Games like Scholar's Mate
If Scholar's Mate is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Transference, CLeM and SLACKJAW — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Scholar's Mate: Scholar's Mate is an immersive first-person horror Escape Room experience that puts you in the shoes of Judith, a young woman who wakes up in the gloomy facilities of a psychiatric hospital.
Players who liked Scholar's Mate also play
Steam players who put hours into Scholar's Mate 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.
The Transference
WHY THIS
Top pick for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Escape from your own house, in which you have been locked up. But be careful, you will not be alone in your captivity. Immerse yourself in this first-person horror adventure, full of family secrets and betrayals. And find out who and why they locked you up.
CLeM
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
SLACKJAW
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
As the latest prey of a deranged serial killer, you must use your wits and resources to survive in this atmospheric first-person escape room-style horror game. Explore, uncover secrets, and plan your escape... but be quiet, or you'll be his next victim. Inspired by true events.
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Decay: The Mare
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Platform 8
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
The Tartarus Key
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
Perception
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Ranked #8 for Scholar's Mate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scholar's Mate at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Scholar's Mate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
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.
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 Scholar's Mate.
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 Scholar's Mate.
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 Scholar's Mate.
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 Scholar's Mate.
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 Scholar's Mate.
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 Scholar's Mate.
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 Scholar's Mate.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from JanduSoft
Other recommendable Steam games by JanduSoft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Farlands
WHY THIS
Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Evil Inside
WHY THIS
Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Caveman Warriors
WHY THIS
Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Jump back in time and free your inner caveman. Smash heads in this local cooperative platformer game. Play solo or team up with up to 4 players. Inspired by games like New Super Mario, Joe & Mac, Metal Slug and Trine.
Indiecalypse
WHY THIS
Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Experience the REAL LIFE OF AN INDIE GAME DEVELOPER through one of the 3 characters of the game. An artist, a programmer or a Musician. Discover how each of the characters' personalities degenerates THROUGH DARK HUMOR MINI-GAMES. Because making videogames is not easy.
Mystic Fate
WHY THIS
Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Help young Aris to solve the mystery of the fall of Asfand and It’s guild of alchemists, avenge the death of her brother, discover the limits of her powers all of that and more inside a 3D voxel action adventure game where you control weapons made of metal.
Evil Inside - Prologue
WHY THIS
Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Scholar's Mate - First Move
WHY THIS
Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Scholar's Mate First Move is a first-person horror experience in a psychiatric hospital. Use your wits to escape from this sinister place.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
CLeM
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Platform 8
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Frequently asked about Scholar's Mate
- Is Scholar's Mate verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Scholar's Mate is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Scholar's Mate cost?
- Scholar's Mate is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scholar's Mate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scholar's Mate are The Transference, CLeM, SLACKJAW.
- Who developed Scholar's Mate?
- Scholar's Mate was developed by JanduSoft.
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