Games like Shot in the Dark
Looking for games like Shot in the Dark? Here are top platformer recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Elypse, Devil Daggers or Limbo.
1 75%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyoptimization, grinding75% User Score 122 reviewsEmbark upon a tragic tale and discover the ravaged world of Elypse! Fight your destiny in an arduous 2D adventure, story rich platformer, in a mesmerising and mysterious world.
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85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding95% User Score 7,125 reviewsCritic Score 74%10 reviewsInspired by 1990s FPS and arcade games, Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can. Compete for precious seconds with Steam Friends or on global leaderboards.Your spirit and skill will be tested.
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85%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, storyreplayability, grinding92% User Score 20,194 reviewsCritic Score 75%7 reviewsUncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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84%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, stability84% User Score 2,692 reviewsThey Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror. Rendered in a distinct visual style that blends pixel art with paper and ink textures, They Bleed Pixels is a singular mix of intense platforming and fierce beat-em-up action. At the core of its fighting system is a simple one-button combat scheme with surprising depth and versatility. Butt…
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85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyreplayability, grinding85% User Score 468 reviewsBuilt for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies. Deftly maneuver over twenty unique ships, each with different abilities for you to harness. Backed by an all-new chip-emulated soundtrack by the psychoacoustic artist Rainbow Kitten, Enemy Mind features an adaptive story system as innovative as its gameplay. Are you ready to unlock the secrets of Enemy Mind…
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74%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyoptimization, grinding84% User Score 1,333 reviewsCritic Score 63%8 reviewsDeadCore is a fast-paced first-person shooter/platformer hybrid. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
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83%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstability, grinding83% User Score 1,334 reviewsWings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which you play as the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh'oul after he is freed from captivity. Throughout her journey she must traverse dangerous worlds and fight countless hellspawn in order to discover where Jeh'Oul lurks and save the world from his demonic clutch.
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83%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, optimization87% User Score 853 reviewsCritic Score 76%4 reviewsButcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves. So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, through shotgun, to grenade launcher) and kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles and more. And i…
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82%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsmonetization84% User Score 912 reviewsCritic Score 80%10 reviewsGoNNER is a tough as hell score-based procedurally-generated platformer with roguelike elements. GoNNER is also a story about friendship between Ikk, Death, and a space whale named Sally. You will die. A lot. This is by design, but it's not made to feel unfair. You'll eventually get the hang of GoNNER, so don't lose your head. But even if you do it's okay cause we have a lot of replacement heads …
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87%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, replayability92% User Score 202 reviewsCritic Score 65%9 reviewsHell is Other Demons is a frantic, highscore driven, four-color, Bullet Hell Platformer with pixel art.
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