10 Games Like Reanimal

If you’re a big fan of the horror adventure games that sneak up on you and take you (and possibly a friend) by storm for a while, then hopefully you’ve gotten your hands on Reanimal, an indie title that puts you into the shoes of a pair of orphaned children trying to figure out a mystery that’s blanketed over its entire short runtime.

When you’re finished and have rolled credits after either of the game’s two endings, you might find yourself wanting to check out other games like Reanimal in some way, and thankfully enough, that’s where we come in!

It Takes Two

While it’s easily the least horrifying of the games we’re recommending in our list of other games like Reanimal, if you found yourself playing the story in co-op mode and are interested in getting another hit of two-player adventure games, then this is a good pick. You’re playing as parents in the midst of a divorcer whose daughter has turned them into inanimate dolls wishing they’d stay together.

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Though it’s cartoonish and cute on the surface unlike the general dread that hangs over Reanimal, It Takes Two is a cooperative puzzle-solving title that’ll offer hours of fun for two that maintains the darker themes of the games on this list despite packaging them in much more colorful, friendly-looking packages.

Among The Sleep

Keeping with the theme of forcing children into terrifying situations and making them solve puzzles and potentially even fight their way through to what you hope is a brighter ending, Among the Sleep is an incredibly dark and atmospheric title that’s sure to satisfy this particular horror itch.

It’s a first-person puzzle game that puts you into the cute footie pajamas of a child looking for their mother while they’re trapped inside an increasingly terrifying nightmare one evening. If you’re really looking to up the scare factor on it, you can even try playing in VR to truly feel like this scared little guy.

Limbo

When Limbo first launched in the summer of 2011 during some of the earliest stages of indie puzzle-platformer titles hitting the market as fans began to look away from triple-A titles for their fun, it absolutely took fans of dark 2D platforming games like Hollow Knight by storm.

We’ve got another terrifying jaunt through an increasingly creepy world in the shoes of a young boy searching for his sister in the grim world of Limbo. The world he ventures through is terrifying and the ambient horror you’ll feel in a game so drenched in black and white visuals is sure to keep you itching for more.

Control

Though it’s vastly more realistic with its graphics than the grim cartoon style of Reanimal, Control is sure to please anyone who’s hungry for a bit more ambient and supernatural horror bundled neatly into a single game.

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The game is a third-person shooter title that follows a woman as she uncovers the grim secrets behind the presence seeping into the Federal Bureau of Control, trying her best to save the world before this massive threat breaks containment and ruins what we know of humanity. Can you make it to the end of this harrowing title and maintain Control?

The Midnight Walk

We spent a lot of time in Reanimal saving our friends and dealing with all kinds of terrifyingly inhuman kinds of monsters, so if you’re ready for another few hours immersed in a good atmospheric adventure horror, then check out The Midnight Walk when you’re finished playing Reanimal.

The art in the game is beautiful despite how spooky it all is, which you’ll take in on a journey as a young boy who befriends a sentient lantern creature to help him try and find his way through a dark and increasingly hostile landscape. Can The Burnt One and his friend Potboy make it out of this nightmare world together?

Inside

There’s always something innately terrifying about putting children in a horror game, with the eternal innocence with which they’re presented in most forms of media, but it made for an increasingly creepy time. And it’s something that Playdead, the makers of Limbo, have mastered.

You’ll take on the role of a little boy who stumbles his way into the middle of a project, and it’ll be up to you to solve all kinds of 2D puzzle platforming sections to make your way through the game that perfectly showcases how far a dev’s reach can be.

Animal Well

With how popular it wound up being on launch, taking plenty of Game of the Year awards for 2024, we bet you’ve definitely heard of Animal Well by now. This pixelated puzzle platformer took the indie horror game world by storm on launch, with its story deceptively creepy and its gameplay consistently evolving.

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You’ll spend your time in Animal Well navigating with tools you’ve found along the way, solving puzzles to advance, and finding plenty of optional collectibles scattered around its terrifyingly deep map. If you’re in the market for another entrancing horror adventure, grab Animal Well and don’t say we didn’t warn you on how creepy it can get.

Bramble: The Mountain King

Can’t shake the vibes of children trying to save or help siblings during the most trying times of their lives so far? Bramble: The Mountain King will likely be a good game for you to pick up after you’ve finished Reanimal, then, especially if the atmospheric puzzle-solving is what got you the most in Tarsier’s title.

The game warns you that there’s plenty you’ll discover along the way that might be eerie and not trustworthy as you work through the bosses that take on the form of characters from Nordic mythology. Ready for your next dark indie title? This one’s probably a great bet!

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

If you’ve been a fan of horror games for a while, then we wouldn’t be surprised if you already braved your way through what’s considered to be one of the most acclaimed horror games of all time, maintaining its popularity more than a decade after launch. If you’re in the mood for more explicit gore in your horror, then Amnesia: The Dark Descent may be for you.

You’ve got, well, amnesia, and you’ll find yourself in a dark castle trying to piece together who you are and how you got down in such a dank, creepy environment. There are monsters waiting for you here that are creepy beyond your imagination, so good luck out there with this survival horror titan.

Any Of The Little Nightmares Games

If you’ve been a fan of indie horror adventures for a few years now, then you’ve probably been teeming with excitement waiting for the next game from Little Nightmares creators Tarsier Studios, but if you’re a newer fan and have played through Reanimal first, then you’d be in good shape playing the Little Nightmares titles.

Tarsier Studios was behind the first two games in the Little Nightmares series, and it’s the best fit for players looking for a gameplay experience most like Reanimal for their next game. They’ll have plenty of collectibles and mysteries to uncover that’ll feel perfectly reminiscent of a game like Reanimal.

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