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Games Like Midnight Evil

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

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It's late at night and you've discovered a mysterious book that seems to have its own evil agenda. As you begin to read through it, you realize that you are not alone.The only way to free yourself from this fiendish nightmare is to finish reading.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 73% — of 22 reviews
Released: 2019-02-26
Developer: Nate Sanders
Publisher: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Cauan BuzolinPub: Buzolin Studios
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    Survive three nights of absolute terror while more than 10 monsters hunt you down. Explore secret paths, complete tasks, use your flashlight and scanner, upgrade your abilities, and face an intense survival experience.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 34.8%, Action 25.3%, Horror 24.2%, Indie 15.7%

  2. #2 Ben The Exorcist
    97% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2017
    Dev: WraithStudio
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    Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Action 20.4%, Comedy 19.7%, Horror 18.2%, Indie 15.7%

  3. #3 Dark Days of Horror
    96% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
    Dev: Alexander Casha
    Windows

    Dive into this survival horror game where your hero kill zombies and have also to destroy the laboratory in which they are being produced. Complete tasks to move to the next level.

    Why similar: Action 36.3%, Survival Horror 32.8%, Horror 21%, Indie 9.9%

  4. #4 Deadsigns
    96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
    Dev: Jean-Baptiste Leonelli
    Windows

    DeadSigns is a first person action game with survival and tower defense features. Go through many nights and beat a lot of monsters with style and get the best score !

    Why similar: Action 29.7%, Survival Horror 28.4%, Indie 22.2%, Horror 19.7%

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    94% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
    Dev: Zeta bit
    Windows

    Travel through dark dingy apartments and cold stone basements. Stay away from the many creatures following you around every corner. Find collectibles and outlast the demons. walk this first-person horror experience through twisting mazes and search for keys. Outlast the demons and find any way out.

    Why similar: Action 29.8%, Survival Horror 26.9%, Indie 22.9%, Horror 20.4%

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    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2025
    Dev: Shadow Fred Boi
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    Why similar: Survival Horror 30.7%, Horror 24.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Indie 14.6%, Action 14.4%

  7. #7 Deliverance
    94% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2015
    Dev: TBDTS Games
    Windows · Mac

    Deliverance is a first-person survival horror game in which you are put into the captivity of a deranged man dawning a serial killing streak with no plans to stop. Play as "Victim #3" and try to find your way out of your captor's imprisonment as you explore a maze-like abandoned asylum.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Horror 23.9%, Action 23%, Indie 18.5%

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    87% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2025
    Dev: ArezigokuGames
    Windows

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    88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Fantastica Games
    Windows

    As twilight descends and the world plunges into darkness, you, a seasoned police officer, find yourself answering a harrowing call that shatters the peace of a quiet, unassuming neighborhood. The distressed voice on the other end speaks of Lost Apartment, a place steeped in sinister legends.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 37.4%, Horror 28.7%, Action 25.9%, Indie 7.9%

  10. #10 Seeing Red
    86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Lyterian Games
    Windows

    SEEING RED is a first-person survival horror game where isolation and terror reign. As Benjamin, an ex-military detective, return to his haunted hometown to search for his missing sister. Uncover dark secrets and battle grotesque foes.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 41.8%, Horror 30.9%, Action 17.2%, Indie 10.1%

  11. #11 Joe's Diner
    93% matchMostly Negative40% of 258 reviews2015
    Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Somewhere along the venerable Route 7, in the middle of nowhere, you will find Joe’s Diner. The old Diner was built on the site of a former Indian cemetery. Amongst the buried, two rival chieftains are laid to rest; while alive each could not stand the other.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Horror 30.7%, Action 20.4%, Indie 17.6%

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    84% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
    Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
    Windows

    You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...

    Why similar: Action 30.7%, Survival Horror 27.8%, Indie 23.6%, Horror 17.8%

  13. #13 Enlysia
    91% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
    Dev: Teveru
    Windows

    Destination Enlysia, a dark and unwelcome place. You have been sent there to unravel whatever dark secrets there are to be discovered. Once you have entered there is only one option, stay alive!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 32.5%, Horror 24.6%, Action 24.3%, Indie 18.7%

  14. #14 Witchkin
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2018
    Dev: Coven Games
    Windows

    Witchkin is a first person 'hide-and-sneak' survival horror game in the vein of Slender.

    Why similar: Action 28%, Survival Horror 25.4%, Horror 23.6%, Indie 23%

  15. #15 Home Security
    89% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2018
    Dev: Toshihiko Kikuchi
    Windows

    A story of a recluse's sister to protect her brother.Her room is bright, but the inside of the house is dim.She always feel like there’s someone watching her andneed to push herself to walk the house.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 37.5%, Indie 31.9%, Horror 30.6%

  16. #16 Sentenced
    89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: Vitalij Kurjata
    Windows

    Sentenced combines the oppressive horror atmosphere and the complexity of survival, mixed with its stealth system and permadeath. In the depths of the labyrinth, a variety of monsters will not leave a place where you could relax in safety.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 39.2%, Indie 33.4%, Horror 27.4%

  17. #17 都市伝説.exe
    79% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2026
    Dev: RainyDollGamesPub: エヌビーゲームズ
    Windows

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    78% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2025
    Dev: STUDIO DYD
    Windows

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    86% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2020
    Dev: Puggy Studios
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    85% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
    Dev: OkawariHakumai
    Windows

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    82% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
    Dev: B-Bits
    Windows

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    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: First Horizon Games
    Windows

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    76% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    84% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
    Dev: Tom-Erik Nielsen
    Windows

    Gone Astray is a First-Person survival horror game which features rich atmosphere, believable interior and exterior environments.

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    83% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
    Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Breno Alexsander
    Windows

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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fieldtenstein
    Windows

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    82% matchMixed58% of 351 reviews2016
    Dev: Vidas Salavejus
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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  29. #29 Zomby Soldier
    81% matchMixed42% of 48 reviews2018
    Dev: Tero Lunkka
    Windows

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  30. #30 The Invading Dark
    72% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Legacy Warrior Games
    Windows

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    80% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2016
    Dev: Sayan
    Windows

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  32. #32 Medusa's Labyrinth VR
    81% match9 user reviews11% of 9 reviews2017
    Dev: Guru Games
    Windows

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    68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: PvE Studios
    Windows

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    67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    76% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
    Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
    Windows

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    77% matchMixed50% of 44 reviews2019
    Dev: Polantronic
    Windows

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    64% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Frysolith Interactive
    Windows

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    67% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    62% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,140 reviews2019
    Dev: Space Onigiri Game LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    66% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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  42. #42 Devilry
    78% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
    Dev: New State
    Windows

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    65% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Franquista Yu Games
    Windows

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    60% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: YungKingChrisPub: YungKingdom
    Windows

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  45. #45 Shattered
    75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
    Dev: Devin Eastmond
    Windows · Mac

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    71% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2021
    Dev: Daniil VolgutskovPub: TR&UN
    Windows

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    Why similar: Survival Horror 42.4%, Action 28.1%, Horror 22.3%, Indie 7.2%

  47. #47 Best Friend
    72% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2020
    Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2015
    Dev: Hellbent Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    63% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: Rabbit Bay Games
    Windows

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    75% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
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    Windows

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  51. #51 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 284 reviews2015
    Dev: K Monkey
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    58% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
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    70% matchMixed66% of 161 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    60% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Trident Game Studio
    Windows

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    60% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    59% matchNo user reviews
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