Games like TheDark

If TheDark scratched a dark and tense itch for you, keep reading. You will find a few strong contenders among these games. You can bring friends along for most of these.

DARKEST DAYS
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Brutal
49% of 5,284 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124Free
The Dark: Survival RPG
The Dark is an open world, sandbox RPG with quests, survival and building elements.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Scary
55% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Night of the Dead
An open-world zombie survival game where the day is for gathering, crafting and building, and the night is for holding the line. Explore the island, gear up, raise a fortress and survive the horde that comes after every sunset, alone or with friends.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Brutal
77% of 10,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 145$29.99
SurrounDead
Five years after the virus, the towns are quiet, the dead are not, and survival is up to you. SurrounDead drops you into a wide open wasteland to loot guns and coats, trade for the missing piece, fortify a hideout, and keep your car running. Rough, roomy, and easy to lose an evening in.
Dark, Tense, Scary
90% of 25,316 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,494$11.99
On Dark Terms
Explore an online 1-4 player co-op open-world horror RPG where you and your feline companion will investigate a post-apocalyptic world and fight back against the Darkness. Can you find a way to stop it?
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Scary
66% of 71 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Another Try
The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Scary
49% of 290 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Crafting Dead
Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Brutal
54% of 137 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Gone: Survival
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Dark, Scary
40% of 254 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
The Last Disease Z
The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Scary
53% of 86 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Adventure Craft
Adventure Craft is a procedurally generated open-world PvE survival crafting action RPG. Explore, gather resources, hunt monsters, craft weapons and armour, build a home, train companions, and survive a dangerous world that changes from day to night.
Scary, Replayable
82% of 235 Steam reviews are positiveFree
SurvivalZ
A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!
Dark, Tense, Scary
59% of 244 Steam reviews are positive$0.69
HumanitZ
HumanitZ is an isometric open-world zombie survival sandbox where zeeks have taken over and humans are nearly done for. Scavenge cities, live off the land, craft, build, and drive through bad weather and worse company, solo or with friends. Survive as long as humanly possible, and maybe push toward the island that holds the truth.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Brutal
74% of 11,630 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99

Cheaper than TheDark

SurvivalZ

A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors!

$0.69

PermaNight

Survive in a world full of darkness. Gain resources. Kill entities. Repeat. But beware, there might be entities lurking around...

$1.99

The Dark Way

The Dark Way is a single-player, action-adventure horror game. After He Lost in mysterious village you need to keep alive before Red Night!

$0.99

Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening

Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening is a early access version of a 4 Year Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Survival Open World MMOPG.

$0.99

Don't Bite Me Bro! +

Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game.

$0.99

Fallen Region

Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.

$1.99

FLOW

You are one of the last survivors of the apocalypse. Explore the dark forest, build shelters, craft weapons, and fight zombies and mutants in this…

$0.99

Orion Sandbox Enhanced

Crash-land on a 2D planet, craft tools and weapons, build a home, and defend it once the sun goes down.

$1.19

Afterinfection

Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand.

$2.24

NightZ

Events occur several months after the global epidemic. Infected turned into aggressive creatures. All survivors are infected with the virus.

$0.99

Block Survival: Legend of the Lost Islands

As the lone survivor of a plane crash, use weapons as your tools and bullets as your shelter in a fast paced FPS mixing survival and crafting with…

$0.99

Survival Zombies The Inverted Evolution

Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of…

$0.49

Hidden gems like TheDark

Project: Mist

Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.

$17.99

ENDALOR

An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world.

$19.99

IfSunSets

Gather, craft and fortify on a cursed island, then hold your ground when the dead rise at dusk.

$19.99

HumanitZ

Scavenge ruined cities, build a shelter worth defending, and see how long you last in a grim open world.

$19.99

Night of the Dead

An open-world zombie survival game where the day is for gathering, crafting and building, and the night is for holding the line.

$29.99

SurrounDead

Scavenge a zombie-ridden open world for gear and supplies, trade for what you lack, and turn a hideout into a base that keeps you alive.

$11.99

Zombie Survival Game Online

Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival.

$9.99

iZolated

iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest…

$5.99

DeadPoly

Loot a low-poly apocalypse for supplies, raise a base, and keep yourself fed as long as you can, alone or with friends.

$9.99

No One Survived

Scavenge, craft and build a real home in a grim zombie world, then hold it when the dead close in, alone or with friends.

$16.99

Far Lands

Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies.

$10.99

Z Dawn

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level…

$9.99

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