Games Like The Boogie Man

"You're a demon child. Someday, you'll be burning in hell for your sins.". This is the fourth and final title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Will was running away from home with his mouse buddy Pop, until the two of them wandered into an abandoned building. What secrets lie hidden within?

Why similar: RPGMaker 26.2% ★, Horror 8.6%, Violent 7.3%, Anime 6.5%, Dark 6.5%

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.

Why similar: RPGMaker 27% ★, Horror 14.4%, Anime 9.5%, Dark 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

“I’ll tell you a scary story. It’s so scary you might not be able to take it. It’s the story of the Sand Man...” This is the second title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Unable to sleep and exhausted, Sophie wanders into a town where everything sleeps. That is where the terror begins...

Why similar: RPGMaker 28.9% ★, Horror 9.7%, Surreal 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Dark 6.1%

Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Why similar: RPGMaker 37.4% ★, Horror 13.6%, Anime 9.3%, Violent 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: RPGMaker 24.5% ★, Horror 12.3%, Surreal 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Anime 7.8%

Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.

Why similar: RPGMaker 31% ★, Horror 12.1%, Dark 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Anime 6.6%

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Why similar: RPGMaker 45.5% ★, Horror 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Dark 4.3%, Anime 3.9%

Camp Sunshine is a 16-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Jez, who is dropped off at Summer Camp. He awakes in the middle of the night to discover blood everywhere, a rampaging killer on the loose dressed in a mascot costume and himself involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse!

Why similar: RPGMaker 38.4% ★, Horror 17.8%, Violent 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Indie 7.3%

Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.

Why similar: RPGMaker 51.4% ★, Horror 20%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Adventure 5.5%, Dark 3.6%

Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

Why similar: RPGMaker 44% ★, Horror 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Anime 8.7%, Adventure 6%

Watch your back in the small peaceful town of Crystalpine Grove, as it is haunted by The Infamous Rainman.

Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Casual 11.1%, Exploration 7.5%, Singleplayer 7%

The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.

Why similar: Violent 26.5%, Horror 18.4%, RPG 14.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Indie 9.1%

A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

Why similar: RPGMaker 37% ★, Detective 11.8%, Dark 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Story Rich 6.3%

Chloé’s Requiem -encore- is a 2D Adventure Horror game set in Modern Europe. The genius violinist Michél is invited into an old mansion. Inside waits Chloé, who asks him to “Break the curse of the mansion”. What awaits the pair after the mystery is solved…?

Why similar: RPGMaker 34.8% ★, Horror 11.6%, Dark 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Anime 6%

Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Dark 29.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Adventure 8.8%

Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

Why similar: Surreal 23.8%, Horror 20.4%, Dark 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Story Rich 10.7%

Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Dark 11.8%, Anime 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%

You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…

Why similar: Atmospheric 29%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 18.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, 2D 10.8%

A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Dark 22.8%, Surreal 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Exploration 8.2%

What would you do if the hotel you checked in for the night turned into a death trap? Hotel Anatolia is a short, terrifying horror game which is about a man trying to run away from his past.

Why similar: RPGMaker 44.2% ★, Horror 11.3%, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Horror 28%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Surreal 15.4%, Violent 14.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...

Why similar: RPGMaker 24.3% ★, Horror 17.9%, Violent 16.8%, Dark 14.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%

The Candle - Rated R. As night falls and a storm rises over the annual county carnival, you are visited by a mysterious spirit. Tasked with laying his soul to rest, you must brave his long dilapidated manor and avoid the horrifying remnants of his estate staff.

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Exploration 23.8%, Casual 12.2%, Dark 12%, Atmospheric 10.2%

You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Surreal 19.2%, Adventure 11.1%, RPG 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%

A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Detective 22%, Dark 19.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Exploration 8.8%

More 16-bit RPG goodness from Warfare Studios with this dark and thrilling adventure. Can you solve the mystery of the Monastery? Brave the unknown terrors inside, find hidden rooms and secret chambers, and unlock the mysterious past before the sun comes up, and you may get out alive!

Why similar: RPGMaker 50.8% ★, RPG 12.9%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 7.4%, Horror 7.4%

Trouble In The Manor is an online multiplayer game which takes place in a spooky far away manor. You are designated one of three roles upon each round: innocent, bloodhound, or murderer.

Why similar: Casual 53.5%, Horror 21.7%, Indie 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%

This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.

Why similar: Violent 18.6%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 16%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Story Rich 11%

Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.

Why similar: RPGMaker 27.4% ★, Anime 12.5%, Horror 11.8%, Violent 10.5%, Dark 9.3%

【A richly coloured horror and mystery tale】BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA is a third-person horror adventure game. Experience the messy horror from the perspective of the protagonist, who is caught up in the whirlwind of events in a certain town in Japan, Utagacho.

Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 13.2%, Casual 11.4%, Singleplayer 6.8%

Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.

Why similar: Horror 74.4%, Indie 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%

You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?

Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Dark 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Adventure 8.8%

Zelle is a occult adventure game. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with strategic mouse clicks. Your goal in this game is to bring the protagonist home.

Why similar: RPGMaker 26.1% ★, Violent 21.5%, Horror 14.8%, RPG 14.5%, Adventure 13.5%

Dark Fear is a pixel horror game with RPG and adventure game elements. Explore a diverse landscape filled with forests, mountains, lakes and deserts. Make allies in the local village, upgrade your weapon and armor, go hunting/fishing and fight your way to the truth by slaying your foes, solving puzzles and helping people with their...

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, RPG 23.1%, Adventure 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Indie 13.4%

Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.

Why similar: Horror 43.4%, Dark 16.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Violent 10.1%, Indie 6%

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Horror 56.2%, Atmospheric 20.4%, Indie 15.7%, Singleplayer 7.6%

Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness

Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Adventure 20%, Atmospheric 13.6%, 2D 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.

Why similar: Dark 27.3%, Horror 26.2%, Story Rich 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: RPGMaker 34.5% ★, Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.7%, Detective 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 43.4%, Dark 19%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Story Rich 5.7%

One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Dark 14.3%, Violent 12.9%, Story Rich 8.6%

Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!

Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Violent 16.8%, Dark 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Story Rich 10.6%

Free Prologue to Stay Out Of The Farm, a ps1 styled horror game where you try to escape from a serial killer.

Why similar: Adventure 32.6%, Horror 30.6%, Violent 29.3%, Indie 7.5%

Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

Why similar: Dark 23%, Horror 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%

The war. Light versus darkness. It has been going on for thousands of years. One night, the Thousand-Year War suddenly knocked on your window. You will have to meet an uninvited guest.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Dark 22.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Story Rich 10.5%, Indie 7.7%

Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.

Why similar: Dark 29.3%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Exploration 16.3%, Atmospheric 11.1%

1983, Alaska... During the Salmon Run, a deadly figure known as The Grizzly Man terrorizes a group of tourists led by Bob, an amnesiac former Man in Black. Survive the journey or become the catch of the day in this breathtaking pixel-art interactive fiction with heart-pounding pace!

Why similar: Dark 20.8%, Horror 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Adventure 14.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Challenge yourself while being chased by fear! A horror puzzle action adventure! ■A completely new version of the legendary horror game "Ao Oni"!

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, RPGMaker 16.2% ★, Adventure 11.9%, Anime 11.6%, RPG 10.7%

You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...

Why similar: Horror 63.7%, Indie 15.5%, Casual 13.7%, Singleplayer 7.2%

Discover secrets, solve puzzles and survive the serial-killer in this pixelated topdown. You are Akin, an exterminator, who bought a house in a rural area, but the past of this house will affect your present.

Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Violent 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, RPG 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Dark 16.6%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 12.4%

It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.

Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Anime 17.6%, Story Rich 16%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Adventure 9%

The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Dark 19.2%, Horror 17.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Adventure 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Action-Adventure 12%

A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Dark 15.5%, Violent 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Anime 12%

Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Pixel Graphics 29.6%, Story Rich 18.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Surreal 19.3%, Dark 17.3%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.

Why similar: Surreal 20.1%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 13.1%, Exploration 9.4%, Story Rich 9%

The family is hungry and he must provide, VHS slasher survival horror.

Why similar: Horror 53.5%, Violent 16.7%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 6%