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Games like Real Scary

If Real Scary is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Night With Kawaii, [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 and Buddy Simulator 1984 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Real Scary: Psychological horror perfect for a late night of gaming in the dark with your headphones in.

2019IndieAdventureSimulationCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Chris Antoni
Real Scary — Steam game cover

Players who liked Real Scary also play

Steam players who put hours into Real Scary also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. One Night With Kawaii

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Run and hide! Find a way out before she catches you.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Buddy Simulator 1984

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. theBlu

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Experience the wonder and majesty of the ocean through a series of habitats and come face to face with some of the most awe inspiring species on the planet.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Accounting+

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Twisted Gallery 异馆

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 日本事故物件監視協会2 -Japan Stigmatized Property-

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Real Scary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Can you survive until dawn? Monitor real Japanese properties and report every anomaly. Miss too many… and you will fail.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation7.19 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Real Scary at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Real Scary.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Real Scary.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Real Scary.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Real Scary.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Real Scary.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Real Scary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Real Scary.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Real Scary.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Real Scary.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Real Scary.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Real Scary.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Chris Antoni

Other recommendable Steam games by Chris Antoni, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Fright Light

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie and Simulation with Real Scary.

    Experience an intense, strategy dependent game disguised as a cheesy parody of all those jump scare "games" we love to laugh at. Master the art of tracking up to four intruders at once along with timing your flashlight reloads for maximum protection from your enemies.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Loot or Die

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Let's be honest, RPG's are more fun with machine guns. Experience fast paced action supported by loot collection and item optimization. Drop in multiplayer means you never have to wait in lobbies. Plunder the universe with friends to take on tougher foes; then PvP to see who has the best gear!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Zombie Town

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Well the world finally ended. Zombies rule the planet. Your plan to survive alone hasn't been going so well. Desperate, you use an old radio to ask for help. How about that? Somebody is answering your call!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. One Night You're Crazy

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie and Simulation with Real Scary.

    It's like playing tag. Where you collect bloody teddy bear parts. While avoiding a flesh eating wolf. Or maybe you'll be the wolf. I don't care either way.

    2017ActionIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Blocked and Loaded

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Lay waste to the armies of Soros with an awesome assortment of over 150 weapons, armor and magical items in this MMO-RPG-FPS.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Rogue Party

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Soul crushing bosses, epic loot and powerful magic await 1-4 Rogues foolish enough to take on the Dungeon of Doom.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Party 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie and Adventure with Real Scary.

    Explore dungeons, defeat bosses and earn epic rewards with up to three other friends (and occasionally hit them with potions) in this playful Rogue-Like adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Appease the Spider

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chris Antoni, the studio behind Real Scary. Shares Indie with Real Scary.

    Fast paced item searching, ghost avoiding game with optional cameras for strategic avoidance.

    2021ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Real Scary

How much does Real Scary cost?
Real Scary is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Real Scary?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Real Scary are One Night With Kawaii, [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件, Buddy Simulator 1984.
Who developed Real Scary?
Real Scary was developed by Chris Antoni.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Real Scary.

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