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Games like Love, Sam

  • 16 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Love, Sam also play

The closest matches to Love, Sam: Visage, God's Basement, Letters of Bernard Thorne, The Beast Inside, and Layers of Fear (2016). Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Same atmospheric mood as Love, Sam.

    • $34.99 (Price checked Oct 21)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2020
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 17)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018
  1. Rank 06

    The Path

    Why this: Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Oct 17)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2009

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Love, Sam

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Visage

    Same atmospheric mood as Love, Sam.

    • 86% of 3,985 reviews
  2. 2
    God's Basement

    Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam.

    • 68% of 535 reviews
  3. 3
    Letters of Bernard Thorne

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 99% of 72 reviews
  4. 4
    The Beast Inside

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 77% of 2,333 reviews
  5. 5
    Layers of Fear (2016)

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 87% of 5,082 reviews
  6. 6
    The Path

    Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam.

    • 77% of 567 reviews
  7. 7
    Mists of Aiden

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 90% of 449 reviews
  8. 8
    The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

    Shares environmental interaction and puzzle solving with Love, Sam.

    • 94% of 124 reviews
  9. 9
    An English Haunting

    Genres: Adventure

    • 96% of 247 reviews
  10. 10
    The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

    Genres: Adventure

    • 71% of 2,877 reviews
  11. 11
    Last Report

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 1,034 reviews
  12. 12
    The Cat Lady

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 93% of 2,612 reviews
  13. 13
    Find Yourself

    Genres: Indie, Simulation

    • 86% of 521 reviews
  14. 14
    Enigma of Fear

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 90% of 229 reviews
  15. 15
    Pathologic 3

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 87% of 994 reviews
  16. 16
    Silver Chains

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 62% of 220 reviews
  17. 17
    Scarlet Hollow

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG

    • 98% of 3,657 reviews
  18. 18
    Static Dread: The Lighthouse

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 356 reviews
  19. 19
    The Last Door - Collector's Edition

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 94% of 968 reviews
  20. 20
    [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備

    Genres: Indie

    • 90% of 421 reviews
  21. 21
    Little Nightmares II

    Genres: Adventure

    • 93% of 15,498 reviews
  22. 22
    Stories Untold

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 86% of 3,201 reviews
  23. 23
    Dead Take

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 556 reviews
  24. 24
    Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 96% of 119 reviews
Love, Sam — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2019
  • Developer: Korean Linguistics Lab
  • Price: $4.99checked Oct 17
  • 92% of 298 reviews
  • Genres: Indie, Adventure
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Psychological manipulation feels real
  • Short but impactful story
  • Sound design amplifies dread
  • Atmospheric
  • Melancholic
  • Tense

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About Love, Sam

The closest matches to Love, Sam: Visage, God's Basement, Letters of Bernard Thorne, The Beast Inside, and Layers of Fear (2016). Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Love, Sam is your kind of game, the closest matches are Visage, God's Basement and Letters of Bernard Thorne — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, melancholic and tense, and single out its diary based narration and environmental interaction. 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.

About Love, Sam: Alone in your room, you see a diary sitting on your desk. It wants to tell you a story: a story about a high school crush. A story about small town romance. A story about how everyone is against you and nobody will ever love you again.

Is Love, Sam worth buying?

  • 92% of 298 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $4.99 (checked Oct 17).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.8 h played before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“This game has unique design choices, storytelling, but most importantly: the horror is insane. Too bad I couldn't finish it because a section was impossible to do on ultrawide.”
2 h played
“This game has some cool concepts, and i'm glad someone tried to explore it. But the overall game just isnt good.”
2 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Visage, God's Basement, Letters of Bernard Thorne

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Frequently asked about Love, Sam

Can I run it?

How much does Love, Sam cost?

Love, Sam is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Love, Sam?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Love, Sam are Visage, God's Basement, Letters of Bernard Thorne.

Who developed Love, Sam?

Love, Sam was developed by Korean Linguistics Lab.