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Games like Paresis®

If Paresis® is your kind of game, the closest matches are No Man Can Deny, Five Nights at Freddy's and IMSCARED — 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 Paresis®: You are paralyzed in a house alone. Lean to find the morphs and use your flame energy to scare them off before they rip you apart. Survive 5 minutes to complete each Phase and burn down the house for good.

2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDWindowsby HEAD GMZ
Paresis® — Steam game cover

Players who liked Paresis® also play

Steam players who put hours into Paresis® 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. No Man Can Deny

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Paresis®.

    Isolated on the open sea, equipped with a rusty lantern and a tape recorder. Endure the pain or drown like the rest in this short resource-management horror game.

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Five Nights at Freddy's

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Paresis®.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

    2014IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. IMSCARED

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Paresis®.

    "I need a Heart in order to open it"

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Five Nights at Freddy's 4

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Paresis®.

    In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Emily Wants To Play

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Paresis®.

    It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. F.E.A.R.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Paresis®.

    Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

    2010Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Agonize

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Paresis®.

    Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Sophie's Curse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Paresis® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Paresis®.

    You got a job, which is to take care of an old man during the night in a recently purchased house; this house does not have electricity and you have to rely on some kind of hand crank generators to light the place up, but there is something in the darkness draining their power, don’t let it happen!

    2016IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Paresis®.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Paresis®.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Paresis®.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Action with Paresis®.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Action with Paresis®.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paresis®.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Action with Paresis®.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Paresis® on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Paresis®.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Paresis®.

    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 Action with Paresis®.

    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 Action and Indie with Paresis®.

    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 Paresis®.

    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 with Paresis®.

    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 Action and Indie with Paresis®.

    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. Shares Action with Paresis®.

    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 Paresis®.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Five Nights at Freddy's

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Paresis®.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

    2014IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Five Nights at Freddy's 4

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Paresis®.

    In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Emily Wants To Play

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Paresis®.

    It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Paresis®

How much does Paresis® cost?
Paresis® is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Paresis®?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paresis® are No Man Can Deny, Five Nights at Freddy's, IMSCARED.
Who developed Paresis®?
Paresis® was developed by HEAD GMZ.

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 Paresis®.

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