Don't Knock Twice similar games & best alternatives

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Don't Knock Twice

PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!

What works

  • Immersive horror atmosphere
  • Effective sound design
  • Vr support enhances experience
  • Exploration and environmental storytelling
  • Well-crafted mansion environment

Things to keep in mind

  • Short gameplay length
  • Some control and interaction clunkiness
  • Minor bugs and glitches
  • Limited replay value
  • Price considered high for content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Layers of Fear VR

  • ASYLUM

  • Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt

  • Summer of '58

  • File Destined

  • Rise of Insanity

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Don't Knock Twice but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Visage

  • Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人

  • Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰

  • Among Ashes

  • Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Master Reboot

  • Soul Axiom

  • The Complex

  • Dead Reset

  • Five Dates

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How to compare these games

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Don't Knock Twice. These titles are not in What to play next.

Don't Knock Twice: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Value, Violence.

Last update: 22/08/2026