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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 46 games similar to Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two down to the 38 that fit the “Dark” category. Alone in the Dark, Bendy and the Ink Machine and The Walking Dead: Michonne top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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The best dark games like Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two

38 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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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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 survival mechanics, while skipping fantasy world

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

Released 7 years after Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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#2Bendy and the Ink Machine

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFantasy

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 survival mechanics, cozy, relaxing feel and setting cartoon, while skipping visual third person

Where it drifts furthest from Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: visuals.

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#3The Walking Dead: Michonne

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorThird Person

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 survival mechanics and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping fantasy world

Same studio: Telltale Games.

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#4The Walking Dead: The Final Season

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

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 survival mechanics and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping fantasy world

Same studio: Telltale Games.

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#5The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

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 survival mechanics and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: setting.

Same studio: Telltale Games.

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#6Erica

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

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 and visual first person, while skipping fantasy world

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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#7Amnesia: RebirthClosest on setting

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFantasy

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 survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual third person

Where it drifts furthest from Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

Released 3 years after Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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#8Lucius

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 81%· 11KIGDB45· 1

Year 2012Dev Shiver Games · Lace Mamba GlobalOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics and combat magic, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: combat.

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#9Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 9.2KIGDB73· 7OC81· 165

Year 2024Dev Ninja Theory · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings setting mythology, while skipping puzzle design

Released 7 years after Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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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 survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and visual first person, while skipping fantasy world

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 Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: visuals and combat.

It predates Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Soma

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

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 survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and setting scifi, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: visuals and setting.

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#12Alan WakeClosest on visuals

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

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 strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and survival mechanics, 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.

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#13Alan Wake's American Nightmare

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

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 strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, shooter and survival mechanics, 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.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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#14Vital Shell

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 94%· 1.4K

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

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, survival mechanics and procedural generation, 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 Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: visuals.

Released 6 years after Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 79%· 11KIGDB90· 1

Year 2018Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, linear, story-driven structure and co op, while skipping fantasy world

Where it drifts furthest from Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: visuals and game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two.

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