Games like GNOSIA
If GNOSIA is your kind of game, the closest matches are FRAGMENTS, The Schizophrenic Dynasty of Müller and STARLET☆DISORDER — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and immersive. 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 →GNOSIA is a 2022 indie adventure from Petit Depotto and PLAYISM that fuses visual novel storytelling with social deduction gameplay across a sci-fi setting. Players engage in loop-based sessions where they must identify deceptive Gnosia among a crew using numerical tracking and relationship mechanics rather than pure argumentation. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric, emotional, immersive, and mysterious, noting that character relationships evolve dynamically across loops and each character possesses a distinct memorable personality. Loop progression gradually unlocks new narrative branches, providing variety across repeated playthroughs. The game carries a challenging difficulty rating and a medium session length suited to sit-down play. It runs Playable on Steam Deck and holds a 93% positive rating from 1028 Steam reviews at $24.99.
About GNOSIA: The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Players who liked GNOSIA also play
Steam players who put hours into GNOSIA 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.
FRAGMENTS
WHY THIS
Top pick for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
◼️Fragments, an action-adventure RPG where puzzle-solving and survival take center stage. Your mission is to uncover elusive fragments of your memories, unraveling the intricacies of your current existence and the extraordinary nature of being a mnemonist
The Schizophrenic Dynasty of Müller
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
In this visual novel you're a voice in schizophrenic heads of dynasty Müller. You pass from generation to generation and you countrol your schizophrenic, talking sometimes with him. The important thing is, you shouldn't let your schizophrenic die without offspring, otherwise you'll die with him.
STARLET☆DISORDER
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
Join STARLET☆DISORDER, the reality show: get famous, loved, watched. Live with rivals. Perform love. Survive confessionals. Go viral. Truth is ammunition. But there’s no clean truth. Broadcast turns your week into a story that never happened. Go live and swear you didn't mean it. It’s all recorded.
The VII Enigma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GNOSIA.
Ranked #4 for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with GNOSIA.
Fate, love, death... Can the enigma be solved? 『The VII Enigma』is a character-driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Set in a shadowy world of dystopian conspiracy, you must defy the fabric of reality, navigating the desperate path to the 'true end' against the tyranny of time itself.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Frog & Blade
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.
Dire Echo
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
Sparkle Milla: Eight Genetic Abnormalities and a Blood Ghost
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for GNOSIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.
Reviewers mention these as similar to GNOSIA
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Escape Floor Zero
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with GNOSIA.
Trapped in an infinite parking lot, your only escape is through Floor Zero. Detect subtle anomalies and make crucial decisions in this mind-bending, psychological horror experience. Dare to escape the unescapable? If you see an anomaly... turn back.
AI: The Somnium Files
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with GNOSIA.
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with GNOSIA.
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GNOSIA.
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with GNOSIA.
In Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane, you play as a defense attorney who practices law in a world of fantasy and wizards. You must defend clients accused of various crimes committed using magic and use the rules of magic to prove them innocent.
Lost Dimension
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with GNOSIA.
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with GNOSIA.
In the near future a terrorist mastermind, known only as ‘The End’, threatens humanity with nuclear armageddon. A special task force, the S.E.A.L.E.D team, are the only ones who can stop him: a group of young combatants with incredible abilities and each with a mysterious past.
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GNOSIA.
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with GNOSIA.
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Raging Loop
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GNOSIA.
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GNOSIA.
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with GNOSIA.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GNOSIA.
Reviewers of GNOSIA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with GNOSIA.
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GNOSIA at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under GNOSIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with GNOSIA.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under GNOSIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under GNOSIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with GNOSIA.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under GNOSIA on Steam right now. Shares RPG with GNOSIA.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under GNOSIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with GNOSIA.
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!
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 GNOSIA.
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 Adventure with GNOSIA.
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 GNOSIA.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
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 GNOSIA.
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 and Adventure with GNOSIA.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNOSIA.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about GNOSIA
- Does GNOSIA run on Steam Deck?
- GNOSIA 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 GNOSIA cost?
- GNOSIA is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to GNOSIA?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GNOSIA are FRAGMENTS, The Schizophrenic Dynasty of Müller, STARLET☆DISORDER.
- Who developed GNOSIA?
- GNOSIA was developed by Petit Depotto and published by PLAYISM.
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