Dark Hours: Prologue similar games & best alternatives
Dark Hours: Prologue
2024
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Quick resume
Dark Hours: Prologue is a free 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 a monster. Forget your plan, your mission: survive! Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.
Global score
88/100
Genres
Action, Adventure, Free To Play
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Pros
- Engaging cooperative horror gameplay
- Strong atmosphere and sound design
- Fun with friends and social interactions
- Good value as a free prologue
- Promising concept with potential for full game
Cons
- Limited content and maps in prologue
- Performance and optimization issues
- Some bugs and glitches affecting gameplay
- Repetitive elements and limited replayability currently
- Lack of customization and polish
Motivations
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Autonomy
Game with the same Autonomy vibe
3"Players have freedom to explore, solve puzzles, and communicate creatively with their partner, though within the game's cooperative framework."
Sam & Dan: Floaty Flatmates
"Players have freedom to explore, solve puzzles, and choose cooperative or competitive interactions with friends."
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Competence
Game with the same Competence vibe
3"Game involves skillful survival, puzzle solving, and managing resources with feedback from monster encounters."
Folklore Hunter
"Game involves skillful evasion, puzzle solving, and teamwork with feedback from monster encounters and objectives."
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Competition
Game with the same Competition vibe
1"Some competitive elements exist in multiplayer (e.g., leaderboards, outperforming friends), but mostly casual and cooperative."
Supermarket Together
"Some competitive elements exist in player interactions (e.g. sabotaging friends), but main focus is cooperative play."
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Continuation
Game with the same Continuation vibe
2"Players often engage in long sessions with friends; some frustration from bugs but overall attachment is moderate."
SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer
"Players enjoy repeated sessions with friends despite some bugs and limited content, showing moderate attachment."
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Cooperation
Game with the same Cooperation vibe
4"Strong emphasis on teamwork to solve puzzles and survive; cooperation is key to success and enjoyment."
PROJECT: PLAYTIME
"Strong emphasis on teamwork to complete heists and survive monster encounters; cooperation is key to success."
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Creativity
Game with the same Creativity vibe
1"Limited customization and building, but players create strategies and coordinate roles, showing some creative engagement."
Containment Initiative
"Limited customization currently; some player-driven emergent fun through trolling and strategic play."
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Domination
Game with the same Domination vibe
1"Some playful dominance through sabotaging friends (throwing knives, peeing on others), but interactions are mostly humorous and balanced."
BBQ Simulator: The Squad
"Some playful domination via sabotaging friends but overall balanced cooperative dynamics."
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Escapism
Game with the same Escapism vibe
4"The game offers a strong horror atmosphere and immersive experience that distracts from real life and engages players in fictional scenarios."
Lakeview Cabin Collection
"Game provides immersive horror experience that distracts from real life and offers thrilling escapism."
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Expectation
Game with the same Expectation vibe
-3"Players engage voluntarily for fun and social reasons, not out of obligation or pressure."
Peekaboo
"Players engage voluntarily for fun and social reasons, not out of obligation or pressure."
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Experimenting
Game with the same Experimenting vibe
2"Players try different characters and abilities, exploring unique moves and strategies."
DogeFight
"Players try different strategies, tactics, and interactions with monsters and teammates."
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Exploration
Game with the same Exploration vibe
1"Limited exploration in a confined map, but players discover strategies and secrets in gameplay."
Worm.is: The Game
"Exploration is limited to a single map in prologue but players enjoy discovering secrets and puzzle elements."
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Expression
Game with the same Expression vibe
-2"Minimal character or environment customization; mostly standardized presentation."
Muv-Luv
"Minimal character or environment customization; mostly standardized presentation."
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Fantasy
Game with the same Fantasy vibe
4"Supernatural horror theme with ghostly antagonist and eerie atmosphere."
Sophie's Curse
"Strong horror fantasy theme with supernatural monsters and eerie atmosphere."
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Fellowship
Game with the same Fellowship vibe
4"Players enjoy shared experiences and social interaction with friends in cooperative gameplay."
Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
"Players form social bonds and enjoy shared experiences with friends in cooperative gameplay."
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Growth
Game with the same Growth vibe
2"Players learn stealth and puzzle mechanics and develop skills to progress, though challenges are moderate."
Westworld Awakening
"Players develop skills in teamwork, stealth, and puzzle solving, though limited by current content."
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Health
Game with the same Health vibe
-5"Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."
World of Tanks Blitz
"Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."
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Idle
Game with the same Idle vibe
-3"Requires focused attention and continuous engagement during sessions."
MIMESIS
"Requires focused attention and continuous engagement during sessions."
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Intimacy
Game with the same Intimacy vibe
2"Social play with friends fosters closer connections, though mostly casual interactions."
Tricky Towers
"Social interactions with friends foster closer connections beyond surface-level play."
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Leadership
Game with the same Leadership vibe
1"Some players take lead roles in team coordination but mostly balanced teamwork."
Slappyball
"Some players take lead in coordinating heists or strategies but overall balanced group roles."
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Progression
Game with the same Progression vibe
3"Players accumulate loot and unlock levels; progression through increasingly difficult heists."
Sneak Thief
"Players collect loot and complete objectives to progress through heists and unlock rewards."
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Relaxation
Game with the same Relaxation vibe
-1"Tense horror atmosphere with jump scares creates suspense rather than relaxation."
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
"Tense horror atmosphere creates excitement rather than relaxation."
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Sensation
Game with the same Sensation vibe
4"Strong sensory stimulation through horror atmosphere, sound design, and jump scares."
Labyrinthine
"Strong sensory stimulation from horror visuals, sound design, and jump scares."
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Status
Game with the same Status vibe
0"No clear evidence of social status or recognition systems."
OUTBRK
"No strong evidence of social status or recognition systems in current prologue."
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Story
Game with the same Story vibe
3"Narrative delivered through environmental storytelling and collectible notes, creating immersive plot engagement."
Jusant
"Narrative elements and environmental storytelling create immersive plot engagement."
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Strategy
Game with the same Strategy vibe
3"Players use stealth, planning, and problem solving to navigate levels and defeat enemies."
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency
"Players use planning, stealth, and problem solving to complete objectives and evade monsters."
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Thrill
Game with the same Thrill vibe
5"High suspense, fear, and thrill from entity encounters and tense cooperative gameplay."
Backrooms: Extractions
"High suspense and adrenaline from monster encounters and tense cooperative gameplay."
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Value
Game with the same Value vibe
4"Free prologue with substantial content offers good value; players anticipate full game purchase."
American Theft 80s: Prologue
"Free prologue with engaging gameplay offers good value; players anticipate full game purchase."
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Violence
Game with the same Violence vibe
2"Includes combat elements like weapons and collisions, but not overly aggressive or destructive."
Speed Liner
"Includes combat elements like tranquilizer darts and pushing players, mixed with cooperative objectives."
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Survival
Game with the same Survival vibe
4"Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving threats."
MIMESIS
"Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving monster threats."
Analysis
Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Domination, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Competition.
How to use the graph
Similar games map
Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.
- Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
- Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
- Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
- Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.
Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.
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