Games Like REANIMAL

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: Co-op 25.9%, Horror 18.6%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Puzzle 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the clearest match on Steam, carrying over the series' creepy oversized-world horror, puzzle-platforming, and built-in co-op focus.

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 31%, Dark 15.4%, Co-op 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Puzzle 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same fragile-child perspective, stealthy traversal, and grotesque atmospheric horror that REANIMAL is directly descended from.

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 33.5%, Dark 17.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The original nails the same oppressive fairy-tale horror, environmental puzzles, and small-protagonist-against-huge-terrors feel.

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: Cinematic 24.8%, Horror 23.9%, Dark 14.8%, Third Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another dark child-led horror adventure with gruesome folklore creatures, cinematic chases, and a similarly unsettling storybook tone.

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: Cinematic 26.2%, Horror 24.2%, Dark 19.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Puzzle 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its bleak world, vulnerable protagonist, and brilliant environmental storytelling make it one of the strongest non-co-op alternatives to REANIMAL's mood and pacing.

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 31%, Puzzle 14.2%, Third Person 12.3%, Stealth 11.9%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: GYLT mixes child-focused horror, stealth, and puzzle-driven exploration in a way that feels very close to REANIMAL's tense adventure format.

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

Why similar: Dark 26.3%, Horror 21.9%, Puzzle 17%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Surreal 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: LIMBO captures the same child-in-peril tension and minimalist environmental horror through puzzles, traps, and haunting atmosphere.

Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Cinematic 20.5%, Dark 16.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Stealth 10%

Why You'll Like It: Its handcrafted nightmare aesthetic and dark adventure focus make it a great pick if you want more eerie, storybook-style horror exploration.

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 23.6%, Dark 18.5%, Third Person 10.6%, Puzzle 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal nightmare spaces, grim visual design, and puzzle-platforming structure strongly echo the dreamlike dread REANIMAL is aiming for.

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 21.7%, Cinematic 15.4%, Dark 15.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic platformer offers a similarly tiny-protagonist perspective in a cruel, oppressive world full of visual menace and chase sequences.

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: Co-op 33.1%, Horror 27.9%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Dark 7.8%, Stealth 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: If the biggest draw is surviving terror with another player, this is one of Steam's strongest modern co-op horror experiences.

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 36.8%, Local Co-Op 25.9%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Puzzle 7.7%, Local Multiplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is much gentler in tone, but its cooperative movement, partner-dependent puzzles, and side-by-side journey make it a great mechanical match.

The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.

Why similar: Co-op 30.1%, Horror 22.5%, Cinematic 18.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is another strong co-op horror pick built around trapped characters, ominous environments, and trying to survive a cursed place together.

Overcome emotional struggles across a touching narrative filled with twists and surprises. Embark on a dream-like journey, with breathtaking artistic direction and the enthralling voice of Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones, Skins).

Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Atmospheric 28.6%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 12.4%, Adventure 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more melancholic than terrifying, but its dark fairytale tone, young protagonist, and puzzle-focused journey are a strong tonal match.

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: Atmospheric 37.6%, Puzzle 37.6%, Adventure 21.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: While less horrific, its protective duo dynamic, cinematic traversal, and puzzle-platforming through a hostile world feel very adjacent to REANIMAL.

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: Cinematic 20.5%, Horror 19.8%, Dark 16.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Puzzle 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim industrial world, environmental puzzles, and constant sense of being hunted line up well with REANIMAL's darker escape-driven design.

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: Co-op 32.8%, Horror 31%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Dark 13%, Mystery 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers co-op horror, a nightmare-like setting, and a constant sense of dread even though it is more narrative-driven than platform-focused.

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

Why similar: Cinematic 29.4%, Dark 19.1%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same cinematic, low-dialogue escape structure and oppressive worldbuilding, just with sci-fi dread instead of pure horror-fantasy.

Embrace mind-blowing moments as you’re pulled deep into the many worlds of Split Fiction, a boundary-pushing co-op adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 32.9%, Local Co-Op 24.2%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Local Multiplayer 9.4%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: It is not horror, but its polished co-op traversal, constant partner interplay, and third-person set-piece design will appeal to players who want the teamwork side of REANIMAL.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Co-op 29.4%, Online Co-Op 24.2%, Local Co-Op 23.7%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Cinematic 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This one trades horror for a more grounded escape story, but its mandatory co-op structure and cinematic two-character progression are a strong fit.

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: Co-op 22.7%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its ominous setting and communication-heavy co-op puzzles capture the shared-danger, work-together side of REANIMAL especially well.

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 61.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Dark 9.2%, Adventure 7.2%, Puzzle 5%

Why You'll Like It: Few games sell vulnerability better, using a child's perspective and unsettling spaces to create a very similar helpless-horror feel.

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 34%, Local Co-Op 22.1%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Local Multiplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like REANIMAL, it is built around cooperative progression, environmental interaction, and varied third-person puzzle-platforming, just with a brighter tone.

Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Co-op 16.8%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Puzzle 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a weaker tonal match than the games above, but it still offers co-op horror, puzzles, and tense escape scenarios for players prioritizing multiplayer scares.

When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.

Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Cinematic 29.2%, Multiplayer 22.5%, Co-op 12.1%, Adventure 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same horror-adventure tension and group survival stakes, though it leans into cinematic choices instead of traversal puzzles.

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 40.3%, Dark 19.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Stealth 10.7%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its stylized nightmare setting, stealth, light puzzles, and constant monster pressure make it a solid adjacent horror adventure.

A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…

Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Third Person 16.6%, Cinematic 16%, Co-op 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its trap-filled hotel and cooperative survival structure make it a good match if you want horror built around exploration and escape.

A 1-3 player co-op puzzle horror game set in an accursed megastore. Work together to decode the store's twisted logic, and find a way out before the lurking horrors doom you to shop forever.

Why similar: Co-op 20.3%, Horror 15.2%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Dark 10.1%, Multiplayer 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: Horror 21.1%, Co-op 19.1%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Cinematic 7%

After noticing bone-chilling similarities to an episode of Fears to Fathom, Tessa and Marcus decide to share their own experience. Scratch Creek is an exclusively online co-op experience.

Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Co-op 30.3%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Adventure 5%

How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.

Why similar: Co-op 30.7%, Local Multiplayer 18.1%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Puzzle 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a pure two-player puzzle escape game that scratches the coordinated problem-solving side even if it lacks REANIMAL's cinematic horror style.

Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way through a beautifully haunting coma. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane grown-ups, and sad children looking for their mommies.

Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Surreal 30.2%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: This creepy child-centered adventure channels a similar mix of grotesque imagery, melancholy, and dark storybook atmosphere.

A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Co-op 20.8%, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses

Why similar: Co-op 30.3%, Horror 27.6%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Cinematic 9.1%, Online Co-Op 6.9%

2-player asymmetrical co-op game, Follow Us is a hilarious and horrifying relationship stress test, where one player explores a spooky environment, while another guides them remotely from the van, trying to keep their partner alive.

Why similar: Co-op 27.7%, Horror 25%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Adventure 4%

A horror survival and extraction game playable in single player or co-op for up to 4 players. Lost in a creepy forest, you and your friends are hunted by a monster. Stay quiet while extracting keys through nightmarish realms using items like traps, sonars, and flare guns to survive!

Why similar: Co-op 29.9%, Horror 26%, Third Person 12%, Online Co-Op 11%, Multiplayer 8.4%

A very simple co-op jumpscare horror experience where you and friends walk through a pitch black forest and try to stay quiet. Reach 8:00 AM without screaming or making a loud noise, or everyone dies. You will scream, shout, and probably laugh.

Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Online Co-Op 23.6%, Co-op 16.6%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Atmospheric 4.5%

A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.

Why similar: Co-op 20.5%, Horror 16.6%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Dark 9.4%

Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...

Why similar: Horror 26%, Co-op 24.4%, Online Co-Op 20.4%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Puzzle 6.1%

Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...

Why similar: Co-op 20.2%, Horror 17.7%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Dark 11.9%

Guide two brothers on an epic journey of discovery, loss, adventure and mystery remade for the latest generation of graphics, performance, and gameplay. Play in single-player mode or local co-op with a friend. This is one journey you will never forget.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 50.2%, Co-op 19.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Online Co-Op 9%, Multiplayer 4.9%

REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

Why similar: Co-op 29.4%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.8%

“VESSEL” is a two-player online horror puzzle game. Experience varied puzzles, monster chases, boss battles and item collection alongside a rich story. Join forces with your friend and help the siblings escape the haunted hospital!

Why similar: Co-op 24.9%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Cinematic 12.4%

Forest Escape: Last Train is a co-op surreal horror game for 1–4 players. Explore bizarre nightmare locations, gather resources, solve the insane Warden's twisted puzzles, and keep your locomotive running as you fight to escape his unhinged world.

Why similar: Co-op 23.6%, Horror 20.7%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Multiplayer 13.5%, 3D 5.6%

Pragmata is a unique, sci-fi action-adventure game from Capcom. Follow Hugh, a member of an ill-fated investigation team, and Diana, a young android, as they navigate a lunar facility taken over by rogue AI in search of a way to Earth.

Why similar: Third Person 49.4%, Adventure 29.8%, 3D 17.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%

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 22.9%, Puzzle 19.9%, Adventure 19.2%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Stealth 13.5%

An online co-op detective horror for up to 3 players. Work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some are only pretending to be human. Make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide.

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Online Co-Op 22.2%, Co-op 19.2%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%

You and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Memorize the environment. Spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over.

Why similar: Co-op 22.3%, Online Co-Op 19.1%, Horror 18.8%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Surreal 7.1%

Follow R.E.A.C.H., an AI trapped in a human body, on a cinematic adventure through an alternate 1980s America. Explore an atmospheric cyberpunk world full of high-stakes action wrapped in a unique 2.5D pixel art style.

Why similar: Cinematic 47.7%, Dark 25.1%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%

A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.

Why similar: Horror 38%, Dark 24.7%, Third Person 19.9%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Dark 18%, Surreal 14.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.

Why similar: Horror 39.6%, Cinematic 22.2%, Third Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 6.3%

KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

Why similar: Co-op 27.3%, Horror 21.5%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Dark 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Psycho Reign is a Single or 2 player co-operative online horror puzzle and stealth game where in each level you will be chased by blood thirsty psychos. Look for and solve mini puzzles in order to progress further on the map. Ultimately, find something to fight back...or get chopped up.

Why similar: Co-op 19.3%, Horror 16.4%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Dark 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.4%

They See Us is a multiplayer horror game built for creepy vibes, scream-worthy jump scares and hilarious co-op tension. Work together to spot terrifying anomalies lurking in familiar places – before they find you!

Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Dark 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%

A new multiplayer, third-person, horror experience: Escape from an appaling environment by solving different puzzles with the help of your friends, and hiding from a hideous monster... or maybe becoming one ;) Unlock new maps, cosmetics and skins with the new Horror Night DLCs

Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Third Person 11%, Stealth 9.7%

Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with the adrenaline and action of an explosive first person shooter.

Why similar: Adventure 47.1%, Stylized 44.9%, Singleplayer 7.9%