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Games like Darkwood

Enjoyed Darkwood? Here are 6 games that play in a similar way – such as Pathologic 2, Pathologic Classic HD, Hauntsville. Each shows the cheapest key price from the stores we compare.

About Darkwood: Darkwood combines elements of survival horror, action, adventure, RPG and strategy. By day the player explores a free-roam world of dense biomes, from catacombs to fetid swamps, that changes with every new game, and at night retreats to a hideout to wait for the morning light. Scavenging resources, building defenses and taking on dark quests from the locals, whose choices can alter the story, are central to the experience. There are no quest markers, so the player must learn and experiment alone. It is a slow-burn, atmospheric horror game with no jumpscares, where mutations such as invisibility when holding still or regeneration can be unlocked.

Updated 12 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · similar games are picked by AI from our catalogue based on game content (play style, setting, co-op) · descriptions based on official publisher information on Steam

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Pathologic 2

Pathologic 2 is a narrative-driven horror RPG in an open world about resisting an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is swiftly turning into hell. The local chief healer is dead and the player takes his place, seeking unexpected allies, trading, making medicine, healing people and performing autopsies. There are only twelve days to work with, and they must be spent carefully, while the player also manages the body’s own needs — hunger, thirst and exhaustion grow harder to bear as time passes. The real adversary is the plague itself, an incorporeal and malevolent entity that cannot be fought with the usual means; fights are short, vicious and not always lethal.

Pathologic Classic HD

Pathologic Classic HD is the definitive edition of the original cult psychological first-person game about survival. Players take control of one of three characters and attempt to save a mysterious town from an unstoppable, lethal plague. Three outsiders come to a strange town crouching on the far reaches of an ancient steppe: a ruthless investigator assigned by the local authorities, a far-sighted Ripper with a reputation as an ingenious surgeon, and an eccentric girl said to possess mystic healing abilities. It is a horror adventure in which you decide whether to ease another person's pain or keep every bit of precious medicine to protect yourself.

Hauntsville

Hauntsville is a Western horror survival game set during the heyday of the American West. A nameless traveler is stranded in a ghost town where everyone has vanished, the hired hand and the horses included, while howling sounds in the distance. Staying alive means building a homestead, felling trees, mining iron to smith tools, hunting for food, or risking a trip into the haunted town for supplies. It can be played alone or with up to four cowboys; daylight hours are calm enough for exploring, nightfall brings beasts, and dynamic weather with shifting conditions ensures no two runs play out alike.

MIMESIS

MIMESIS is a four-player online co-op survival horror game. Players gather scrap and other valuables, then rush back to the tram, the only shelter from the contaminated rain that comes after nightfall – linger in it too long and the next monster could be you. On the way they face creatures that copy their friends’ voices and behaviour, so it is never clear whether the person beside you is really a teammate. A service station lets players restore power and buy or upgrade equipment that makes a real difference to survival. A microphone is required.

Kalaban

Kalaban is a horror-themed action-adventure game by Rayhouse Productions, set in 1995 in an alternate-history version of Finland. Bob, a hermit and American who has moved to Finland, lives alone in a remote cabin until a hideous dog-like mutant attacks him one night. The player must uncover what is happening and the reason behind the outbreak. The game centres on storytelling and open-ended play: in top-down combat and exploration, you kill monsters, collect loot and eat food to heal, while your choices shape how the story unfolds.

Hobo: Tough Life

Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival RPG in which you play a homeless person. You roam the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and gear, beg and steal to make it through the coming winter, either alone or online with up to four players. The game leans heavily on story – dozens of plotlines inspired by real events and people, encounters with distinctive characters, joining various factions – and it also lets you build your own hideout, where warmth, hygiene and food all interact realistically.