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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 46 games similar to The Last Door down to the 14 that fit the “Horror” category. Rusty Lake Paradise, Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes and Kindergarten 2 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Last Door.

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle
Tags
NarrativeDarkSolo
Year 2014Dev The Game Kitchen

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Within the “Horror” category, the closest game to The Last Door is Rusty Lake Paradise — scoring 81/100 on our similarity scale. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes and Kindergarten 2 follow close behind.

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The best games with a horror setting like The Last Door

14 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Last Door. Each one has been evaluated across 7 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.

#1Rusty Lake Paradise
Rusty Lake Paradise
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloNarrativeDarkHorror2D
Steam👍 95%· 7.2K
Year 2018Dev Rusty LakeOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Shared with The Last Door: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension

Released 4 years after The Last Door.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Visuals100
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloNarrativeDarkHorror2D
Steam👍 89%· 3.4KIGDB63· 3
Year 2012Dev rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbHOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Shared with The Last Door: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy and ranged combat

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Visuals100
Kindergarten 2
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloDarkNarrativeHorror2D
Steam👍 98%· 5.6K
Dev SmashGamesPlaytime ~7hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed The Last Door, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, horror tension and melee combat

Kindergarten 2 is the long awaited sequel to 2017's Kindergarten! After the events that occurred on Monday, the children have been rezoned to an all new school. Discover all new areas and new characters as you assist the children with their various assignments.

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Visuals45
Kindergarten
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloDarkNarrativeHorror2D
Steam👍 97%· 10KRAWG👍 71%· 26
Year 2017Dev Sean Young · SmashGamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed The Last Door, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, punishing difficulty and visual pixel

Kindergarten is an abstract puzzle adventure game. You play as a student in a school that’s a bit…off. The teacher is trying to get rid of her kids. the janitor is frequently seen cleaning up blood. The cafeteria is serving the same slop over and over again.

Released 3 years after The Last Door.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone88Visuals58
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloDarkNarrativeHorrorThird Person
Steam👍 92%· 302IGDB83· 1
Year 1995Dev Sierra On-LineOn PC · Mac

✓ Like The Last Door, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with visual third person, while skipping visual 2d

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

It predates The Last Door by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Visuals0
Kairo
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration
Steam👍 74%· 1.7KRAWG👍 35%· 48MC76IGDB80· 1
Year 2013Dev Locked Door Puzzle · Lupus StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with The Last Door: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping visual 2d

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny. Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

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Thumper
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorMelee
Steam👍 92%· 4.4KIGDB84· 11OC84· 53
Year 2016Dev DroolOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ If you enjoyed The Last Door, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, punishing difficulty and melee combat, while skipping visual 2d

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone74Visuals0
The Room Three
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorFantasy
Steam👍 95%· 13K
Year 2015Dev Fireproof GamesOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Shared with The Last Door: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping visual 2d

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals and setting.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting43Visuals0
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloDarkHorror2D
IGDB81· 12
Year 2013Dev Next Level Games · Nintendo

✓ Nearly identical: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

≠ Missing: strong narrative focus.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals100Tone71
Distraint
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloDarkHorror2DCasual
Steam👍 93%· 13KIGDB65· 2
Year 2015Dev Jesse MakkonenOn PC

✓ Like The Last Door, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: tone.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals100Tone46
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloDarkHorrorIsometricPixel Art
Steam👍 99%· 8.3K
Year 2023Dev Leef 6010Playtime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Like The Last Door, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, visual isometric and visual pixel, while skipping strong narrative focus

Something terrible has happened. You can’t bear to think about it - but you can’t live like this anymore. You stopped attending school, you haven’t left your house in months, you have no reason to get out of bed anymore. There are no choices left. No choice except... that strange golden letter.

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

Released 9 years after The Last Door.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone71Visuals0
Ib
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloDarkHorrorIsometric
OC85· 11
Year 2012Dev kouriOn PC

✓ If you enjoyed The Last Door, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with visual isometric, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone71Visuals0
The Room 4: Old Sins
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloNarrativeHorrorExplorationFirst Person
Steam👍 98%· 18KRAWG👍 92%· 97MC86
Year 2018Dev Fireproof GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Like The Last Door, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Enter The Room: Old Sins and be transported to a place where tactile exploration meets challenging puzzles and a captivating story. The sudden disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes the hunt for a precious artefact.

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

Released 4 years after The Last Door.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone63Visuals0
The Room VR: A Dark Matter
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 98%· 4.0KRAWG👍 86%· 28IGDB83· 3OC79· 13
Year 2020Dev Fireproof GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS

✓ Like The Last Door, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with horror tension and visual first person, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

The Room VR: A Dark Matter is the next chapter in the mysterious world of The Room series. The game begins deep within The British Museum in London, where the disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown.

Where it drifts furthest from The Last Door: visuals.

Released 6 years after The Last Door.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone64Visuals0

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