Damned similar games & best alternatives

Damned

2014

Should you play it?

Damned is a randomized online horror game for up to 5 players (4 survivors and 1 monster). You’ll be able to play as one of four people trapped in different haunted places (hotels, hospitals, etc).

What works

  • Unique multiplayer horror experience
  • Strong atmosphere and suspense
  • Fun monster vs survivor gameplay
  • Encourages teamwork and communication
  • High replayability with randomized maps

Things to keep in mind

  • Frequent bugs and crashes
  • Small and dying player base
  • Steep learning curve
  • Limited character customization
  • Some imbalance between monsters and maps

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • DON'T LOOK AWAY

  • Dark Hours: Prologue

  • Blood Typers

  • Deceit

  • White Noise 2

  • SCP: Nine-Tailed Fox

Less dominating

Games that feels like Damned but with less domination over others

  • The Devourer: Hunted Souls

  • Emissary Zero

  • The Watchers

  • Resident Evil 0

  • Labyrinthine

  • Ghost Janitors

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

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).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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).

Damned: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Status.

Last update: 04/08/2026