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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.

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

The closest matches for Boogeyman are Knock-knock, Five Nights at Freddy's 3 and Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Boogeyman special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Knock-knock

93 %Match

2013PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch88 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Boogeyman: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as easy-to-grasp systems.

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 3

Pure single-player experience

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.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Easy to pick up

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.

Emily Wants to Play

Sneaking and hiding

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.

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.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Easy to pick up

As a night guard in a pizzeria you watch cameras and survive until morning while a larger, more aggressive set of animatronics hunts you. Jump scares, limited resources and tense timing define it, with scattered lore hints on the side.

The Caregiver

Sneaking and hiding

You take on the role of a caregiver in an unsettling Japanese horror adventure where tension and psychological pressure drive the experience. You sneak through oppressive environments and have to keep yourself alive.

The Coma: Recut

Sneaking and hiding

A Korean 2.5D survival-horror in which a student is hunted through his nightmarish school at night by a killer. You sneak, solve puzzles and gradually uncover the mystery behind the nightmare.

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