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We filtered the 42 games similar to Five Nights at Freddy's 4 down to the 5 that fit the “Simulation” category. Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, Sons Of The Forest and Barotrauma top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Five Nights at Freddy's 4.

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GenreSurvivalSubgenreHorror Survival

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DarkHardcoreSolo

Year 2015Dev Scottgames

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Within the “Simulation” category, the closest game to Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Sons Of The Forest and Barotrauma follow close behind.

#1Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location97 #2Sons Of The Forest84 #3Barotrauma83 #4Project Zomboid81 #5Green Hell80

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The best simulation games like Five Nights at Freddy's 4

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Five Nights at Freddy's 4. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

97

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

GenreSurvivalSubgenreHorror Survival

SoloDarkHardcoreNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 90%· 12KIGDB75· 2

Year 2016Dev ScottgamesOn PC

✓ Nearly identical: survival mechanics, horror tension and deep simulation.

≠ Missing: melee combat.

#2Sons Of The Forest

84

Sons Of The Forest

GenreSurvivalSubgenreHorror Survival

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 304KRAWG👍 67%· 129OC78· 12

Year 2024Dev Endnight Games · NewnightPlaytime ~11hOn PC

✓ Same family of horror survival games: survival mechanics, horror tension and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, open world exploration and sandbox world, while skipping puzzle design

83

Barotrauma

GenreSurvivalSubgenreHorror Survival

SoloMeleeDarkHardcoreNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 94%· 86KRAWG👍 71%· 193MC81

Year 2023Dev FakeFishPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are horror survival games — sharing survival mechanics, horror tension and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: procedural generation, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping puzzle design

#4Project Zomboid

81

Project Zomboid

GenreSurvivalSubgenreHorror Survival

SoloDarkHardcoreNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 94%· 449KRAWG👍 74%· 469

Year 2013Dev The Indie StonePlaytime ~6hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are horror survival games — sharing survival mechanics, horror tension and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, sandbox freedom and roguelike runs, while skipping puzzle design

80

Green Hell

GenreSurvivalSubgenreHorror Survival

SoloMeleeNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 97KIGDB83· 3OC79· 49

Year 2019Dev Creepy JarOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the horror survival games cluster, with survival mechanics, horror tension and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, open world exploration and sandbox world, while skipping puzzle design

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