fairy-tale atmosphere, and dark humor, though it is more narrative-driven than platform-focused.

Are you skilled enough to face frequent deaths, survive deadly traps and avoid scary enemies? Enjoy an ultra difficult classic 2D platformer with a dark story! Master your special abilities, enter an alternate reality, and clone yourself to get through 21 hardcore levels!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Horror 23.3%, Dark 17.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Platformer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its boy protagonist, grim monochrome presentation, deadly hazards, and nightmare creatures strongly echo the tension of LIMBO and Little Nightmares.

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.5%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Puzzle 16.5%, Platformer 10.5%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although less horrific, it offers hand-drawn surreal architecture, creature-filled rooms, and satisfying environmental puzzles in a mysterious underground world.

A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.

Why similar: Horror 56.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A lost young girl explores a hostile nighttime town full of supernatural predators, relying on hiding and careful observation rather than combat.

An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, Dark 16.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its storybook-gothic world, child-rescue premise, puzzles, and grotesque villainy make it a strong dark-fantasy alternative.

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Dark 12.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Survival Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its abandoned-toy-factory setting combines mascot horror, puzzle-solving, and tense escapes from oversized threatening figures.

Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Dark 13%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Puzzle 8.9%, Survival Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a creepy stylized world, environmental puzzles, and pursuit-driven horror, though from a first-person perspective.

A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

Why similar: Horror 45%, Dark 24.3%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 6.3%, Story Rich 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal hand-drawn nightmare turns childhood imagery into disturbing puzzles and bizarre horror set pieces.

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Why similar: Stealth 20.2%, Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Dark 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on a young protagonist protecting a sibling through stealth, swarms, and hostile adults captures Little Nightmares' vulnerability on a larger scale.

Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.

Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Stealth 18.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This stealth-focused horror adventure centers on a child trapped in a distorted world, using evasion and environmental problem-solving against monstrous pursuers.

Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Traverse a haunting world set in 1939 Germany in search of a mysterious girl with rabbit ears. Utilize a little bunny in creative ways to solve puzzles. Levitate sheep, use them as torches or wolf bait and make your way through a dangerous land.

Why similar: Dark 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Horror 14.1%, Indie 13.9%, Platformer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This eerie puzzle-platformer uses a child's journey, a mysterious stuffed rabbit, and sinister industrial environments to create a similarly unsettling fairy-tale feel.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25%, Atmospheric 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 8.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: While gentler and more abstract, it shares the evocative wordless storytelling, striking atmosphere, and emotionally driven platforming journey.

In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Puzzle 13.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A young protagonist and her companion cross a beautiful but threatening alien world through stealthy encounters and environmental puzzles.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Dark 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its oppressive school setting, supernatural horror, and environmental storytelling create a deeply unsettling narrative adventure with a vulnerable protagonist.

The creators of Little Nightmares™ I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before. In this horror adventure game, a brother & sister go through hell to rescue their missing friends and escape the island that they used to call home.

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Dark 17.1%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 7.4%

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 45%, Psychological Horror 20%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Dark 5.5%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn psychological horror game built around recurring nightmares, helplessness, and exploration of increasingly disturbing spaces.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Platformer 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This lonely, oppressive sci-fi puzzle-platformer emphasizes environmental problem-solving and an eerie sense of isolation rather than direct combat.

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Dark 21.3%, Atmospheric 19.6%, Puzzle 14%, Story Rich 10.7%, 2.5D 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides cinematic side-scrolling exploration through an uncanny disaster landscape, with environmental puzzles and sparse storytelling.

Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is a dark atmospheric adventure‑puzzle game where you embody Dark Six, a mysterious figure with the shape of a little girl. Navigate in a disturbing world, solve intricate puzzles, and escape terrifying giant foes in a desperate search to become whole again.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Stealth 16.4%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 13.9%

Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere. In 2 players online cooperation or solo with an A.I., work together to solve puzzles and survive in this nightmarish world.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Dark 8.4%, Stealth 7.1%

A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.

Why similar: Dark 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Puzzle 9.1%

Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Dark 12.6%, Stealth 12.1%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 7.3%

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 71%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Dark 3.4%, Great Soundtrack 2.8%

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle 18.8%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Dark 12.2%, Adventure 10.2%

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 42%, Dark 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Survival Horror 7.7%

A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Stealth 17.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Puzzle 9.9%, Dark 9.7%

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Stealth 18.7%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Atmospheric 20.6%, Story Rich 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Horror 9.1%, Dark 8.8%

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.5%, Platformer 20.2%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 8.4%

Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 10%, Survival Horror 8.4%

There’s no place like home - and yours is no home at all. Play as Rosa, a neglected child trying to escape her abusive family. Sneak out, but be ever so quiet. Mom is listening, dad is angry, and your big sister is always watching…

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, Stealth 18.6%, Platformer 6.5%, 2.5D 5.8%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Dark 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Survival Horror 9.1%

Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Atmospheric 20.5%, Puzzle 13.4%, Adventure 12.6%, Stealth 12%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Dark 12.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 10%

A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Horror 13.5%, Stealth 10.2%, Dark 9.6%, Atmospheric 7%

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Dark 12%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn't chase the puppet, as it usually does in platformers, it chases you.

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Dark 14.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Puzzle 8.4%

In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.

Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Stealth 24%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 5.8%, Adventure 5.6%

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 19.3%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Platformer 12.1%, Adventure 11.6%

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Stealth 10.2%, Dark 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Narin: The Orange Room is a third-person adventure horror game. Play as Narin, a young girl whose sister mysteriously disappeared. Help her find her sister in the twilight dimension, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Horror 18%, Stealth 14.7%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

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: Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Horror 13.8%, Stealth 11%, Dark 9.6%, 2.5D 7.5%

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Horror 14.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 12.5%, Stealth 11.7%

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Dark 13.4%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Explore the forgotten levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new terrors that reside below. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

Why similar: Horror 28%, Dark 17%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Survival Horror 9.8%

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 44.5%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Adventure 6.8%