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Games like White Paper

If White Paper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Adventures at the North Pole, Green Diver and Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition — 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 White Paper: What is your subconscious mind trying to tell you when you are mindlessly drawing on a piece of paper? Maybe someone trapped there, in a dark, damp basement and yes, screaming for help and trying to break out?

2022IndieAdventureEarly Access19.99 USDWindowsby Dnovel
White Paper — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into White Paper 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. Adventures at the North Pole

    WHY THIS

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

    Look for snow-covered tracks, collect evidence at the site of abandoned parking lots, communicate with Eskimo leaders and shamans, and find out what happened to the ship "Silent", its crew and captain.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Green Diver

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a hidden object game in which you have to dive to the bottom of the ocean. Explore the psychedelic depths, become a participant in amazing adventures, but don't forget to come back up!

    2022IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

    2013IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. No Longer Home

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for White Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Winds of Change

    WHY THIS

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

    Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

    2019IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

    WHY THIS

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

    12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Burly Men at Sea

    WHY THIS

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

    A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    WHY THIS

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

    Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

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

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under White Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with White Paper.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

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

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under White Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with White Paper.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under White Paper on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with White Paper.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under White Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with White Paper.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under White Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with White Paper.

    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 ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under White Paper on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with White Paper.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 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 with White Paper.

    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 White Paper.

    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 White Paper.

    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 White Paper.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 White Paper.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 White Paper.

    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 ↗

More from Dnovel

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

  1. BlackEye

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    BlackEye is an adventure game, and its main character is the inhabitant of the world of Koyte. This mysterious world is divided into two - upper and lower ones. No one inhabitant of the upper world would voluntarily go down to the lower world. However the main character has to reach the bottom!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Get Achievements for Achievements

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    The main goal of this game is to get achievements.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cyberoque

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    The game takes place in 2215. Suddenly terrible news has come from the outskirts of the solar system: our civilization was attacked by the alien armies. A terrible war begins, humanity is surrounded, enemy space ships press the earth's army.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Halloween Pumpkin Story

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    Evil spirits on the Day of All Saints give the pumpkin power and send into the otherworldly dark world of nightmare and horror, and what will happen to the pumpkin you will be able to find yourself in the world of the game!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Super Jet Juck

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    Super Jet Juck is a dynamic puzzle and adventure game. Join the soldiers Juck and Tom!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. CRYEP

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    CRYEP is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer that combines the genre of "rogue" and the mechanics of Contra. Actions take place in a parallel universe, year 3318. Go on an expedition and fight with alien enemies.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. SAMS

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    Classic shooter with traveling to various exotic planets.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Moi Mei

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind White Paper. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    The fate of his brother in danger, May is going to be a dangerous journey.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

    2013IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. No Longer Home

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Burly Men at Sea

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with White Paper.

    Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about White Paper

How much does White Paper cost?
White Paper is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to White Paper?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside White Paper are Adventures at the North Pole, Green Diver, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition.
Who developed White Paper?
White Paper was developed by Dnovel and published by Studio2760.

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 White Paper.

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