Games like Hope Deferred

If Hope Deferred left you wanting something dark and surreal, you have options. Browse these games for your next favorite.

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Disillusion

Disillusion

A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.

95% of 912 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$2.99
Mirror Forge

Mirror Forge

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery.

71% of 149 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Saint of Chains

Saint of Chains

Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro…

81% of 88 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
This Strange Realm Of Mine

This Strange Realm Of Mine

This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.

82% of 521 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
No Vacation for an Executioner

No Vacation for an Executioner

It's a Retro PS2 style Horror ARPG about a frustrated executioner in late 17th century. He ran away from the gallows.

69% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Dead Dreams

Dead Dreams

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has…

75% of 56 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

Escape a gothic prison, wander three strange realms and let your choices decide how the story ends.

93% of 2,563 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
NeverHome Ch.1 - Hall of Apathy

NeverHome Ch.1 - Hall of Apathy

Use your wits to solve puzzles and escape from an abstract world in this hand-drawn atmospheric horror game

97% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
DEATH PENALTY

DEATH PENALTY

A grim hand-drawn dungeon crawl where one wrong step in the dark costs your life, and careful play carves devils apart piece by piece.

81% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$11.99
Soulless: Ray Of Hope

Soulless: Ray Of Hope

Soulless: Ray of Hope is a 2D story-driven platformer focused on atmosphere, exploration, and emotional storytelling in a dark, minimalist world.

71% of 207 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY

THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY

Dig your way out of hell with a rusty spoon! Crawl through ancient abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen.

90% of 200 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Fear The Void

Fear The Void

Something goes wrong during your subway journey home, leaving you in quiet darkness. Can you find your way back to reality?

84% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$8.99

Hidden gems like Hope Deferred

House of Necrosis

House of Necrosis

Fight through a shifting mansion where every bullet counts and death sends you back to the door, stronger.

93% of 618 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
Verho - Curse of Faces

Verho - Curse of Faces

Wander a cursed land where faces mean death, swinging slow, deliberate strikes through grim depths in search of what hides beneath the curse.

91% of 1,286 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
Labyrinth Of The Demon King

Labyrinth Of The Demon King

A lone foot soldier stalks a demon-ridden feudal Japan through grim corridors, where every resource counts and a steady sword is all you have.

92% of 2,169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
Eclipsium

Eclipsium

Follow a pale light through tombs and cathedrals of flesh, piecing together the memory of Her in a sunless world.

91% of 3,513 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$12.99
Luto

Luto

Search a shifting home for a way out, one puzzle and one dark secret at a time.

85% of 1,268 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$19.99
DEATH PENALTY

DEATH PENALTY

A grim hand-drawn dungeon crawl where one wrong step in the dark costs your life, and careful play carves devils apart piece by piece.

81% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$11.99
The Doors That Led to Nowhere

The Doors That Led to Nowhere

Wake up lost in a void of darkness. With no other option, press onward through cryptic dimensional doors, wielding a mysterious blade created by the…

92% of 106 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Psychopomp GOLD

Psychopomp GOLD

A first-person dungeon crawler where the catacombs under every building hide horrors, and your whole life has been a lie.

97% of 4,993 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$8.99
Tormenture

Tormenture

Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret.

87% of 210 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Psychopomp

Psychopomp

Explore the catacombs hidden beneath every building, and survive whatever calls you deeper.

97% of 7,771 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dread Delusion

Dread Delusion

Wander strange floating continents, talk or fight your way past danger, and let your choices change a cursed land.

90% of 5,031 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
Disillusion

Disillusion

A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.

95% of 912 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$2.99

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Dreamspring

Dreamspring

Dreamspring is a dark fantasy styled, open world dungeon crawler inspired by games like Morrowind and King's Field.

80% of 84 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
DEATH PENALTY

DEATH PENALTY

A grim hand-drawn dungeon crawl where one wrong step in the dark costs your life, and careful play carves devils apart piece by piece.

81% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$11.99
THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY

THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY

Dig your way out of hell with a rusty spoon! Crawl through ancient abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen.

90% of 200 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
7 Days To Think About It

7 Days To Think About It

A short psychological horror game where your friends invite you to hang out tonight — you have 7 days to think about it.

93% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Saint of Chains

Saint of Chains

Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro…

81% of 88 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
OFFERING APP

OFFERING APP

I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE "OFFERING APP" SORRY 😭😭😭 NEMO ORDERED ME TO DO THAT SORRY 😭😭😭

81% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Subliminal

Subliminal

Carry a light through places built from memory, bend it to change the space, and keep away from what waits in the dark.

74% of 3,679 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$9.99
No Vacation for an Executioner

No Vacation for an Executioner

It's a Retro PS2 style Horror ARPG about a frustrated executioner in late 17th century. He ran away from the gallows.

69% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Hundred Doors

Hundred Doors

A psychological horror experience where reality twists behind every corner.

83% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Verho - Curse of Faces

Verho - Curse of Faces

Wander a cursed land where faces mean death, swinging slow, deliberate strikes through grim depths in search of what hides beneath the curse.

91% of 1,286 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
Dreamed Away

Dreamed Away

Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world.

91% of 58 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$18.99
House of Necrosis

House of Necrosis

Fight through a shifting mansion where every bullet counts and death sends you back to the door, stronger.

93% of 618 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99