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24 alternatives to This Room Will Kill You

A surreal, story-driven RPG with horror elements.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This Room Will Kill You launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
HOSPITAL ESCAPE▲60
A thrilling horror game.
2016 · daragames.com · its alternatives →
2
A Chair In A Room▲70
A VR horror game like no other
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
3
A Dark Room▲90
The most immersive text-based game ever.
2015 · adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com · its alternatives →
4
Blank - Room Escape Game▲95
Blank is a unique escape room, text based adventure game
2021 · playblankgame.com · its alternatives →
5
Kill The Plumber▲92
It's like Mario in reverse. Take the role of the enemies.
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
6
Dead Realm▲65
Scare the hell out of your friends in a creepy mansion
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
7
Slain!▲79
Hardcore gothic platformer. Gorgeous art and metal OST!
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
8
Rooms.xyz BETA▲273
Create interactive rooms in your browser
2023 · rooms.xyz · its alternatives →
9
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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I'm writing an MMORPG game for learning programming▲229
Hi, I've been developing an HTML5 MMORPG game where people can submit code to play a game, like collect items, destroy defense towers or kill monsters, etc.. I've been working on this for over 1.5 yrs (all my spare time) and now it's ready for preview, does anyone want to try it out? It's mostly opensource (and the rest will be opensource sooner or later) Please access it with PC, it's an HTML5 game: https://bytelegend.com/ I really want it to expand to more languages, but right now I've only finished Java part. I wonder if anyone can help me with other languages. Besides, I'm…
2022 · bytelegend.com · its alternatives →
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Dark Rooms▲68
Think out the box to solve riddles and get out of 50 rooms
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
12
Boxhead: The Rooms▲74
A Classic Internet Zombie-Hunting Game
2015 · crazymonkeygames.com · its alternatives →
13
Possessions.▲104
A zen game with a story told without any dialogue
2019 · c1cc.cloudflareaccess.com · its alternatives →
14
Monstrum▲53
A procedurally-generated, permadeath horror game
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
15
OXENFREE▲72
A supernatural thriller (pre-launch)
2015 · nightschoolstudio.com · its alternatives →
16
Emily Want's To Play▲59
A cool horror game
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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An escape room in your browser▲25
2018 · escape.mitchcrowe.com · its alternatives →
18
Stairs▲62
A first-person atmospheric horror game based on real events
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
19
Darkest Dungeon▲70
Cthulhu RPG where you worry about sanity, not hit points
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
20
OMEN EXITIO: Plague▲56
A narrative-based RPG set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
21
The Night That Speaks▲82
A horror game where enemies die after you flip them off
2015 · adamgryu.itch.io · its alternatives →
22
Little Devil Inside▲55
Zelda Meets Dark Souls. RPG w/ cartoon art. (pre-launch)
2015 · neostream.com · its alternatives →
23
Don't Sh*t Your Pants▲65
A text-based survival horror game
2015 · onemorelevel.com · its alternatives →
24
Notes Of Obsession▲66
Try to survive the night in a creepy modern, Swedish house
2016 · gamejolt.com · its alternatives →

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