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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.

The games

  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. Slendrina: The Cellar title screen: a pale face with red eyes far down a dark stone corridor between wooden doors, with Play, Help and Quit written in red EscapeSlendrina: The CellarFree with ads on phones: find the books in a pitch-dark cellar while a pale woman in white comes for you, and do not look back.
  3. 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.
  4. Shadow Tag: a worried cartoon man in a grey hoodie holds a flashlight outside a log cabin with glowing windows at night 2D horrorShadow TagFree in the browser: a flashlight, the dark around a cabin and a paranormal game of tag you have to escape.
  5. 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.
  6. The Cursed Forest library art: a foggy, green-lit autumn forest at night under a full moon, with a distant hut glowing orange and a small lantern shrine by the path PsychologicalThe Cursed ForestLost in a dark autumn forest after a crash, gathering what a ritual needs while its creatures come for you.
  7. Skinwalker Hunt key art: the black silhouette of a long-armed, antlered creature on a hill among pines against a blood-red sky, with the title below Action horrorSkinwalker HuntTrack a creature of legend through dark forests at night, in a hunt that can turn on you.
  8. The House In The Woods key art: the title in scratched blood-red letters over a dim, pixelated dark house PsychologicalThe House In The WoodsHalf an hour lost in an endless foggy forest after your friend vanishes from camp, inspired by The Blair Witch Project; pay what you want.
  9. The Radio Tower cover: the title in white over a red pine forest, with geese flying past the tall radio mast Multiple endingsThe Radio TowerClimb a radio mast in a red, fog-choked forest while something in the trees is hunting you.
  10. Zardy's Maze key art: two scarecrows with glowing jack-o'-lantern faces and pointed hats, one leaping with blades in its hands, a hooded figure with a mace behind them StealthZardy's MazeFree: a night-time corn maze, a flashlight and a pumpkin-headed scarecrow, with a new maze every run.
  11. 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.
  12. Lunch Lady key art: the grinning, blotchy-skinned Lunch Lady in a grey apron beside the dripping red title on a dark bloodstained background SurvivalLunch LadyTen pages to find in a dark school at night while a possessed lunch lady hunts you, alone or with up to three friends.

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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