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Games like The Safe Place

If The Safe Place is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zly.ii: The Hacked Station, The Adventures of LinShanHai - Chapter5:Three Trees and "I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and dark. 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 Safe Place: This is a dramatic deep social point&click adventure about tough childhood and self-sacrifice.

2023IndieAdventure11.99 USDWindows · macOSby Anate Studio
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Art style is beautiful and immersivePuzzles are story driven and logicalStoryline explores morally gray choicesAtmosphericBleakDark

Players who liked The Safe Place also play

Steam players who put hours into The Safe Place 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. Zly.ii: The Hacked Station

    WHY THIS

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

    Zly.ii The Hacked Station is a first-person sci-fi adventure game made for the 10th anniversary of the Black Cube series (ASA, Myha...). Visit an abandoned space station, and try to get a Black Cube while searching for your lost friend...

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Adventures of LinShanHai - Chapter5:Three Trees

    WHY THIS

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

    A child goes missing after school and their whereabouts are unknown. The only clue is that the child had to walk through a forest to get home. The parents suspect that their child may have gotten lost in the forest.

    2023IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. "I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Safe Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...

    2023IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Safe Place.

    Ranked #4 for The Safe Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?

    2019IndieAdventureCasual15.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. IMMORTALITY

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Safe Place.

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

    Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Garage: Bad Dream Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Safe Place.

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

    You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

    2022IndieAdventureRPG19.90 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Haunted House 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Safe Place.

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

    In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hindsight

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Safe Place.

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

    What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Safe Place.

    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 ~58% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Safe Place.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Safe Place.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Safe Place.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Safe Place.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Safe Place.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Safe Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Safe Place.

    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 The Safe Place.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Safe Place.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 The Safe Place.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Anate Studio

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

  1. Octave

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anate Studio, the studio behind The Safe Place. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    Octave is a point 'n click horror-adventure game with elements of action. Dark woods, monsters, paranormal activity, nice puzzles - all this is present in the game.

    2016IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Little Kite

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anate Studio, the studio behind The Safe Place. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    The game about one tragic evening for a struggling family, when emotions and tensions are simply too high to manage.

    2017IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Repentant

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anate Studio, the studio behind The Safe Place. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Safe Place.

    The game is a dramatic point&click adventure about a criminal who is trying to atone for the sins of his past.

    2018IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Safe Place

How much does The Safe Place cost?
The Safe Place is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Safe Place?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Safe Place are Zly.ii: The Hacked Station, The Adventures of LinShanHai - Chapter5:Three Trees, "I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue).
Who developed The Safe Place?
The Safe Place was developed by Anate Studio.

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 Safe Place.

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