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Games like CLeM

If CLeM is your kind of game, the closest matches are Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?, Shroud of Gloom and Captive: You Are My Idol — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and unsettling. 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 CLeM: CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 79Windowsby Mango Protocol
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Players who liked CLeM also play

Steam players who put hours into CLeM 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. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

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

    An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Shroud of Gloom

    WHY THIS

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

    Shroud of Gloom is a point-and-click horror adventure. Investigate an old manor, gather items and clues to solve environmental puzzles and discover dark secrets. Can you uncover the mystery… and make it out alive?

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Captive: You Are My Idol

    WHY THIS

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

    Aylen is a horror let's player who gets kidnapped. One moment, she was shooting the intro for her next video, and the next, she was waking up her biggest fan's basement. There are only two means for escape: examine & plot in secrecy, or use your words to deceive him. Or willingly accept him. (Don't)

    2024ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. MimiCries

    WHY THIS

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

    Investigate the mysteries of a haunted mansion as you solve various challenging puzzles in this Victorian-inspired, narrative-driven escape room game. With only your wit and a lantern to light the way forward, will the choices you make seal your fate, or open the path to freedom?

    2024IndieRPG11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

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

    The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 骸心 Mainbody

    WHY THIS

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

    A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.

    2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. We Were Here Too

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

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

    As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Filthy us 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

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

    千禧年初西北某地,一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时,行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸,他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入,竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案!相同的一尊佛像,背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中,种种诡异可怖的表象之下,深埋着未知的秘密。

    2023IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to CLeM

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. Strange Antiquities

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

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

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. MechaNika

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

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

    If it's not cool, it will disappear. If you're not cool, hide. MechaNika is here.

    2015IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blue Prince

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with CLeM.

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

    Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Strange Horticulture

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

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

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CLeM.

    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 ~69% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CLeM.

    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 ~50% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CLeM.

    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 ~61% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CLeM.

    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 ~50% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CLeM.

    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 ~69% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CLeM.

    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 ~69% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CLeM.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under CLeM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CLeM.

    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 CLeM.

    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 CLeM.

    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 CLeM.

    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 CLeM.

    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 CLeM.

    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 CLeM.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Mango Protocol

Other recommendable Steam games by Mango Protocol, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. MechaNika

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

    Another title from Mango Protocol, the studio behind CLeM. Shares Indie and Adventure with CLeM.

    If it's not cool, it will disappear. If you're not cool, hide. MechaNika is here.

    2015IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Agatha Knife

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CLeM.

    Another title from Mango Protocol, the studio behind CLeM. Shares Indie and Adventure with CLeM.

    Embark on a whimsically twisted adventure with Agatha, a child torn between her love for eating meat and her friendships with animals. Join her as she discovers religion and creates her own, Carnivorism, to convince animals that the sacrifice of their flesh is the secret to their eternal happiness.

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Colossus Down

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mango Protocol, the studio behind CLeM. Shares Indie and Adventure with CLeM.

    Join forces with Nika, MechaNika, Agatha and the Great Bleeding Pig in this peculiar and crazy mission of destruction of everything that isn't cool.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. CLeM: The First Attribute

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mango Protocol, the studio behind CLeM. Shares Indie and Adventure with CLeM.

    CLeM: The First Attribute is a free prologue that offers the first loop of CLeM, a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy.

    2024IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about CLeM

Is CLeM verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — CLeM is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does CLeM cost?
CLeM is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to CLeM?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CLeM are Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?, Shroud of Gloom, Captive: You Are My Idol.
Who developed CLeM?
CLeM was developed by Mango Protocol and published by Iceberg Interactive.

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 CLeM.

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