Games like Stay in the Light
by Richard Cowgill
Beyond the known world there is an ancient temple of great wealth. The treasure you seek is there, you are certain of it. Those who go there forfeit their lives. You have been warned.
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$6.99Mournight
Sep 7 · Fround Interactive
Both: Horror · FPS · Action-Adventure
A terrifying 1–4 player co-op horror game set in a cursed mansion. Use flashlights, find clues, and survive the horrors within. Every decision matters. Can you escape before the curse claims you?
HorrorActionThrillerSurvival HorrorSurrealAdventureDarkFPSAction-AdventureFirst-Person
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · First-Person
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$2.99Backrooms: The Deep Dark
Aug 20 · SUDT Games
Both: FPS · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!
ExplorationFPSPuzzleStealthPvEWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonHorrorSimulation
$4.99Embermaze: Descent
Aug 26 · Graeme Scott
Both: Action-Adventure · First-Person · Horror
Three shots. Fading light. Nowhere to run. Survive dark mazes, evade ghosts, and descend deeper into horror in this dark‑fantasy survival maze game with procedural labyrinths and limited magical resources.
ExplorationActionDungeon CrawlerAction-Adventure3DAdventureFirst-PersonHorrorProcedural GenerationDark Fantasy
-20%$7.99Ultradimensional
Aug 19 · VYPXR Studios
Both: Action-Adventure · First-Person · Horror
Explore over 40 interconnected levels, evade over 20 unique entities, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive a nonlinear backrooms horror experience with multiple routes, and extreme replayability.
ActionAdventureStrategyAction-AdventurePuzzle3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericHorrorMystery
$1.99カブトムシの森
2 days ago · Neruneko
Both: FPS · Walking Simulator · First-Person
A young boy visits a forest with his father to catch rhinoceros beetles. As he wanders through the night forest, an eerie presence gradually begins to reveal itself in this short horror game.
Exploration3D PlatformerAdventureFPSWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonHorrorMultiple EndingsNature
$9.99NO BACKUP
May 9 · Serundeox
Both: Horror · FPS · First-Person
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
HorrorFPSOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorActionRealisticFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorShooter👍 893
$1.99Nightmare Train
Sep 29 · Gaia
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
Survival horror on a train racing through endless night. Explore the cars, collect artifacts, keep your sanity, and avoid the monster hunting you in the dark.
ActionSimulationWalking SimulatorHidden Object3DCinematicFirst-PersonRealisticDemonsHorror
$0.99Cave Escape
3 days ago · Carrotbbit
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
An observation-based 3D thriller game where you must safely escape a dark cave to save a companion trapped under a boulder. Carefully explore the cave: if you spot an anomaly, turn back immediately; if there are no anomalies, keep moving forward to find your way out.
CasualSimulationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkHorrorIndieMystery
$5.99Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DAdventureSurrealNonlinearHorrorRelaxing👍 398
$11.99Halls of Nyarlathotep
May 15 · Boared Dog
Both: FPS · Horror · Procedural Generation
A Lovecraftian roguelite FPS set in the Dreamlands. You struck a bargain with Nyarlathotep, lost your memory, and were cursed to wander shifting labyrinths. Upgrade bizarre occult weapons, build each run with Perks and Sigils, manage your sanity, and face the Outer Gods.
LovecraftianActionFPSAction RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerHorrorProcedural GenerationRoguelikeShooterRoguelite
$4.99New Home
Aug 24 · kietchdev
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
You are trapped inside your new home, where doors open up to various liminal spaces and anomalies appear around every corner. Will you manage to find your way out?
HorrorExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorCasualActionPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DSurreal
-30%$6.99Subsurface
Jul 29 · Tyler Powell Studios
Both: Action-Adventure · FPS · First-Person
A 1–4 player co-op underwater horror game where you and your crew descend into the depths, recover valuable resources, meet your quota, and survive whatever lurks below.
ActionAdventureAction-AdventureShooterExplorationFPSImmersive Sim3DFirst-PersonRealistic
$29.99No More Room in Hell 2
Aug 11 · Torn Banner Studios
Both: FPS · First-Person
No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.
ZombiesMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opSurvival HorrorActionSurvivalFPSFirst-PersonIndie👍 16,843
-10%$2.69Take Care of My Heifer
6 days ago · REVVALUTION Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · Horror · First-Person
“Take Care of My Heifer” is a short horror game packed with terror and dark humor. You’ve been asked to look after a heifer until morning and follow the owner’s instructions. Just make sure you don’t miss anything.
Walking SimulatorIndieHorrorDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSimulationExplorationThrillerFirst-Person
$4.99Tales of Terror
Sep 1 · BearfoxBear
Both: Horror · Action-Adventure · First-Person
Tales of Terror invites you to delve into a chilling co-op horror survival experience. Unite to face unique enemies, navigate through visually stunning and treacherous levels and navigate the unknown. —Your ultimate challenge awaits: escape, if you can!
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerActionSurvival HorrorAdventurePvEAction-AdventureFirst-PersonShooter
$29.99Active Matter
6 days ago · Matter Team
Both: FPS · Horror
Join dangerous raids for loot or intense PvP battles in this new realistic military shooter set in a fractured multiverse. Fight in the quantum unstable zones over control of the active matter – the substance that bends time and space.
FPSHorrorExtraction ShooterPvEPvPAtmosphericCo-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction👍 802
