Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Poppy Playtime (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Poppy Playtime on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Bendy and the Ink Machine, which both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle.
- Poppy Playtime is tagged Horror, Free to Play, Singleplayer, Puzzle, First-Person, Survival Horror, Dark, Mystery by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 10 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Puzzle; released around the same time (2017).
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Bendy and the Ink Machine at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 89% positive of 36,934 Price $5.99 HorrorFirst-PersonPuzzleCartoonySurvival HorrorDarkMysteryIndie
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Amnesia: Rebirth
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Action-Adventure, First-Person and Puzzle; released around the same time (2020).
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Amnesia: Rebirth at a glance Released 2020 Studio Frictional Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 9,326 Price $29.99 Action-AdventureFirst-PersonPuzzleHorrorSurvival HorrorDarkPhysicsPsychological Horror
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2019).
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Price $29.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorDarkSurvivalPuzzleIndie
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DEVOUR
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2021).
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
DEVOUR at a glance Released 2021 Studio Straight Back Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 88,093 Price $9.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkSurvivalFirst-PersonIndiePuzzle
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In Silence
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2021).
In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.
In Silence at a glance Released 2021 Studio Ravenhood Games Player sentiment 74% positive of 11,956 Price $3.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvivalFirst-PersonDarkPuzzleMystery
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2022).
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Bendy and the Dark Revival at a glance Released 2022 Studio Joey Drew Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 16,194 Price $5.99 HorrorFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorIndieCartoonyDarkPuzzleSurvival
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We Were Here
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Puzzle and Horror; released around the same time (2017).
Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?
We Were Here at a glance Released 2017 Studio Total Mayhem Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 33,121 Price Free Free to PlayPuzzleHorrorMysteryPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonIndieDark
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Psychological Horror and Survival Horror.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent at a glance Released 2010 Studio Frictional Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 35,674 Price $1.99 HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleFirst-PersonDarkIndiePhysics
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Psychological Horror and First-Person.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Layers of Fear (2016) at a glance Released 2016 Studio Bloober Team SA Player sentiment 88% positive of 27,676 Price $1.99 HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonIndieDarkPuzzleMysterySurvival Horror
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Psychological Horror.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs at a glance Released 2013 Studio The Chinese Room Player sentiment 70% positive of 12,114 Price $19.99 HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorMysteryIndieSurvival HorrorDarkPuzzle
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Strobophagia | Rave Horror
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Survival Horror, Mystery and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2020).
An occult forest rave ⸸ Strange rituals ⸸ Enigmatic organisers ⸸ An ancient evil ⸸ Pure Psychedelic Horror
Strobophagia | Rave Horror at a glance Released 2020 Studio Green Tile Digital Player sentiment 83% positive of 110 Price $19.99 Survival HorrorMysteryPsychological HorrorHorrorFirst-PersonThrillerPuzzle
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and First-Person.
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location at a glance Released 2016 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 90% positive of 12,642 Price $7.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonDarkSurvivalIndieMysteryPsychological Horror
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Inside the Backrooms
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Puzzle; released around the same time (2022).
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Inside the Backrooms at a glance Released 2022 Studio MrFatcat Player sentiment 80% positive of 46,767 Price $6.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzlePsychological HorrorFirst-PersonDarkMystery
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Scorn
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and First-Person; released around the same time (2022).
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Scorn at a glance Released 2022 Studio Ebb Software Player sentiment 77% positive of 19,678 Price $39.99 HorrorPuzzleFirst-PersonDarkPsychological HorrorIndieSurvival Horror
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Ultimate Custom Night
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Horror and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2018).
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Ultimate Custom Night at a glance Released 2018 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 95% positive of 62,777 Price Free Free to PlayHorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSurvivalDarkIndiePsychological Horror
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Pacify
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Psychological Horror and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2019).
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Pacify at a glance Released 2019 Studio Shawn Hitchcock Player sentiment 86% positive of 42,748 Price $2.19 HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonDarkMysteryAction-AdventureThriller
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Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Cartoony and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2019).
Hello Neighbor Multiplayer. Secret Neighbor is a Multiplayer Social Horror Game where a group of intruders try to rescue their friend from the Neighbor's creepy basement. Only problem is one of the intruders is the Neighbor in disguise.
Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hologryph Player sentiment 86% positive of 19,379 Price $19.99 HorrorCartoonySurvival HorrorFirst-PersonMysteryIndiePuzzleThriller
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We Were Here Together
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Action-Adventure and Horror; released around the same time (2019).
As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again. Through the fierce blizzard, a flare lights the sky, followed by a cry for help over the radio - broken, dying... No one else can come to their rescue. Can we make it back - together?
We Were Here Together at a glance Released 2019 Studio Total Mayhem Games Player sentiment 82% positive of 17,696 Price $4.93 PuzzleAction-AdventureHorrorMysteryFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorDarkIndie
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Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Free to Play.
You wake up alone on the floor of an abandoned farmhouse. Daylight is quickly fading. You must find a way out. A thrilling horror experience for the five senses. This full model change to the "Isolated View", and photorealistic graphics of RE Engine mark a new beginning for survival horror.
Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour at a glance Released 2016 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,839 Price Free HorrorSurvival HorrorFree to PlayFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSurvivalPuzzle
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I'm on Observation Duty 3
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Psychological Horror, Survival Horror and Horror; released around the same time (2020).
A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.
I'm on Observation Duty 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio Notovia Player sentiment 77% positive of 368 Price $2.99 Psychological HorrorSurvival HorrorHorrorPuzzleMysteryFirst-PersonSurvivalDark
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SIGNALIS
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Survival Horror, Psychological Horror and Dark; released around the same time (2022).
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
SIGNALIS at a glance Released 2022 Studio rose-engine Player sentiment 97% positive of 34,220 Price $19.99 Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkMysteryPuzzleAction-Adventure
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2017).
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard at a glance Released 2017 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 95% positive of 126,252 Price $19.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSurvivalPuzzle
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Dark and Puzzle; released around the same time (2017).
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Little Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Price $19.99 HorrorDarkPuzzleIndiePsychological HorrorSurvival Horror
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Backrooms: Escape Together
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Psychological Horror and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2022).
A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Backrooms: Escape Together at a glance Released 2022 Studio Triiodide Studios Player sentiment 89% positive of 48,808 Price $9.99 HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPuzzleAction-Adventure
Common questions
What game is most like Poppy Playtime?
Bendy and the Ink Machine, on the evidence we have. It both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Poppy Playtime" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Poppy Playtime. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.