Games like Rainy Season
If Rainy Season is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dear Esther, The Fabled Woods and The Hunting God — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its daydreams transform mundane spaces, atmospheric and cozy. 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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Steam players who put hours into Rainy Season 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.
Dear Esther
WHY THIS
Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Rainy Season.
Top pick for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rainy Season.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
The Fabled Woods
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rainy Season.
Second-strongest match for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rainy Season.
Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.
The Hunting God
WHY THIS
Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Rainy Season.
Third-strongest match for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rainy Season.
The Hunting God is a short walking simulator in which you play as Nodens the hunting god and listen to what he has been through accompanied by a white wolf named Draiochta.
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rainy Season.
Explore the social life of Laura in this spiritual sequel to A Normal Lost Phone.
Nephise
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rainy Season.
Ranked #5 for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rainy Season.
Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.
Titan Station
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rainy Season.
Ranked #6 for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Rainy Season.
Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.
Home is Where One Starts...
WHY THIS
Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Rainy Season.
Ranked #7 for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rainy Season.
Ranked #8 for Rainy Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rainy Season at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Rainy Season.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Rainy Season.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Rainy Season.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Rainy Season.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rainy Season on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Rainy Season.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Casual with Rainy Season.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rainy Season.
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.
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Frequently asked about Rainy Season
- How much does Rainy Season cost?
- Rainy Season is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rainy Season?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rainy Season are Dear Esther, The Fabled Woods, The Hunting God.
- Who developed Rainy Season?
- Rainy Season was developed by Inasa Fujio.
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