Games like House of Detention
If House of Detention is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mister Furry: Hot Muscles, Stayhome Simulator and Sinister Night 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, unsettling and achievement tracking. 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.
Get personalized picks →House of Detention is a surreal meme-horror dungeon crawler released in 2020 with crude humor, available for $0.99 USD. Players navigate a dark fantasy dungeon environment, avoiding enemies, solving environmental puzzles, and hunting for collectibles while tracking achievements. Reviewers highlight the absurdist humor and meme-inspired creatures, with collectibles bearing deliberately suggestive names. Players describe the experience as unsettling and unpredictable, with the game leaning into its own ridiculousness to create a chaotic atmosphere. The title runs short and suits short play sessions, supports solo play only, and carries a normal difficulty setting. It holds a 91% positive rating from 1,171 Steam reviews.
About House of Detention: Unique horror with a Deep plot, a lot of characters, great sound effects and a creepy atmosphere of Real Dungeon. Locker Room, Gym, Various Monsters, Atmospheric Music, Meme Scrolls, The Lash of the Spain King and much more! Right Version Included.
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Mister Furry: Hot Muscles
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzles and an unsettling mood with House of Detention.
Top pick for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with House of Detention.
♂ Unique Furry Horror with Muscular Mister Furries, Deep Plot, Great Sound Effects and Creepy Atmosphere of Furry Dungeon. Hot Milk, Dungeon Items, Gym, Gay-Bar, Pool, Locker Room, Atmospheric Music and much more! Will you be able to escape punishment from Mister Furry? ♂
Stayhome Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with House of Detention.
The game will teach you how to stay at home, make trips to the store, use masks and various antiseptics. Buckwheat, toilet paper, masks, city pass..
Sinister Night 2
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with House of Detention.
Third-strongest match for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with House of Detention.
Nine Streamers enter an ancient Chinese mansion, hoping to attract a huge following and become famous through livestreaming. However, two of them are tragically possessed by evil spirits. These possessed will slaughter their companions, and complete a malevolent ritual of a ghostly wedding.
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Detention.
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. The other three are survivors. How did this happen? You’ll have to find out!
The Goatman
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with House of Detention.
The Goatman is an Online CO-OP hunting game. It all began on February 23, 2019 with a call for help from the Greenfield village. It was alleged that a mysterious creature like a half goat and half demon attacked people and animals. Upon this call, a military research team set out.
Krampus is Home
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with House of Detention.
Ranked #6 for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with House of Detention.
Sebastian is a teenager who is waiting for his parents to come back home on a cold Christmas night. Soon he realizes that there is something evil lurking around. Experience Sebastian 's journey into a surreal world like no other.
White Noise 2
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with House of Detention.
Ranked #7 for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with House of Detention.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
KunKun dream Startles the Soul
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for House of Detention fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with House of Detention.
Multiplayer , yes! You have been trapped in KunKun's dream, you and your trapped companions have to find a way to escape and avoid these Grotesque Object! Grotesque Objectlike playing basketball and worship chickens, hate watermelons, and even come Let me see
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below House of Detention at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under House of Detention on Steam right now. Shares Action with House of Detention.
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:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under House of Detention on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with House of Detention.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under House of Detention on Steam right now. Shares Indie with House of Detention.
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!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under House of Detention on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with House of Detention.
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?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under House of Detention on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with House of Detention.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
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 with House of Detention.
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. Shares Action and Adventure with House of Detention.
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 Action and Indie with House of Detention.
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 and Simulation with House of Detention.
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 and Adventure with House of Detention.
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 Simulation with House of Detention.
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 Action and Indie with House of Detention.
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 House of Detention
- Does House of Detention work on Steam Deck?
- House of Detention is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does House of Detention cost?
- House of Detention is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does House of Detention have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — House of Detention supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to House of Detention?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside House of Detention are Mister Furry: Hot Muscles, Stayhome Simulator, Sinister Night 2.
- Who developed House of Detention?
- House of Detention was developed by Aniki, Male Union ♂ and published by Dungeon Master.
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 House of Detention.
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