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We filtered the 48 games similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit down to the 40 that fit the “Dark” category. Alone in the Dark, The Walking Dead: Michonne and The Walking Dead: The Final Season top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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The best dark games like Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

40 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit. 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.

#1Alone in the DarkClosest overall match

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 79%· 4.6KIGDB75· 4

Year 2024Dev Pieces Interactive · THQ NordicOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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#2The Walking Dead: Michonne

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 81%· 8.1KIGDB68· 4

Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3The Walking Dead: The Final Season

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 95%· 21KIGDB71· 5OC78· 30

Year 2018Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

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#4The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 83%· 18KIGDB75· 13

Year 2016Dev Telltale Games · Skybound GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Bendy and the Ink Machine

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 89%· 35KIGDB87· 2OC69· 25

Year 2017Dev TheMeatly Games, Ltd. · Rooster Teeth GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with cozy, relaxing feel, fantasy world and setting cartoon, while skipping exploration and discovery

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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#6Amnesia: RebirthClosest on progression

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

Steam👍 77%· 9.2KIGDB82· 9OC78· 92

Year 2020Dev Frictional GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics, fantasy world and visual first person, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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#7Soma

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

Steam👍 96%· 51KIGDB81· 15OC83· 94

Year 2015Dev Frictional GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals and combat.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 91%· 4.1KRAWG👍 74%· 237MC73IGDB74· 4

Year 2007Dev Frictional GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics and visual first person, while skipping exploration and discovery

Penumbra Overture is a survival horror game developed by Frictional Games. In the year 2001, after his mother's death, Phillip receives a message from his father who left the family and was supposedly dead. The letter leads Phillip to Greenland where he finds a mine his father wrote about.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 94%· 1.4K

Year 2023Dev CC Arts · CC ARTSPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

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

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island in the middle of nowhere. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. They said the facility had been abandoned for decades, but once in place it was immediately apparent that something was wrong.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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#10Erica

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 78%· 1.7KIGDB72· 4OC71· 47

Year 2019Dev FlavourWorks · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · iOS

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, visual first person and visual third person, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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#11Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 96%· 3.9K

Year 2017Dev Albino Moose Games · Screenwave MediaPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Spooky and her mansion of creepy cuties are back in Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation! Can you survive 1000 rooms of adorable terror?

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

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#12Alan Wake

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 90%· 57KRAWG👍 84%· 2.3KMC83IGDB83· 7

Year 2010Dev Remedy Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping puzzle design

Titular best-selling psychological thriller author was going through a writer’s block, but when he tries to take a small vacation, it seems that he is attacked and has to fight off the “darkness” that possess people and animals alike.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Outlast II

iRank84

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 91%· 63KIGDB78· 17OC75· 117

Year 2017Dev Red BarrelsOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: multiplayer gameplay and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

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#14Alan Wake's American Nightmare

iRank71

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 74%· 10KRAWG👍 58%· 828MC73IGDB79· 7

Year 2012Dev Remedy Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping puzzle design

Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a third-person shooter game, a follow-up to 2010 Remedy Entertainment title Alan Wake. However, it is not a full-fledged sequel to the game but rather a spin-off.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Escape Dead Island

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorExploration

Steam👍 62%· 1.7KRAWG👍 24%· 58MC52IGDB35· 5OC44· 20

Year 2014Dev Deep SilverPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, action RPG combat and deep RPG systems, while skipping puzzle design

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery game set on the enigmatic island of Narapela after the events of the zombie outbreak of the original Dead Island. The story lets players unravel the origins of the zombie virus through the eyes of the would-be documentary journalist Cliff Calo.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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