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Games Like Poppy Playtime: Mascot and Toy Horror

Poppy Playtime turns a toy company's smiling mascots into hunters stalking an abandoned factory. These games share that idea of mascot horror: cartoon characters, toys and theme-park hosts that were made to be loved and now want you dead, mixed with puzzles, chases and hiding.

The games

  1. Bendy and the Ink Machine screenshot: the great ink machine hangs from chains, glowing amber and spurting steam EscapeBendy and the Ink MachineAn abandoned cartoon studio flooded with ink, where the drawings have become monsters and puzzles open the way.
  2. Indigo Park key art: Rambley the cartoon raccoon in a red scarf waving beside the dark, blue-lit entrance of the park Puzzle horrorIndigo Park: Chapter 1Free: an abandoned theme park, a cartoon host on the screens and a mascot that comes after you.
  3. Bendy and the Dark Revival key art: the grinning cartoon Bendy with ink dripping from his eyes, arms spread between lit candles in a dark studio SurvivalBendy and the Dark RevivalThe larger sequel, sneaking past ink monsters and hiding from the Ink Demon.
  4. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach art: Glamrock Chica, Freddy, Montgomery Gator and Roxanne Wolf on a stage under pink and blue neon SurvivalFive Nights at Freddy's: Security BreachRoam the Mega Pizzaplex all night while its animatronics hunt you.
  5. Tattletail key art: the purple, furry Tattletail toy with big blue eyes and a heart-shaped nose beside its red box, in front of a lit Christmas tree, with a dark figure with red eyes in the background Multiple endingsTattletailA talking 90s toy to keep quiet before its recalled mother finds you.
  6. Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic key art: a grinning clown animatronic with glowing yellow eyes in the dark SurvivalFive Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the MimicAn inventor's costume workshop and an endoskeleton that can become any character.
  7. Twisted Tower key art: a man with a bloodied face and a mallet before a fairground tower and two grinning bear mascots Action horrorTwisted TowerA shooter through an abandoned 1950s resort of corrupted fairy-tale mascots.
  8. Dark Deception key art: a frightened man and a crowd of grinning monsters, monkeys, dolls and clowns EscapeDark DeceptionFree arcade-style maze chases from monsters you cannot kill.
  9. Mr. Hopp's Playhouse art: a pixel-art girl with a frightened face against pink patterned wallpaper Multiple endingsMr. Hopp's PlayhouseFree pixel-art horror about a handmade rabbit toy that has left its corner.
  10. Baldi's Basics Plus art: Baldi, a bald teacher in a green shirt, smiles and holds up a wooden ruler on a white background Hide, sneak and Baldi's Basics PlusA cheerful edutainment teacher turned hunter in a randomly built schoolhouse.

Bendy and the Ink Machine is the closest in spirit and came first: a retired animator returns to an abandoned studio flooded with ink, where the cartoons he drew have become monsters, and you solve puzzles and hide from the Ink Demon. Its sequel, Bendy and the Dark Revival, is larger and leans more on stealth and fighting through an ink-soaked copy of the studio.

Indigo Park: Chapter 1 is the free pick and the most like Poppy Playtime's first chapter. A cartoon raccoon host guides you through an abandoned amusement park, restoring power and picking up collectables, until one of the park's mascots comes after you. Twisted Tower goes louder: a first-person shooter through an abandoned 1950s resort full of corrupted fairy-tale mascots, fought with a toy arsenal.

Five Nights at Freddy's is the series that made mascot horror popular. Security Breach lets you roam the Mega Pizzaplex all night while the animatronics hunt you, and Secret of the Mimic sends you into an inventor's costume workshop with an endoskeleton that can become any character.

For toys rather than mascots, Tattletail has you keep a talking 90s toy quiet so that its recalled mother doesn't find you, and Mr. Hopp's Playhouse is a free pixel-art game about a handmade rabbit toy that has left its corner. Dark Deception mixes arcade-style chases through mazes with monsters you cannot kill, and Baldi's Basics turns a cheerful edutainment teacher into the thing hunting you through the school.

If you only try one, play Bendy and the Ink Machine for the closest mix of puzzles and dread, or Indigo Park if you want something free.

Questions

What is mascot horror?

Horror built around cartoon mascots, toys or theme-park characters that were meant to be friendly and turn sinister, as in Poppy Playtime, Bendy and Five Nights at Freddy's.

Are there free games like Poppy Playtime?

Yes: Indigo Park: Chapter 1, Dark Deception and Mr. Hopp's Playhouse are free. Poppy Playtime's first chapter is free too.

What is the closest game to Poppy Playtime?

Bendy and the Ink Machine, a first-person puzzle horror game in an abandoned cartoon studio, and Indigo Park, a free mascot horror game in an abandoned theme park.

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