Little Nightmares

Games Similar to Little Nightmares (474)

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1. 1. Little Nightmares II

   

   1. Little Nightmares II

   GPA match 88%

   Nintendo SwitchPS5PS4steamXbox

   Tarsier Studios / Bandai Namco

   Genre: パズルホラーアドベンチャー

   Little Nightmares II teams Mono with Six in a city dominated by television signals, expanding the first game's escape-puzzle structure with a companion mechanic and a more developed setting. The ending recontextualizes both games. Tarsier Studios' follow-up. GPA scores it high on Horror and Emotional Story — the rare horror sequel that deepens the original's emotional stakes.

   Tag Similarity

   Dystopian Setting

   85%

   Dark

   85%

   Horror

   85%

   Graphics

   80%

   Puzzle

   75%

   Emotional Story

   75%

   Story Depth

   65%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

2. 2. A Plague Tale Innocence

   2. A Plague Tale Innocence

   GPA match 77%

   Nintendo Switch2PS5PS4steamXbox

   Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment

   Genre: ステルスアクションADV

   A Plague Tale: Innocence escorts Amicia and her younger brother Hugo through plague-ravaged 14th-century France, using torch and alchemical tools to herd rat swarms away from paths. Asobo Studio, Focus Entertainment. Switch 2, PS4/5, Xbox, PC. GPA scores it high on Emotional Story and Dark World — the stealth adventure where sibling bond mechanics are inseparable from the horror traversal.

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   Dystopian Setting

   80%

   Dark

   72%

   Horror

   65%

   Graphics

   80%

   Puzzle

   60%

   Emotional Story

   85%

   Story Depth

   80%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

3. 3. Observer System Redux

   3. Observer System Redux

   GPA match 75%

   Nintendo Switch2PS5PS4steamXbox

   Bloober Team / Anshar Studios

   Genre: サイバーパンク心理ホラー

   Observer: System Redux casts Rutger Hauer (in his final video game role) as Daniel Lazarski, a neural detective who hacks dying minds in cyberpunk 2084 Poland. The Dream Eater device renders psychological horror sequences inside corrupted memory spaces. Switch 2, PS4/5, Xbox, PC. GPA scores it high on Existential Themes and Dark World — the cyberpunk horror game that most effectively uses the mind-hacking mechanic as both story and scare delivery.

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   Dystopian Setting

   88%

   Dark

   80%

   Horror

   75%

   Graphics

   75%

   Puzzle

   55%

   Emotional Story

   68%

   Story Depth

   72%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

4. 4. Mad Father

   

   4. Mad Father

   GPA match 75%

   Nintendo Switchsteam

   Sen（さつき）/ DENPASOFT

   Genre: ホラーADV

   Mad Father follows Aya through her father's mansion on the night it awakens, pursuing the source of the screams while avoiding chainsaw-wielding experiments. RPG Maker origin. Remade for Steam in 2021. GPA scores it high on Horror and Multiple Endings — the Japanese indie horror that built its reputation on disturbing content executed with emotional precision.

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   Dystopian Setting

   78%

   Dark

   85%

   Horror

   82%

   Graphics

   45%

   Puzzle

   55%

   Emotional Story

   68%

   Story Depth

   65%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

5. 5. Ib

   

   5. Ib

   GPA match 75%

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   kouri（コウリ）

   Genre: ホラーADV

   Ib traps a girl in an art gallery's twisted dimension, navigating puzzle rooms built from living paintings and a rose that represents her life. RPG Maker original fully remade in 2022. GPA scores it high on Horror and Multiple Endings — the Japanese indie horror that proved art museum settings could generate genuine dread through atmosphere alone.

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   Dystopian Setting

   75%

   Dark

   72%

   Horror

   80%

   Graphics

   50%

   Puzzle

   70%

   Emotional Story

   70%

   Story Depth

   65%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

6. 6. Martha is Dead

   

   6. Martha is Dead

   GPA match 75%

   PS5PS4steam

   LKA

   Genre: 心理ホラーADV

   Martha is Dead sets its psychological horror in WWII Italy, following Giulia who assumes the identity of her drowned twin sister. The setting intersects wartime atrocity with personal dissociation. LKA's 2022 release was partially censored on PlayStation for graphic content. GPA scores it high on Dark World and Existential Themes — the horror game that most directly engages with historical trauma as a narrative device.

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   Dystopian Setting

   85%

   Dark

   90%

   Horror

   78%

   Graphics

   72%

   Puzzle

   50%

   Emotional Story

   78%

   Story Depth

   78%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

7. 7. SOMA

   

   7. SOMA

   GPA match 74%

   Nintendo SwitchPS5PS4steamXbox

   Frictional Games

   Genre: SF心理ホラー

   SOMA places players in an underwater facility in 2104 and asks what consciousness means — whether a copied mind is the same person, and what death means if copies exist. Combat is minimal; the horror comes from what the story reveals. Frictional Games' follow-up to Amnesia. GPA scores it at the top for Existential Themes among horror games — the only entry where philosophy and survival horror share equal weight.

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   Dystopian Setting

   85%

   Dark

   80%

   Horror

   75%

   Graphics

   70%

   Puzzle

   55%

   Emotional Story

   85%

   Story Depth

   85%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

8. 8. SIGNALIS

   8. SIGNALIS

   GPA match 71%

   Nintendo SwitchPS4steamXbox

   rose-engine / Humble Games

   Genre: SFサバイバルホラー

   SIGNALIS puts Elster, a Replika technician, inside an abandoned mining facility where the environment loops and the enemy behavior distorts. rose-engine's two-person team drew from Silent Hill, Ghost in the Shell, and Neon Genesis Evangelion to create a survival horror that operates on dream logic. Switch, PS4, Xbox, PC. GPA scores it high on Existential Themes and Horror — the indie horror game most committed to its own aesthetic system.

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   Dystopian Setting

   85%

   Dark

   80%

   Horror

   82%

   Graphics

   60%

   Puzzle

   58%

   Emotional Story

   75%

   Story Depth

   72%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

9. 9. Confabulation

   

   9. Confabulation

   GPA match 71%

   steam

   Indie Developer

   Genre: 自宅異変探しホラー

   Confabulation photographs changes in a home where the player's memory of the layout is unreliable. The camera serves as both tool and metaphor for the game's central theme. GPA scores it high on Horror and Puzzle — the memory-photograph mechanic sits between Exit 8's anomaly logic and Observation Duty's surveillance framing.

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   Dystopian Setting

   65%

   Dark

   55%

   Horror

   65%

   Graphics

   40%

   Puzzle

   75%

   Emotional Story

   45%

   Story Depth

   0%

   Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

10. 10. Observation

    10. Observation

    GPA match 71%

    PS4steam

    No Code / Devolver Digital

    Genre: SF心理スリラー

    Observation inverts the sci-fi thriller premise by casting the player as SAM, the space station's AI, rather than the human crew member. Using cameras, drones, and station systems to investigate the disappeared crew creates a perspective no other game occupies. No Code, Devolver Digital. PS4, Xbox, PC. GPA scores it high on Existential Themes and Puzzle — the SF thriller where being the AI is both the mechanic and the message.

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    Dystopian Setting

    75%

    Dark

    62%

    Horror

    58%

    Graphics

    65%

    Puzzle

    68%

    Emotional Story

    65%

    Story Depth

    72%

    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

11. 11. Blair Witch

    

    11. Blair Witch

    GPA match 71%

    Nintendo SwitchsteamXbox

    Bloober Team

    Genre: 一人称心理ホラー

    Blair Witch follows Ellis, a former police officer, into the Black Hills Forest with his dog Bullet in an official sequel to the 1999 film. Bullet functions as both companion and tool. Bloober Team's licensed horror. GPA scores it high on Horror and Dark World — the licensed horror game where the canine companion mechanic genuinely changes the emotional texture of the fear experience.

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    Dystopian Setting

    80%

    Dark

    78%

    Horror

    80%

    Graphics

    68%

    Puzzle

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    Emotional Story

    65%

    Story Depth

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    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

12. 12. Layers of Fear

    

    12. Layers of Fear

    GPA match 69%

    Nintendo SwitchPS4steamXbox

    Bloober Team

    Genre: 一人称心理ホラー

    Layers of Fear traps a mad painter in a mansion where every room rearranges itself to reflect his deteriorating mind. Environmental storytelling through portrait fragments and scattered writings builds the backstory. Bloober Team's breakout title. GPA scores it high on Horror and Existential Themes — the first-person psychological horror built entirely around architecture as a mental state.

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    Dystopian Setting

    80%

    Dark

    80%

    Horror

    80%

    Graphics

    65%

    Puzzle

    50%

    Emotional Story

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    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

13. 13. Serene Asylum

    

    13. Serene Asylum

    GPA match 69%

    steam

    Indie Developer

    Genre: 精神病院脱出ホラー

    Serene Asylum wakes players on a surgical table in an asylum with a history that surfaces through documents. The infinite loop structure traps the space in repetition. GPA scores it high on Horror and Puzzle — a free-to-play horror that applies the loop mechanic to institutional architecture.

    Tag Similarity

    Dystopian Setting

    75%

    Dark

    70%

    Horror

    70%

    Graphics

    45%

    Puzzle

    65%

    Emotional Story

    45%

    Story Depth

    0%

    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

14. 14. Night Delivery

    

    14. Night Delivery

    GPA match 69%

    steam

    Chilla's Art

    Genre: ウォーキングホラー

    Night Delivery puts a delivery worker through a single apartment building on a late-night shift, with packages that don't add up and residents who don't feel right. Chilla's Art's VHS filter and real-geography setting do the heavy lifting. GPA scores it high on Horror and Dark World — a short-form Japanese horror that proves the delivery job is one of horror's most productive settings.

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    Dystopian Setting

    75%

    Dark

    70%

    Horror

    80%

    Graphics

    45%

    Puzzle

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    Emotional Story

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    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

15. 15. Silent Hill 2 Remake

    

    15. Silent Hill 2 Remake

    GPA match 69%

    PS5steamXbox

    Bloober Team / Konami

    Genre: Survival Horror

    Bloober Team's remake rebuilds the 2001 classic from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, expanding James Sunderland's guilt-driven journey through a fog-locked town populated by monsters that reflect his psychological state. Pyramid Head's design and purpose remain intact. GPA scores it high on Horror and Dark World — the remake that matched the original's psychological weight while updating the combat and pacing.

    Tag Similarity

    Dystopian Setting

    90%

    Dark

    90%

    Horror

    90%

    Graphics

    85%

    Puzzle

    60%

    Emotional Story

    85%

    Story Depth

    85%

    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

16. 16. Scorn

    

    16. Scorn

    GPA match 69%

    PS5steamXbox

    Ebb Software

    Genre: 大気圧ホラーアドベンチャー

    Scorn drops players into a world of biomechanical architecture drawn directly from H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński without explanation or dialogue. The environment is the horror. Puzzles use organs and living machinery. Ebb Software's debut. GPA scores it high on Dark World and Existential Themes — the art-horror game where the visual language is the entire experience.

    Tag Similarity

    Dystopian Setting

    92%

    Dark

    90%

    Horror

    80%

    Graphics

    80%

    Puzzle

    65%

    Emotional Story

    0%

    Story Depth

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    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

17. 17. Resident Evil 4 Remake

    

    17. Resident Evil 4 Remake

    GPA match 69%

    Nintendo SwitchPS5PS4steamXbox

    Capcom

    Genre: Survival Horror

    Capcom's remake of the 2005 original adds a parry system and reworked stealth while preserving the over-the-shoulder shooter structure that redefined the action-horror genre. The merchant, case upgrades, and attache case management remain. Metacritic scored it 93. GPA scores it high on Action and Horror — the remake that added mechanical depth to an already comprehensive original.

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    Dystopian Setting

    65%

    Dark

    65%

    Horror

    80%

    Graphics

    85%

    Puzzle

    55%

    Emotional Story

    60%

    Story Depth

    65%

    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

18. 18. Amnesia The Dark Descent

    

    18. Amnesia The Dark Descent

    GPA match 68%

    Nintendo SwitchPS4steamXbox

    Frictional Games

    Genre: 一人称サバイバルホラー

    Amnesia introduced the sanity meter — look at monsters and the player's vision deteriorates and strange sounds intrude. There are no weapons. The castle setting and helplessness design drove the early YouTube Let's Play phenomenon. Frictional Games' 2010 release established the template for first-person horror games for the following decade. GPA scores it high on Horror — the game that rewrote horror design conventions.

    Tag Similarity

    Dystopian Setting

    85%

    Dark

    85%

    Horror

    92%

    Graphics

    55%

    Puzzle

    60%

    Emotional Story

    0%

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    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

19. 19. Backrooms The Project

    

    19. Backrooms The Project

    GPA match 68%

    steam

    Night Drive Interactive

    Genre: ファウンドフッテージホラー

    Backrooms: The Project starts in empty corporate offices before descending through level structures rendered in UE5. The photorealistic fluorescent corridors are the highest production value entry in the Backrooms genre. GPA scores it high on Horror and Graphics.

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    Dystopian Setting

    85%

    Dark

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    Horror

    80%

    Graphics

    65%

    Puzzle

    55%

    Emotional Story

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    Story Depth

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    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth

20. 20. Resident Evil 2 Remake

    

    20. Resident Evil 2 Remake

    GPA match 68%

    Nintendo SwitchPS5PS4steamXbox

    Capcom

    Genre: Survival Horror

    Capcom's over-the-shoulder remake of the 1998 original puts Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield through a Raccoon City police station now fully reconstructed in 3D. The Tyrant stalking both campaigns turns familiar corridors into survival puzzles. Metacritic scored it 98. GPA scores it at the top for Horror and high on Story Depth — the remake benchmark that surpassed the original's design.

    Tag Similarity

    Dystopian Setting

    80%

    Dark

    80%

    Horror

    90%

    Graphics

    85%

    Puzzle

    65%

    Emotional Story

    65%

    Story Depth

    70%

    Chart tags: Dystopian Setting / Dark / Horror / Graphics / Puzzle / Emotional Story / Story Depth