Games like DreadOut
Looking for games like DreadOut? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. DreadOut is a adventure game from 2014; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Little Nightmares with 51,668 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Little Nightmares
2017 · Adventure
51,668 reviews · 95% positive
HorrorAtmosphericAdventure
Same: shares Horror and Atmospheric. Different: leans more into puzzle-platformer.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
2017 · Adventure
45,388 reviews · 96% positive
AtmosphericMysteryAdventure
Same: shares Atmospheric and Mystery. Different: leans more into story rich.
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Granny
2018 · Adventure
10,076 reviews · 94% positive
HorrorSurvival HorrorSingleplayer
Same: shares Horror and Survival Horror. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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Void Stranger
2023 · Adventure
3,410 reviews · 91% positive
MysteryPuzzleAdventure
Same: shares Mystery and Puzzle. Different: leans more into sokoban.
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Outlast 2
2017 · Action
52,979 reviews · 91% positive
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival Horror
Same: shares Horror and Psychological Horror. Different: leans more into first-person.
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Poppy Playtime
2021 · Action
38,264 reviews · 88% positive
HorrorSingleplayerPuzzle
Same: shares Horror and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into free to play.
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
2017 · Action
24,457 reviews · 89% positive
HorrorSingleplayerPuzzle
Same: shares Horror and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into first-person.
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Scorn
2022 · Action
18,620 reviews · 77% positive
HorrorAtmosphericPuzzle
Same: shares Horror and Atmospheric. Different: leans more into gore.
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Outlast: Whistleblower DLC
2014 · Action
5,441 reviews · 97% positive
HorrorAtmosphericAction
Same: shares Horror and Atmospheric. Different: leans more into gore.
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Stray
2022 · Adventure
153,072 reviews · 97% positive
AdventureAtmosphericSingleplayer
Same: shares Adventure and Atmospheric. Different: leans more into cats.
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Little Nightmares II
2021 · Adventure
49,174 reviews · 93% positive
HorrorAdventureSingleplayer
Same: shares Horror and Adventure. Different: leans more into story rich.
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Sally Face - Episode One
2016 · Adventure
24,760 reviews · 97% positive
Psychological HorrorIndieHorror
Same: shares Psychological Horror and Indie. Different: leans more into story rich.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like DreadOut?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to DreadOut by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Little Nightmares (51,668 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like DreadOut" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with DreadOut, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.