Games like Ib
If Ib is your kind of game, the closest matches are Misao - 2024 HD Remaster, CE-III Protocol: Last Drop and Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, melancholic 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.
Get personalized picks →Ib, developed by kouri and published by PLAYISM in 2022, is a short horror adventure set inside a haunted art gallery full of puzzles. Players interact with artworks, navigate the gallery, and uncover hidden interactions that lead toward multiple endings, following a young female protagonist. Reviewers describe it as short but impactful, with a story that lingers emotionally and a remake that polishes the original with subtle improvements. Built for short bursts of solo play at a normal difficulty, it carries a melancholic, unsettling tone. The game is Steam Deck Verified, holds a 98% positive rating across 1,505 Steam reviews, and costs 12.99 USD. A pick for players who want an atmospheric, puzzle-led horror tale.
About Ib: A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Players who liked Ib also play
Steam players who put hours into Ib 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.
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an unsettling mood with Ib.
Top pick for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
CE-III Protocol: Last Drop
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
CE-III Protocol is a horror puzzle RPG set in an SCP-inspired world. An amnesiac girl wakes in the darkness—frail, timid… but not alone nor defenseless. Face deadly entities: observe, evade, exploit… or simply eliminate them. Lead her through this surreal nightmare, and uncover the secret behind it.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Third-strongest match for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Ranked #4 for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
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.
OneShot
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Ranked #5 for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Ranked #7 for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.
Those Who Remain
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Ranked #8 for Ib fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ib
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Yume Nikki
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Reviewers of Ib cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Reviewers of Ib cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Ib.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Reviewers of Ib cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Ib.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
OFF
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Reviewers of Ib cross-mention this title as a similar play.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
The Crooked Man
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Reviewers of Ib cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ib cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Mad Father
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Reviewers of Ib cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ib at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ib.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ib.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ib.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ib.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ib.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ib.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Priced ~54% under Ib on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Ib.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ib.
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 Ib.
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 Ib.
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 with Ib.
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 Ib.
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 with Ib.
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 Ib.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ib.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
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.
YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
Frequently asked about Ib
- Is Ib verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Ib 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 Ib cost?
- Ib is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ib?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ib are Misao - 2024 HD Remaster, CE-III Protocol: Last Drop, Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
- Who developed Ib?
- Ib was developed by kouri and published by PLAYISM.
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