Games Like Little Nightmares II

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

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

Why You'll Like It: The original delivers the closest possible match, with the same sinister toybox aesthetic, stealthy escape sequences, and environmental puzzle-platforming.

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 22%, Puzzle 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Co-op 8.9%, Dark 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' signature combination of unsettling miniature protagonists, surreal monsters, cooperative puzzle-solving, and cinematic traversal.

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 31.1%, Dark 15.4%, Co-op 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Puzzle 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Little Nightmares, it similarly sends vulnerable children through a grotesque, oversized nightmare world built around co-op survival and environmental puzzles.

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: Horror 18.8%, Dark 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, 2.5D 10.2%, Puzzle 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its wordless storytelling, oppressive dystopian atmosphere, deadly chase scenes, and precise environmental puzzles make it an essential companion to Little Nightmares II.

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 37.5%, Dark 21.9%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This dark Scandinavian fairy tale combines a child protagonist, disturbing folklore monsters, cinematic set pieces, and tense puzzle-led progression.

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Dark 18.2%, Horror 16.3%, Puzzle 13.7%, Atmospheric 9%

Why You'll Like It: This bleak puzzle-platformer shares Little Nightmares II's vulnerable-child perspective, lethal traps, sparse storytelling, and haunting visual mood.

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 19.3%, Dark 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Stealth 9.6%, Puzzle 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: DARQ offers a similarly surreal nightmare journey with a helpless childlike lead, creepy visual storytelling, and perspective-bending puzzles.

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 54.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Dark 7.7%, Adventure 6.6%, Psychological Horror 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its child viewpoint turns ordinary environments into frightening, oversized spaces, creating a similarly vulnerable and dreamlike horror experience.

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: Horror 14.2%, Dark 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11%, Thriller 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its melancholy pixel-art world mixes dark fantasy storytelling, environmental puzzles, and multiple fragile protagonists confronting monsters and grief.

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 29.7%, Dark 13.6%, Stealth 10.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, Story Rich 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands the ink-soaked cartoon nightmare with stealth, exploration, puzzles, and frequent encounters with grotesque mascot-like enemies.

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 44.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 10%, Thriller 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It similarly turns colorful children's entertainment into monster horror, asking players to solve environmental puzzles while avoiding toy-like threats.

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 33.6%, Stealth 17.7%, Puzzle 16.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Story Rich 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A young protagonist explores a twisted version of her hometown while hiding from monsters and solving puzzles in this story-driven horror adventure.

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 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Adventure 10%, Story Rich 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Creaks replaces outright horror with ornate menace, but its strange mansion, shadowy creatures, and environmental puzzle-platforming feel strongly adjacent.

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 24.2%, Puzzle 21.3%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Platformer 12.8%, Adventure 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though gentler in tone, it closely matches the cinematic 2.5D puzzle-platforming, companion-based puzzles, and perilous traversal of Little Nightmares II.

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 34.9%, Dark 13.6%, Puzzle 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its cartoon-horror world, puzzle exploration, and corrupted childhood-media aesthetic provide a different but compatible kind of creepy adventure.

Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.

Why similar: Dark 20.1%, Stealth 16.1%, Puzzle 14.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Creepy Tale 2 features fairy-tale horror, a young hero, cruel oversized antagonists, and puzzle-based escapes across sinister illustrated locations.

Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine.

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Puzzle 11.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, 2.5D 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its eerie puppet-theatre setting, theatrical dark-fantasy presentation, and 2.5D puzzle-platforming make it a natural fit for fans of sinister storybook worlds.

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: Horror 17.4%, Dark 11.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Stealth 9.7%, Puzzle Platformer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This monochrome dystopian platformer uses grotesque imagery, dangerous chases, and bleak environmental storytelling in a manner reminiscent of Little Nightmares.

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

Why similar: Dark 19.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Somerville offers a wordless, atmospheric journey through a threatening surreal disaster, with environmental puzzles and cinematic side-on exploration.

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 24.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Dark 13.7%, Story Rich 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers gentler but similarly focused environmental puzzles and a small lost protagonist navigating a melancholy, beautifully atmospheric world.

Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?

Why similar: Dark 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, Stealth 12.9%, Puzzle 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark hand-drawn fairy-tale setting and child-in-peril puzzle-platforming create a compact experience very much in Little Nightmares' vein.

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 19.1%, Story Rich 14.9%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 11.4%, Adventure 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its sibling-centered story, stealth-driven escapes, hostile adults, and swarms of deadly creatures echo Little Nightmares II's themes of childhood survival.

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: Horror 14.9%, Dark 11.8%, Stealth 10.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This grim industrial puzzle-platformer centers on escaping a hostile authoritarian world through stealth, machinery puzzles, and tense cinematic sequences.

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: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 12.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Fran Bow pairs a child's nightmare perspective with grotesque psychological horror, surreal alternate realities, and puzzle-heavy adventure storytelling.

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Why similar: Co-op 25.8%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Puzzle 20.6%, Adventure 8.4%, Puzzle Platformer 6%

Why You'll Like It: While far less frightening, its cooperative platforming and physics-based environmental puzzles offer a strong mechanical alternative for players who enjoyed navigating hazards with a companion.

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: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 17%, Puzzle 15.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Stealth 13.2%

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

Why similar: Dark 19.4%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Puzzle 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This macabre storybook adventure blends platforming and puzzles with a grieving father's journey through a whimsical but threatening underworld.

Welcome back to the eerie town of Raven Brooks! You play as Quentin, a journalist investigating the bizarre events of the original Hello Neighbor game, uncovering a larger mystery. Sneak into your creepy Neighbors’ houses to dig up the truth.

Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Stealth 11.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

The dark is no place to be alone. After a beautiful show of summer fireworks, two young girls begin to make their way home. However, a mysterious attacker separates them, and both must brave the haunting night filled with unspeakable terrors and survive the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 66.3%, Adventure 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Violent 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This follow-up deepens the child-focused Japanese ghost horror with tense evasion, maze-like exploration, and an oppressive sense of isolation.

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.6%, Platformer 13.8%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Story Rich 10.5%, Puzzle 10.4%

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 61.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its small child protagonist, nighttime urban exploration, and emphasis on hiding from terrifying spirits capture the vulnerability central to Little Nightmares II.

Continue the story of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve deeper into the bizarre establishment where the place was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents, all while uncovering the truth behind the place…

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 15.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%

A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.

Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Dark 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Puzzle 8.5%

The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Dark 17.7%, Horror 16.5%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Story Rich 10.8%

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 45%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Adventure 7.2%, Story Rich 6.5%

Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 11%

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 27.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%

You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Story Rich 12.8%, Adventure 8%

Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek follows the tragic story of the Neighbor’s family in this dramatic prequel to Hello Neighbor. Experience playing a game of hide-and-seek with your brother as you both deal with the loss of a family member.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Stealth 17.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Story Rich 9%

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Dark 15.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 9%

💀🧩🕹️ 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 33.6%, Dark 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8%, Puzzle 7.5%

Embrace the horrors of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve even deeper into the depths of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents and continue the search for your child…

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Dark 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Puzzle 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

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 23%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, Platformer 9%

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

Why similar: Co-op 25.4%, Multiplayer 23.1%, Puzzle 16%, Puzzle Platformer 8%, Story Rich 8%

Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%

Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.

Why similar: Horror 67.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.

Why similar: Horror 47.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Dark 17%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Singleplayer 5.2%

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 42.9%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Dark 13.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.

Why similar: Story Rich 25.1%, Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Adventure 16.3%, Platformer 15.8%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

Figment 2: Creed Valley is an action-adventure game set in the human mind. Face bosses in musical showdowns, make your way through puzzles, and explore unique environments.

Why similar: Puzzle 29%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Story Rich 16.3%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Adventure 11.4%

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 28%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Puzzle 17.5%, Adventure 15.2%, Stealth 11.2%

Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Dark 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Story Rich 10.3%

Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Stealth 17%, Psychological Horror 15%, Puzzle 11.7%, Story Rich 9.1%

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 41.7%, Stealth 21.4%, Thriller 7.4%, Story Rich 7.2%, Adventure 6.4%

Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.5%, Stealth 16.2%, Thriller 11.1%, Story Rich 10.2%

Hello Neighbor 2 is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson (The Neighbor) who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that tracks and adapts to your every move.

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Stealth 18.8%, Puzzle 14.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.2%

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Co-op 10.9%, Stealth 9.2%