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Games like Where's Oswald

If Where's Oswald is your kind of game, the closest matches are OWLMAN, The Gap and Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Where's Oswald: A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.

2022IndieCasual1.99 USDWindowsby MV JPL
Where's Oswald — Steam game cover

Players who liked Where's Oswald also play

Steam players who put hours into Where's Oswald 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. OWLMAN

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Where's Oswald.

    The following is a series of tapes recovered near the Overlook National Park where four people were recently reported missing- a family of three and one motorist.

    2023IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Gap

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where's Oswald.

    The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner.

    2023Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where's Oswald.

    Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

    2023Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Seybul Tech

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Where's Oswald.

    Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

    2023AdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Uncanny Tales: Cold Road

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Where's Oswald.

    Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.

    2025IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Where's Oswald.

    Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?

    2025AdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. ROUTINE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where's Oswald.

    ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Shhh!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Where's Oswald fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where's Oswald.

    Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Where's Oswald at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where's Oswald.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Where's Oswald.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Where's Oswald.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Where's Oswald.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where's Oswald.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Where's Oswald.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Where's Oswald.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Where's Oswald on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Where's Oswald.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 and Casual with Where's Oswald.

    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.

    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 Where's Oswald.

    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 with Where's Oswald.

    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 and Casual with Where's Oswald.

    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 with Where's Oswald.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Where's Oswald.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Where's Oswald

How much does Where's Oswald cost?
Where's Oswald is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Where's Oswald?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Where's Oswald are OWLMAN, The Gap, Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda.
Who developed Where's Oswald?
Where's Oswald was developed by MV JPL.

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 Where's Oswald.

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