Games like Lily's Well
If Lily's Well is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Cartridge - Cold Read, Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition and Ib — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiple endings reward exploration, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 →PureIceBlue's 2022 free-to-play horror adventure drops players into a rainy spring night in 2005, where a child named Lily must descend into a mysterious well to rescue someone calling for help. Players gather items and solve puzzles while making text-based decisions that branch toward multiple endings. Reviewers describe the 8-bit pixel art as atmospheric and unsettling, with dark psychological details woven beneath the retro aesthetic. The challenging short experience has earned a 98% positive rating from over 1,600 Steam reviews, with players highlighting how slow-burn horror escalates with each death and how story twists recontextualize every playthrough. Emotional payoffs reward repeated exploration across branching paths, with multiple endings encouraging replay. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and is designed for short bursts of play.
About Lily's Well: It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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Lost Cartridge - Cold Read
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Top pick for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
While trying to find a payphone during a powerful storm, Mitch instead finds himself in a library filled with horrors and traps all laid out to end his life. Guide him to sanctuary or his demise in this horror adventure game found on a strange cartridge.
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Second-strongest match for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Ib
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Third-strongest match for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
This Is Not Your House
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Ranked #4 for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
Who's Lila?
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Ranked #5 for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Panelak
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Ranked #6 for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
Panelak is an old socialist-era building where strange things happen. Can you make it to the roof and help the helpless man?
Catherine Classic
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Ranked #7 for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Lily's Well.
Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.
Those Who Remain
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Ranked #8 for Lily's Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Ib
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Who's Lila?
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Lily's Well.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lily's Well.
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Frequently asked about Lily's Well
- Is Lily's Well verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Lily's Well is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- Is Lily's Well free to play?
- Yes — Lily's Well is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Lily's Well?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lily's Well are Lost Cartridge - Cold Read, Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition, Ib.
- Who developed Lily's Well?
- Lily's Well was developed by PureIceBlue.
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 Lily's Well.
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