Games like Amanda the Adventurer
If Amanda the Adventurer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Amanda the Adventurer 2, Amanda the Adventurer 3 and SUBJECT 404 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive secret hunting, nostalgic yet creepy tone and puzzles require deep exploration. 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 →Amanda the Adventurer is a 2023 indie horror puzzle game developed by MANGLEDmaw Games and published by DreadXP. Set in a 1990s aesthetic environment, the game challenges players with environmental puzzle-solving, hidden secret unlocking, and lore collection across multiple episodes. Players navigate the experience solo, with gameplay centered around VHS tape lore that reveals increasingly disturbing hidden narratives. Reviewers note the nostalgic yet creepy tone created by the period-appropriate presentation, and players describe the atmosphere as lingering unsettlingly after each session. The challenging difficulty and medium-length campaign reward deep exploration, with multiple endings determined by secrets discovered throughout the adventure. The game holds a 95% positive rating from over 4,000 Steam reviews and runs at a playable level on Steam Deck.
About Amanda the Adventurer: Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
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Amanda the Adventurer 2
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Shares lore collection, environmental puzzle solving and an unsettling mood with Amanda the Adventurer.
Top pick for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.
Amanda the Adventurer 3
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Shares lore collection and an unsettling mood with Amanda the Adventurer.
Second-strongest match for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
In the thrilling conclusion of the Amanda the Adventurer trilogy, follow Riley as they uncover the ultimate secrets behind Amanda, Hameln, and mysteries that have plagued Kensdale for decades.
SUBJECT 404
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Third-strongest match for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
A PSX-style psychological horror game where rapid-fire microgames become a system of obedience. Read the Panel’s commands, react before time runs out, and survive each room — or face the Executioner.
Zly.ii: The Hacked Station
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Ranked #4 for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Zly.ii The Hacked Station is a first-person sci-fi adventure game made for the 10th anniversary of the Black Cube series (ASA, Myha...). Visit an abandoned space station, and try to get a Black Cube while searching for your lost friend...
Pyramid Curse
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Ranked #5 for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Research materials about the explorers of the mysterious underground pyramid. An analog horror game about found footage tapes.
Backrooms: The Labyrinth
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Ranked #6 for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Explore non-linear paths and evade lurking monsters as you uncover the mysteries of this eerie maze. Beware of the sinister entities that inhabit the shadows, ready to drag you deeper into the unknown.
BANNED TAPES
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Ranked #7 for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
Corpo Connections
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Ranked #8 for Amanda the Adventurer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Amanda the Adventurer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~44% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
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
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Priced ~44% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~44% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
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
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Priced ~44% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~89% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
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
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Priced ~67% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~44% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~44% under Amanda the Adventurer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
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
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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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Amanda the Adventurer.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Amanda the Adventurer
- Does Amanda the Adventurer run on Steam Deck?
- Amanda the Adventurer 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 Amanda the Adventurer cost?
- Amanda the Adventurer is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Amanda the Adventurer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Amanda the Adventurer are Amanda the Adventurer 2, Amanda the Adventurer 3, SUBJECT 404.
- Who developed Amanda the Adventurer?
- Amanda the Adventurer was developed by MANGLEDmaw Games and published by DreadXP.
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