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Games Like Slender: Pages, a Flashlight and Something Behind You

Slender made a whole genre out of a flashlight, eight pages in a dark forest and a tall figure who is closer every time you turn around. These games keep that loop of searching in the dark and running from something you cannot fight, from the official sequel to free phone games and co-op mazes.

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  1. Slender: The Arrival key art: the faceless Slender Man in a dark suit before a bare forest glowing orange with fire and drifting embers SurvivalSlender: The ArrivalThe official full game: pages in the dark woods, a flashlight, and Slender Man closer each time you look round.
  2. Eyes - The Horror Game key art: a dark tiled hospital room with two operating tables, the shadow of a long-haired figure on the floor and an eye symbol on the wall SurvivalEyes - The Horror GameFree to play: collect bags of money in dark rooms while a monster hunts you, Slender's collect-and-run loop on phones and PC.
  3. Blair Witch key art: the silhouette of a man and his dog walking into a forest washed in red, a stick-figure shape formed by the branches above, a wrecked truck and a tent nearby PsychologicalBlair WitchA flashlight, a camcorder and a dog in the Black Hills Forest at night, where the woods loop and figures circle in the dark.
  4. Labyrinthine key art: a narrow hedge maze path at night under a single lamp Co-opLabyrinthineDark mazes with up to seven friends, and more than thirty kinds of monster when you split up.

Slender: The Arrival is the official full game and the place to start: you search dark forests, an empty house and a mine for a missing friend, collecting pages with only a flashlight while Slender Man appears a little closer each time you look round. It is on PC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and Android.

On phones, two free games keep the collect-and-run idea short and sharp. Slendrina: The Cellar sends you into a pitch-dark cellar to find its books while a pale woman in white comes for you, and EYES - The Horror Game has you gather bags of money in dark rooms while a monster hunts you, with a PC version as well.

Shadow Tag is free in the browser on Newgrounds, made in 48 hours for a game jam: two children have pulled you into a sadistic paranormal game of tag outside a cabin at night, and you have only a flashlight to find your way to the car.

If it was the woods you liked, Blair Witch takes you into the Black Hills Forest at night with a flashlight, a camcorder and your dog, where the paths loop and stick figures hang in the trees. The Cursed Forest strands you in a dark autumn wood after a crash, gathering what a ritual needs while its creatures come for you, and Skinwalker Hunt sends you after a creature of legend through forests at night, a hunt that can turn on you. The House In The Woods, pay what you want on itch.io and inspired by The Blair Witch Project, takes half an hour: your friend vanishes from your campsite at night, and following the cries for help you are lost in an endless, foggy forest. Zardy's Maze, free on Steam, swaps the forest for a night-time corn maze: a flashlight, an axe for the giant plants and a pumpkin-headed scarecrow on the paths, in a maze that changes every run. The Radio Tower, pay what you want on itch.io, has you climb a steel mast in a red, fog-choked forest while something in the trees waits.

With friends, Labyrinthine takes up to eight players into dark mazes with more than thirty kinds of monster, and splitting up to cover ground leaves each of you alone in the dark, as Slender always did. Lunch Lady turns the pages into exam answers: one to four players break into their school at night with flashlights to find ten pages, while a possessed lunch lady hunts the dark halls, shows up somewhere new each game and grows faster the longer you stay.

If you only try one, play Slender: The Arrival for the real thing, or Slendrina: The Cellar for something free on your phone.

Questions

Is there an official Slender game you can still buy?

Yes. Slender: The Arrival is the official full game, on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and Android.

Are there free games like Slender?

Yes: Slendrina: The Cellar (free with ads) and EYES - The Horror Game (free to play) keep the collect-and-run idea. Shadow Tag is free in the browser on Newgrounds.

Is there a co-op game like Slender?

Labyrinthine takes up to eight players into dark mazes full of monsters. Lunch Lady is closer to the page hunt: up to four players search a dark school for ten pages of exam answers.

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