Dark Hours similar games & best alternatives

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Dark Hours

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.

What works

  • Fun and engaging cooperative gameplay
  • Unique and varied monsters
  • Strong social and trolling elements
  • Good replayability with procedural maps
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access bugs and glitches
  • Limited map variety
  • Some monsters feel unbalanced or frustrating
  • Difficult solo play experience
  • Lack of tutorial and key rebinding

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • KLETKA

  • Malum

  • Project Unknown

  • Lethal Company

  • Whisper Mountain Outbreak

Less dominating

Games that feels like Dark Hours but with less domination over others

  • Backrooms Lost Runners

  • The Devourer: Hunted Souls

  • Storebound

  • Remnant Records

  • Emissary Zero

  • Subterror

More competitive

Games that feels like Dark Hours but with more competition against others

  • Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals

  • White Noise 2

  • Blood Typers

  • BrainBread 2

  • Zombie Panic! Source

  • Damned

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Dark Hours: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026