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Games like Nyctophobia

2015PC45 % positive

You stumble through darkness with a dying flashlight, trying to reach the generator before the Keeper finds you. A short, tense indie horror built on darkness and vulnerability.

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Nyctophobia are Granny, Eyes: The Horror Game and Late Homework. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Nyctophobia special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Granny

97 %Match

2017PCSteam Deck playable93 % positive7.79 €

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

You are trapped in a house and must escape within five days while an old woman hunts you by sound. Hiding, moving quietly and solving puzzles keep the tension constantly high.

Dreadhalls

Sneaking and hiding

You wake in a barely lit dungeon and must find the way out while staying unseen by the creatures lurking there. Your only light needs a constant supply of oil, and the darkness is always ready to swallow you.

Outlast

Sneaking and hiding

As a defenseless journalist armed only with a night-vision camcorder, you creep through a nightmarish asylum where hiding and running are your only options. Relentless, unfiltered terror with no way to fight back.

Penumbra: Overture

Sneaking and hiding

A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

Sneaking and hiding

An atmospheric horror game in which a small girl sneaks through a Japanese town at night, hiding from spirits while searching for her lost friend. Helplessness, silence and a miniature diorama look create an oppressive, melancholic mood.

Yomawari: Night Alone

Sneaking and hiding

A young girl wanders a eerie Japanese town at night searching for her sister and dog. Defenseless, she relies on a flashlight, hiding and running from disturbing spirits, all in a bleak storybook-like art style.

Among the Sleep

Sneaking and hiding

A first-person horror adventure seen through the eyes of a toddler wandering a distorted home and eerie dreamscapes at night with a talking teddy bear. There is no combat, just hiding, light puzzles and a haunting story about comfort and a troubled family.

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