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Looking for games like BackRooms Nightmare? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Lost Day, Endless Suburbia or UR CHIMERIC SAI.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Lina is a normal high school student in Adelheid Highschool, except that her life is hell. Her father left her and her mother alone because of his scandal, her schoolmate bully her because of that, and at home her mother doesn't care about her anymore because of her "works". Then, a miracle comes that change Lina's life forever, yet ended life of many other in the form of world's end. Story "I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Day.

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  2. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    71% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    Embark on a bone-chilling horror journey in Endless Suburbia, created by only a single developer. Drive through a maze of suburbs as an eerie UFO invasion looms above, giant spiders weave their deadly webs, a malevolent killer mime haunts your every move, and an unseen presence follows your every step. Experience six different horrifying scenarios by starting the game again and again. Prepare your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Suburbia.

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  3. This is a visual novel depicting the taboo relationship and crucial decisions between a "Chimera" girl—an artificial lifeform—and the young man who becomes her tutor. ■ StoryMeeting you was a calculated trap. Can I truly say, with my head held high, that I’m glad we met? I am still searching for the answer. Since the day we met, the gears of my life have spiraled out of control. I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UR CHIMERIC SAI.

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  4. "When I get to high school, I want to help others, just like you did for me."Synopsis Now a high school sophomore, Min Woochan recalls memories of an old childhood friend and decides to join the peer counseling club. There, he bonds with three other students, and together, they navigate their days filled with energy and joy, slowly healing from their collective traumas. Yet, the past Woo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Good Night, Every Night.

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  5. For best performance try downloading and playing locally! Story It's another beautiful day in the small town of Gladeville. Your family has always wanted you to continue the family business as a baker, but you've always dreamed of being a Herbologist. After school, under the guise of "finding new ingredients", you often find yourself sneaking into the forest, going on adventures and trying to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slime-pocalypse.

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  6. No Path Forward is a first-person psychological-horror story set in a small mountain village. This game serves to be symbolic of mental health struggles the developer has gone through leading to how he found his faith in Jesus. The anxieties of life have been weighing you down. You decide to listen to your coworker's advice and take a solo, overnight hiking trip through a part of the mountains … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Path Forward.

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  7. The cake is still warm. The accounting has already begun FATHER: 男人40 is a top-down pixel-art life-survival RPG about everything that has already taken shape by the time a man turns forty. You are not eighteen. There is no clean slate waiting at character creation. Marriage, children, property, debt, aging parents, and an unreliable body are already seated at the table. The candles go out. T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Father After 40 / 男人40.

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  8. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Survive through each day of your scholarship in this PSX-style game. Meet ambiguous people (and creatures), collect cosmetics, slide out of your dorm, uncover the secrets of this place or die trying! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmare Class Project.

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  9. Remote Position is a story-driven horror mystery about obedience, secrets, and the unseen forces pulling the strings. A remote supervisor issues you strange, unnerving tasks. Each one drags you deeper into a puzzle of hidden motives and fractured truths. Explore a richly interactive environment, solve logic-based challenges woven into the world itself, and uncover the secret legacy your father le… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remote Position.

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  11. Description A short - middle length Firewatch horror game with a retro vhs style and a branching narrative. You can have different conversations with characters and choose your response. Some choices have consequences... others don't. The game's story is relatively simple. The Story You (Max) have finished school and want to get a job. Unfortunately, you're just out of luck, and nobody a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 808 - Firetower12.

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    31%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    50% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Into the Dread is a survival horror game inspired by the PSX era. You decided that exploring an abandoned sewer would be fun. Of course, something went wrong, and you were trapped in it. Explore the sewer, find various supplies and deal with the terrifying monsters in it. Features: Setting inspired by PSX era. Survival Horror inspired by iconic games. Solve puzzles to progress through the s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into The Dread.

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  13. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    88% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    This is a short horror-adventure game about being stuck on a train. Loosely based on a story of the same name I read on the internet. This game was submitted to MiniJam 47. The whole thing was written in C. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Train Home.

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  14. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 2,600 reviews

    You see a newspaper ad about a house-sitting job. Since you're short on money, you decide to sign up. What awaits you... Did I mention that the house you'll be staying at has the latest home automation systems of the 80s!? Now you know! Simply clap twice in any room in the house to toggle the lights on/off. We sure are lucky that there are no entities around that can take advantage of this. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    77% User Score Based on 39 reviews

    Escape the NightmareJurig Escape is a 15-minute Free Third-Person Survival Horror game. You will play as the unnamed high-schooler trapped in a looping nightmare: An "empty" school with a revolver in your hand. Shoot the ghost and collect lost souls and escape this never-ending nightmare.Game Features Classic Asian Survival Horror In this third-person survival horror, you are awake with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jurig Escape.

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  16. #GAMEINC23 GAMEINC23 is back again this year with a brand new theme in which we we will move backwards from this progressive industry to take a look back at beginning! This year will be one of the best year for GAMEINC  as we bring you the retro game and giving you one of the best experience as an early tester! What Is GAMEINC? GAMEINC is an annual game mini carnival held by the Semester 4 stude… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to amranpoji test.

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  17. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    76% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    We at Northtree Real Estate (in partnership with Optix Dynamix Labs) are proud to present our new, state-of-the-art, open house simulator! Come and take a quick tour of 15615 Hollow Oak Lane, a familiar and comfortable showcase home in one of our premier developments! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Open House.

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  18. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    96% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    Drive your daily bus route and reconnect with an old friend If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bus Simulator 23.

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  19. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 770 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

    There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knock-Knock.

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  20. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    92% User Score Based on 176 reviews

    Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fernweh Saga: Book One.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    88% User Score Based on 26 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    The spirit of a little girl wanders the pages of a magical story book, searching for her lost memories, painting the world around her as she uncovers the fragments of her forgotten life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scéal.

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  22. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development
    86% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    Dead Station is an old school platforming experience set on the space station Soyuz-1 overrun by some hostile monsters. Your task is to arm yourself with melee weapons and firearms, find any answers on what the hell happened there and survive no matter what! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Station.

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  23. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    97% User Score Based on 180 reviews

    In The Rural Village of Nagoro is a short, side-scrolling game with minimalist gameplay ‘Interact button’ to tell a fate that falls on Nagoro village. Explore and press ‘F' button’ to greet all cheerful neighborhood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In The Rural Village of Nagoro.

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  24. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Hey new journal,My old journal ran out of pages, so you're holding the fort now. Let me introduce myself! My name is Amimi Imai, I'm 18, and most of my friends call me "Hanabi". Why? Well, I'm a big fan of fireworks! My mom loved them, and the way she always talked about them made me want to see them for myself. But you know, life happens, and I haven't had the chance to see them in person. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sound of Fireworks: The Haiku.

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  25. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    91% User Score Based on 444 reviews

    Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flowers: Le Volume sur Printemps.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    81% User Score Based on 258 reviews

    Blackhaven is a first-person narrative game that follows Kendra Turner, a college intern at Blackhaven Hall, a historic mansion burned during the American Revolution. Working alone on a holiday, Kendra uncovers a trail of secrets and misdeeds that spans centuries and may determine her future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackhaven.

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  27. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    93% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    Darkblood Chronicles is an old-school survival horror JRPG inspired by Persona, Shadowhearts and Parasite Eve. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkblood Chronicles.

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  30. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 78 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    The Coma: Cutting Class is a survival horror adventure game. You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery of how and why you're here. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Coma: Cutting Class.

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  32. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 791 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

    A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party.

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  34. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    60% User Score Based on 75 reviews

    Lead Spe, the game‘s protagonist, through an eerie dollhouse in an effort to find her little brother. On her way, Spe will encounter the ghost-children, who are also trapped, and can use their different abilities to solve the environmental puzzles in order to escape the house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to So long as there is Mercy.

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  35. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Head deep beneath Orlandes City and uncover a dark brotherhood in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Catacombs of the Undercity.

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  36. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    The Island: Into The Mist is a mystery adventure visual novel where every decision counts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Island: Into The Mist.

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  37. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    71% User Score Based on 674 reviews

    Warning: This game contains heavy material that might make players/audience uncomfortable. This game talks about serious issues such as bullying and suicidal thoughts in a new and different way that will hopefully be interpreted better by the new generation. In this game. This project is also personal to me. It is a small universe I created to make my zone-out thoughts and stories a reality. I ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Introvert: A Teenager Simulator.

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  38. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 1,028 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 15 reviews

    A botched ritual traps a group of high school students in a haunted school. Can their wits keep them alive? Kisaragi Academy student Mayu Suzumoto is transferring to a new high school, leaving behind a sizable group of friends and countless lovely memories. To help her cope with this move, her friend Ayumi has devised a seemingly innocent plan: the whole group will come together to perform a char… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    In Deadly Cosmic you play as Raquel, a scientist who needs to save her co-workers from an accident at the establishment where she works, but something is wrong. What happened to the company? What are these creatures? Most importantly, will she be able to survive? Deadly Cosmic is a short but fun game, inspired by the classic survival horrors of the 90s. We made this game in 15 days for a GameJam … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Cosmic.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 308 reviews

    Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation. Claire must decide who she is going to save. With every choice she'll begin to disco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Claire.

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  41. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 536 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The friends of Ringo Ishikawa.

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  42. ■ OverviewMidnight Reading is a short horror adventure set in a Japanese school during the Showa era. You play as a member of the school library committee. After school, the librarian asks you to retrieve several overdue books, sending you through the school to find them. However, when midnight arrives, the school begins to take on a different appearance from the one you knew during the day. An… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 深夜閲覧 Midnight Reading:Showa Echoes.

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  43. After surviving the train crash at the end of ACT 2, Joey finds herself stranded and alone.  Alternia's deadly sun is rising, the empire is hunting for dissidents, and the scattered pieces of her portal home could be anywhere.  Fortunately, the young "seadweller" Fiamet arrives to show her the way forward: deep underground, into a network of ancient tunnels left behind by the adults who … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HIVESWAP: ACT 3.

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  44. Journey Express is a hybrid 2D/3D adventure game that challenges you to get a party of travelers from their current home to a new life elsewhere. The road is fraught with dangers, and you must carefully manage food, medicine, and money so that you and your party make it there in one piece!  TRAVEL & EXPLOREWhile traveling a world handmade in pixel art, explore each region in 3D! Acquire foo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Journey Express.

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  45. Drive a late-night taxi through a city where no one can be trusted. Pick up suspicious passengers, follow unsettling routes, and face strange conversations and irreversible choices. Tonight, who you take, where you drop them off, and where you go next are all up to you. A retro horror taxi game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WHERE TO?.

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  46. ■ Announcement Development has begun. ■ Overview The Last Student: Showa-Era Radio Room is a short psychological horror adventure set in a late-night school radio room in the Showa era. You are a student left behind in the school at night. To send “the last remaining student” home, you must make announcements over the radio. But— are those messages really reaching a “student”? ■ Story Autum… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 終末生徒 The Last Student:Showa Era Radio Room.

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  47. Last One Standing Academy is an immersive visual novel rpg where you can choose your own path in this brutal world. Discover the hidden truths or focus on survival above else. Five hundred years remain before humanity reaches its new home planet. With resources running out, sacrifices are necessary. To control the population, the ship uses academics as a ruthless selection system. Students aged s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last One Standing Academy.

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  48. This is the first chapter of Agent of Strange — an upcoming story-driven RPG from the creators of the award-winning 'The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante', set in a mysterious early XX-century city. Get ready for a dark roleplaying thriller with immersive sim elements. Your every move will open a labyrinth of choices, possibilities and consequences. Create your unique story out of countless pie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Agent of Strange: Arrival.

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  49. This Love, This Curse — Only 7 Days Left Live together with a flashy ghost girl for seven days— and survive her over-the-top love attacks. A stylish, slightly dark, yet heartfelt horror romance about youth, fear, and self-control. A flashy high‑school girl ghost suddenly appears in your home and begins enjoying life with you—completely uninvited. She will never take your life. After al… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seven Nights Ghost 2.

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  50. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Wittengrad Is No More is a surreal, narrative walking sim with horror elements. The city's foggy streets will lead you through the story of a single evening in Barnaba’s life. You will encounter the peculiar inhabitants of Wittengrad, though… does it even matter? After all, Wittengrad is gone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wittengrad is no more.

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