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Games like Boogeyman

2015PC80 % positive4.99 €

You play young Thomas, facing a lurking terror in the dark of his new house armed with just a flashlight. A short, atmospheric indie horror built on tension and hiding.

  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Boogeyman are Fears to Fathom: Ironbark Lookout, Bear Haven Nights and Emily Wants to Play. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Boogeyman special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Bear Haven Nights

Dark, serious atmosphere

You survive a series of creepy nights in a bear-themed indie horror game, managing threats and limited resources. A small, jump-scare-driven experience for fans of survival horror.

Emily Wants to Play

Dark, serious atmosphere

You play a pizza delivery guy trapped in an abandoned house, trying to survive hour after hour as another of Emily's toys comes to life and hunts you. Tense survival horror built on hiding, barricading and managing your resources.

Welcome to the Game II

Realistic visuals

A horror puzzle game where you play a reporter delving into the deep web and a trap-filled building to help a woman in danger. Puzzles, surveillance and survival pressure create a tense, unsettling experience.

The Closing Shift

Accessible and relaxed

A short Japanese-style indie horror game in which you play a young woman working a late closing shift as eerie events unfold. Tension comes from atmosphere and mundane routine that gradually turns sinister.

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Dark, serious atmosphere

An early interactive horror movie from Warp: as Laura you explore a creepy hospital in first person, solving puzzles to uncover why your father went on a killing spree. Its pre-rendered CGI cutscenes and disturbing themes like cannibalism made it infamous.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Dark, serious atmosphere

A horror survival game where you play a night guard in a haunted attraction, juggling cameras, ventilation and audio lures to evade a single animatronic and fend off hallucinations. Tension comes from resource management, jump scares and hidden lore.

Knock-knock

Dark, serious atmosphere

A surreal horror game where you play a lonely cabin dweller who must survive the night by turning on lights and hiding from strange visitors. Its eerie, dreamlike mood is the main draw.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Dark, serious atmosphere

A story-heavy entry in the horror series: as a technician in an underground facility you face short, tense nights with varied tasks rather than just watching cameras. The dark tale of Circus Baby and the animatronics drives the experience.

Captive

Dark, serious atmosphere

You wake up injured and with no memory in an unknown cell and must find a way out. A dark indie adventure mixing horror atmosphere, puzzles and survival decisions.

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