Games like The Bad Kids
If The Bad Kids is your kind of game, the closest matches are 银魂：Silver Soul, Paper Bride and Detention — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere is oppressively realistic, psychological tension builds gradually and atmospheric. 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 →About The Bad Kids: As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.
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Steam players who put hours into The Bad Kids 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.
银魂：Silver Soul
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Silver Soul is a first-person horror adventure game based on a sci-fi thriller. The story tells the story of a young man who falls off a cliff while being chased to the top of a mountain by the army, but enters another part of the earth where alien creatures fall, who is good and who is evil.
Paper Bride
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Second-strongest match for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Detention
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Third-strongest match for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Silent Love
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Ranked #4 for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Luto
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Ranked #5 for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
School 666
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Ranked #6 for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
School 666 is a 1-4 Player Co-op Survival Horror. You must escape this endless nightmare. Try to identify the correct path and survive the anomalies in this endless school. Some extremely powerful anomalies will catch you to their dimensions. Explore the reason why you are here... and don't die.
Black Sheep
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Ranked #7 for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Ranked #8 for The Bad Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Bad Kids at current Steam store prices.
Mining Mechs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Bad Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Bad Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~59% under The Bad Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~59% under The Bad Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~59% under The Bad Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bad Kids.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~59% under The Bad Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
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 The Bad Kids.
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 The Bad Kids.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Bad Kids.
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 The Bad Kids.
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 The Bad Kids.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Aluba Van+, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cyber Manhunt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Another title from Aluba Van+, the studio behind The Bad Kids. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Another title from Aluba Van+, the studio behind The Bad Kids. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
全网公敌：诡村
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Bad Kids.
Another title from Aluba Van+, the studio behind The Bad Kids. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事，通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员，需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入，始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面，“祂”，似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村，有着千丝万缕的联系。
全网有点怪
WHY THIS
Another title from Aluba Van+, the studio behind The Bad Kids. Shares Indie with The Bad Kids.
You are Zhu Jue, an ordinary college student who loves browsing online. You just wanted to focus on your studies, until a fateful encounter with a mysterious girl trapped inside a computer disc. Thus begins a grand adventure in this seemingly virtual world...
Frequently asked about The Bad Kids
- Does The Bad Kids run on Steam Deck?
- The Bad Kids is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Bad Kids cost?
- The Bad Kids is listed on Steam at 1.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Bad Kids?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Bad Kids are 银魂：Silver Soul, Paper Bride, Detention.
- Who developed The Bad Kids?
- The Bad Kids was developed by Aluba Van+ and published by LightOn Game.
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