Games like encrypted_nightmares
Games like encrypted_nightmares include Firewatch, Poppy Playtime, The Room, Late Shift, and The Room Two. We matched them by the tags players give encrypted_nightmares on Steam (Horror, Interactive Fiction, Short, FMV, and Adventure): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Mystery · Singleplayer

Poppy Playtime
Shared: Horror · Singleplayer · Mystery

The Room
Shared: Mystery · Adventure · Horror

Late Shift
Shared: FMV · Interactive Fiction · Adventure

The Room Two
Shared: Horror · Mystery · Adventure

Unheard - Voices of Crime
Shared: Thriller · Short · Mystery

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Shared: Horror · Interactive Fiction · Mystery

Home
Shared: Horror · Adventure · Short

Ready or Not
Shared: Horror · Realistic · Singleplayer

Subliminal
Shared: Horror · Realistic · Thriller

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Shared: Horror · Singleplayer · Adventure

The Complex
Shared: FMV · Adventure · Interactive Fiction

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Mystery · Adventure · First-Person

Firework
Shared: Horror · Mystery · Indie

Bendy and the Ink Machine
Shared: Horror · Singleplayer · First-Person

The Park®
Shared: Horror · Adventure · Short

The Forest
Shared: Horror · Adventure · First-Person

Love Is All Around
Shared: FMV · Interactive Fiction · Singleplayer

Telling Lies
Shared: FMV · Mystery · Thriller

Paper Dolls: Original /
Shared: Horror · Adventure · Thriller

The Mortuary Assistant
Shared: Horror · Mystery · Singleplayer

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Horror · Adventure · Indie

Amanda the Adventurer
Shared: Horror · Mystery · Adventure

Little Nightmares
Shared: Horror · Adventure · Singleplayer