Games like Nyctophobia
Closest overall match: Serena (★ 2.3). Highest rated: Ether One at ★ 2.5. Quickest to finish: Serena at about 1 hours.
We compared Nyctophobia against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Walking Simulator, Horror and First-Person.
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64%
1. Serena
Shares Walking Simulator, Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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64%
2. In Between
Shares Linear, Walking Simulator, 3D, Dark and Exploration and 4 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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64%
3. Planet Ancyra Chronicles
Shares Walking Simulator, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 1.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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64%
4. Only If
Shares Walking Simulator, Horror, First-Person, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Metacritic
- 39
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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63%
5. Kairo
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, Horror, First-Person and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; rated 1.3 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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63%
6. The Deer
Shares Horror, First-Person, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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62%
7. Silence of the Sleep
Shares Dark, Horror, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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62%
8. Resonance
Shares Linear, Walking Simulator, 3D, Dark and Exploration and 5 more tags; rated 1.9 higher.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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62%
9. MirrorMoon EP
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, First-Person, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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62%
10. Ether One
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, Horror, First-Person and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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62%
11. Squishy the Suicidal Pig
Shares Horror, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 15%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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62%
12. Fingerbones
Shares Walking Simulator, Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Nyctophobia?
On our similarity model, Serena is the closest match to Nyctophobia — shares Walking Simulator, Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
Which game like Nyctophobia is rated highest?
Ether One holds the highest player rating in this list at 2.5/5 from 145 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Nyctophobia on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.