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

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A first-person horror game where you must explore a vast labyrinth, evade a relentless demonic Beast, and find trapped survivors to reverse a miscast spell and escape.

Reviews: 6 user reviews — 67% — of 6 reviews
Released: 2026-01-20
Developer: Amorphous Arts
Genres: Action, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    96% match5 user reviews50% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: ReHarmony Games
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    96% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Why similar: Runner 51%, Puzzle 14.8%, Action 13%, Horror 10.7%, 3D 8.2%

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    95% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: DELIGHT_GamaDev
    Windows

    "Man on the Block" is a game where you control a man and jump down blocks that serve as scaffolding. Points are added each time you land on a block, so try to land on as many blocks as possible.

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    94% matchMixed62% of 102 reviews2019
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    93% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: CallMeSir
    Windows

    Run your way as far as you can in RampageRunners. Where you dodge and smash through obstacles in chase of the highest score.

    Why similar: Runner 66.6%, Action 21.6%, 3D 5.7%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%

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    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Talafous Media
    Windows

    The North Woods is a single player horror game in which you take on the role of a police officer, responding to a call, all the while looking through the view of his bodycam.

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    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MELPOTPub: Abyss Walker
    Windows

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    91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Landon Armstrong
    Windows

    Trapped in a realm of shattered memories, monsters hunger for you to join them in decay. Navigate this first-person indie horror—collect fragments, evade the creatures, and uncover what you left to rot. Your memories may echo… but your scream might not.

    Why similar: Narration 31.3%, Horror 31.3%, Action 16.8%, 3D 13.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%

  11. #11 One Final Chaos
    90% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2015
    Dev: PusselbitPub: A Sweet Studio
    Windows

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  12. #12 Taken Away
    89% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2020
    Dev: NostraDamonPub: Eyejam Games
    Windows

    Taken Away is a non-linear strategic horror game. Following a car "accident", you have been abducted. Explore your surroundings, don't get caught, and figure out a way to escape if you don't want to perish in a gruesome death.

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  13. #13 Expel
    89% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: KarashiRenkon Hobbies
    Windows

    You become a ghost and surprise, attack, and curse the ghost investigators who come to your house. You can scare them however you like, and later replay the game from the investigator's point of view to see what kind of ghost you were.

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    86% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: Hwanhee Choi
    Windows

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  15. #15 Clumsy Runners
    88% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2016
    Dev: plaiko
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    Why similar: Runner 64.8%, Action 28.2%, Indie 7%

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    87% matchNo user reviews2023
    Dev: KIBODO
    Windows

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    86% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2019
    Dev: Ominous Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    84% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
    Dev: DomiHorror Development Lab
    Windows

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    85% matchNo user reviews2024
    Dev: Phoenix Pulse Games
    Windows

    Fun little endless runner. Great for killing time.

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    82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: WorldMGames
    Windows

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    83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
    Dev: VTDevelopers
    Windows

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    84% matchNo user reviews2023
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    Windows

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    81% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac

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    82% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2018
    Dev: Sasha-Toi
    Windows

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  25. #25 Home Sweet Home EP2
    80% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,036 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: MEYOSOFT
    Windows

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    81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: Goblin & Goblin
    Windows

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    79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
    Dev: Aidan "AJ" James RamseyPub: Aidan "AJ"James Ramsey
    Windows · Mac

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  29. #29 Get Out
    79% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
    Dev: TheTeam.Ninja
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    78% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
    Dev: Ovidiu Chis
    Windows

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    75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    76% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    77% matchNo user reviews2024
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    Windows

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    Dev: VGstudio
    Windows

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    Windows

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    73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    72% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    73% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: nekogameteacher
    Windows

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    74% matchNo user reviews2021
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    Windows

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    71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: Amit ShalomPub: Blin Games
    Windows

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    71% matchMixed44% of 286 reviews2019
    Dev: KONAMI
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%

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    70% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac

    Shank n' Bake is an exciting, twisted take on runner games. Set off to end humanity's healthy food movement by slashing and slamming your foes while avoiding your own untimely, violent death.

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  47. #47 Skippy's Grand Escape
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Tobias Mathes
    Windows · Linux

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    Why similar: Runner 58.8%, Action 23.9%, Puzzle 14.3%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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    71% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2018
    Dev: Justin Jackson
    Windows

    Paralysis is a multiplayer horror game. Which includes two unique game modes, Constant updates, and plenty of thrilling moments with friends.

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    67% matchMostly Positive75% of 146 reviews2025
    Dev: うさうさはっぴーげーむず
    Windows

    A horror game that challenges you to play three different games and diagnoses your tolerance for fear. “Surprise fear,” “hiding fear,” “escaping fear”—are you tolerant of all types of fear?

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    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Miknar Games
    Windows

    A fast-paced atmospheric runner where a broken flashlight reveals the path for only a second. Memorize the road, react on instinct, and survive the darkness.

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  51. #51 Caretaker
    70% matchMixed46% of 26 reviews2019
    Dev: Playstige Interactive
    Windows

    Caretaker is a first-person horror experience. You are hungry for truth and maybe this "caretaker" is hungry for something else. Enjoy a ride of psychotic wickedness, through a maze of “criminally insane” mind

    Why similar: Gore 34.6%, Violent 31.5%, Action 21.8%, Horror 12.1%

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    67% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
    Dev: Hey Leroy Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Runner 60.9%, Action 27.1%, 3D 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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    68% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Cockroach Studio
    Windows

    You have wandered into an endless, eerie space.It seems you’ve entered another dimension of the game you often see in ads.Aim for the highest score!

    Why similar: Runner 59.4%, Action 16.3%, Horror 13.7%, 3D 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  54. #54 Corpse Castle
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wicked Cake GamesPub: Whim Independent Studios
    Windows

    Corpse Castle is a procedurally animated high-velocity twin stick fighter set in a deranged body-horror mystery where you must use your bare hands (or what’s left of them) to construct a tower from the flesh and bone of those who stand in your way.

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    69% matchPositive86% of 13 reviews2020
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    Windows

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  56. #56 Pirarucu's Money Rush
    66% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2024
    Dev: MUTAN
    Windows

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    Why similar: Runner 67%, Action 25.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Indie 2.8%

  57. #57 Invadead
    68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
    Dev: Xx_ObamaDestroyer69_xX
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  58. #58 Canabalt
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 301 reviews2015
    Dev: Finji
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  59. #59 Escape DuckZ!(カルガモ大脱出ゼット!)
    66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: StepperZ Studio
    Windows

    ●The duck's name is Dash. Let's escape with the ducklings without touching the Cheshire Cat!

    Why similar: Runner 64.4%, Puzzle 21.8%, Action 9.6%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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