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Games like The Zodiac Trial

If The Zodiac Trial is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Specter's Desire, The Remission of Sins and アパシー殺人クラブ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, dark and mysterious. 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 The Zodiac Trial: The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!

2021Indie14.99 USDWindows · macOSby Themisian
The Zodiac Trial — Steam game cover
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Characters react uniquely to extreme pressureMysteries hinge on spatial and auditory cluesRoutes feel distinct and rewardingContemplativeDarkMysterious

Players who liked The Zodiac Trial also play

Steam players who put hours into The Zodiac Trial 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. The Specter's Desire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with The Zodiac Trial.

    Top pick for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

    2024Indie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Remission of Sins

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    The Remission of Sins is a fully-voiced, multi-ending short horror visual novel. Depending on the player’s choice, it branches to 12 different endings.

    2020IndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. アパシー殺人クラブ

    WHY THIS

    Shares choice driven narrative and a mysterious mood with The Zodiac Trial.

    Third-strongest match for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    『部活動の時間です。さあ、人殺しをはじめてください』 一癖も二癖もある強者ぞろいの巨大コミュニティ、それが鳴神学園。 そこには、ありとあらゆる部活動が存在し、到底常識では考えられない特殊な闇の倶楽部がある。その一つが殺人クラブだ。

    2024Adventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Morth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Bloody Service

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    The conjoined twins were bullied and humiliated... Now justice will be served! BLOODY SERVICE is a dark, gory and violent coming-of-age slasher FMV Visual Novel with gruesome deaths and clever one-liners related to tennis. Game, set, machete!

    2020IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bobok

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with The Zodiac Trial.

    Ranked #7 for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

    2020IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with The Zodiac Trial.

    Ranked #8 for The Zodiac Trial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    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 ~67% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Zodiac Trial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Zodiac Trial.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 The Zodiac Trial.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 The Zodiac Trial.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Zodiac Trial

How much does The Zodiac Trial cost?
The Zodiac Trial is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Zodiac Trial?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Zodiac Trial are The Specter's Desire, The Remission of Sins, アパシー殺人クラブ.
Who developed The Zodiac Trial?
The Zodiac Trial was developed by Themisian.

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 The Zodiac Trial.

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