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We filtered the 49 games similar to The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood down to the 41 that fit the “Dark” category. Amnesia: Rebirth, Soma and Penumbra Overture top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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The best dark games like The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood

41 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.

#1Amnesia: RebirthClosest overall match

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

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, fantasy world and visual first person, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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#2Soma

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

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, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Penumbra OvertureClosest on setting

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SoloStealthMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

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 and visual first person, while skipping ranged combat

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 The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Lucius

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

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 combat magic and visual third person, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

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 survival mechanics and visual third person, while skipping stealth mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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#6Erica

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

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 stealth mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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#7The Walking Dead: Michonne

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

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 survival mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping stealth mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8The 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 survival mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping stealth mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and combat.

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#9The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

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 survival mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping stealth mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Bendy and the Ink Machine

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

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 survival mechanics, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world, while skipping stealth mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Escape Dead Island

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SoloStealthMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorExploration

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 dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, survival mechanics and action RPG combat, 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 The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Alan Wake

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeRangedNarrativeDarkHorror

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.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

It predates The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Still Wakes the Deep

iRank84

GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 88%· 12KIGDB82· 3OC76· 83

Year 2024Dev The Chinese Room · Secret ModeOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood.

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#14Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloRangedMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 98%· 104KRAWG👍 87%· 507MC93

Year 2020Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloRangedMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 98%· 104KRAWG👍 87%· 507MC93OC93· 78

Year 2020Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood: visuals.

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