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24 alternatives to Night and Slay

A short, creepy game with mysterious mechanics

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Night and Slay launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Darkside Detective▲55

   A humorous micro-adventure game investigating the occult

   2015 · spookydoorway.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pretense▲57

   A game night social metagame

   2015 · buttonshygames.com · its alternatives →

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   Malebolgia▲54

   A cel-shaded horror adventure

   2015 · malebolgia-game.tumblr.com · its alternatives →

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   The Night That Speaks▲82

   A horror game where enemies die after you flip them off

   2015 · adamgryu.itch.io · its alternatives →

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   Breakout with a roguelite/vampire survivor twist▲412

   Hi HN ! This is an open source project I've been working on for a while. It's actually the third breakout-like game I've built. I really like the simplicity of the concept, having just one input (the puck horizontal position) and a simple gameplay that gives a low skill floor. My girlfriend and I played a lot of the excellent LBreakoutHD, an open source breakout game that follows the traditional formula of having multiple lives, scoring points by breaking bricks and catching the good upgrades that spawn randomly and fall down, while avoiding bad upgrades. She liked this game because it is…

   2025 · breakout.lecaro.me · its alternatives →

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   P.A.M.E.L.A.▲62

   An open-world scifi horror

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Play Sleuth▲54

   A series of open-ended, detective role playing games

   2015 · playsleuth.com · its alternatives →

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   Werewolf▲79

   A Game of Accusations, Lying, Bluffing, and Second-Guessing.

   2014 · maxistentialism.com · its alternatives →

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   DarkMaus▲74

   A challenging action game with a minimalist style

   2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Werewolf▲140

    A party game for devious people

    2014 · playwerewolf.co · its alternatives →

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    none*2▲87

    A mysterious game of riddles, episode2

    2015 · whatisnone.com · its alternatives →

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    Kittens Game▲61

    A Dark Souls of incremental gaming

    2015 · fonbet.by · its alternatives →

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    Monstrum▲53

    A procedurally-generated, permadeath horror game

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Don't Sh*t Your Pants▲65

    A text-based survival horror game

    2015 · onemorelevel.com · its alternatives →

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    Stairs▲62

    A first-person atmospheric horror game based on real events

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Five Nights at Freddy's▲58

    Be warned: Don't play this alone in the dark

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Splice▲60

    An experimental and artistic puzzler

    2015 · cipherprime.com · its alternatives →

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    Notes Of Obsession▲66

    Try to survive the night in a creepy modern, Swedish house

    2016 · gamejolt.com · its alternatives →

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    Corpse of Discovery▲64

    A first-person surreal exploration game

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Emily Want's To Play▲59

    A cool horror game

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Hunt a Killer▲94

    Interactive mystery and unannounced monthly deliveries

    2017 · huntakiller.com · its alternatives →

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    Dark Echo▲88

    A sound based horror game

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    One Night Ultimate Werewolf▲57

    No moderator, no elimination, ten-minute games.

    2016 · boardgamegeek.com · its alternatives →

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    OXENFREE▲72

    A supernatural thriller (pre-launch)

    2015 · nightschoolstudio.com · its alternatives →

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