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Games like Jessika

If Jessika is your kind of game, the closest matches are Telling Lies, Case Files: Behind Closed Doors and Case Files: Internal Affairs — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and dark. 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 Jessika: Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.

2020IndieAdventure12.49 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Tritrie Games
Jessika — Steam game cover
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Emails and chats add detective layered cluesKeyword search system feels immersiveStory explores extremism through personal tragedyAtmosphericBleakDark

Players who liked Jessika also play

Steam players who put hours into Jessika 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. Telling Lies

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

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

    Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Case Files: Behind Closed Doors

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

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

    An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Case Files: Internal Affairs

    WHY THIS

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

    The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The List

    WHY THIS

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

    A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Operator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

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

    Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Night Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

    Ranked #6 for Jessika fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Jessika.

    Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

    2021Adventure2.54 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Her Story

    WHY THIS

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

    A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Jessika.

    Ranked #8 for Jessika fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Jessika.

    An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

    2022Adventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Jessika

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. SIMULACRA

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

    Reviewers of Jessika cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jessika.

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Her Story

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Jessika cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jessika.

    A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. A Normal Lost Phone

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

    Reviewers of Jessika cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Jessika.

    A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.

    2017IndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jessika.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jessika.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jessika.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jessika.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jessika.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jessika.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jessika.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Jessika on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jessika.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 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 with Jessika.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Jessika.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Jessika.

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Operator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jessika.

    Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Night Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jessika.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Jessika.

    Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

    2021Adventure2.54 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Jessika.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Jessika.

    An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

    2022Adventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Jessika

Does Jessika run on Steam Deck?
Jessika is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Jessika cost?
Jessika is listed on Steam at 12.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Jessika?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jessika are Telling Lies, Case Files: Behind Closed Doors, Case Files: Internal Affairs.
Who developed Jessika?
Jessika was developed by Tritrie Games and published by Assemble Entertainment.

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 Jessika.

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