Games like The Children's Friend
If The Children's Friend is your kind of game, the closest matches are SHUT IN, POSTAL and Mindlock - The Apartment — 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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SHUT IN
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
POSTAL
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
Mindlock - The Apartment
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
Bed Lying Simulator 2020
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Simulator of lying on a bed. Or lying to a bed. Or maybe the bed is lying. Is your bed lying to you?
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy is a half-hour visual novel partly based on a true story, written by a writer with a background in psychology. It is a psychological horror story with an urban legend theme.
Chair F*cking Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Use our innovative patented funky fresh ChairF*cker simulation tech to meet the chair of your wildest dreams.
The Baby In Yellow
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Children's Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Children's Friend at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Children's Friend on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Children's Friend on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Children's Friend on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
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.
Landlord of the Woods
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Children's Friend on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Children's Friend on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
LoveChoice
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Children's Friend on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
The Vagrant
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under The Children's Friend on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?
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.
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 Children's Friend.
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.
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 Adventure with The Children's Friend.
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.
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 Adventure with The Children's Friend.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from 727 Not Hound
Other recommendable Steam games by 727 Not Hound, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Draconic Route
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend.
In the 1980s arcade game taste, stoic and polished tactics.
Playable Mockup
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend.
Explore an infinite loop corridor and get to 0 PM to 0 AM by building a "Time manipulation deck". You will be challenged with a life threatening test. Wander the “Dead Soul Corridor” created from a ghost photo. Find a way to get to the soul of the dead.
国際指定怪異123号 廃村
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend.
毎年出現する「廃村」と呼ばれる奇妙な無人村には、必ず１人の少女が生贄として幽閉される… 廃村に突入する３人の特殊部隊と、監禁された１人の少女を操作し、脱出を目指します。
Photogenic Minds : Identity
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend.
"デッキ構築型３D探索サイコホラー"。 PM0:00からAM0:00までの12時間を支配し、無限ループを抜けて死者の魂を捕獲して下さい。 使えるのはたった1つのカメラだけ。
Doll's Liminal
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend.
Avoid or defeat dolls that move when you're not looking, take their bodies, and make your way to the 399th dimension. This is a short horror game of fear and strategy, an exploration survival horror.
In the footage
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend. Shares Adventure with The Children's Friend.
"In the footage" is a horror exploration game.[/h2]You awaken in an empty room with nothing to do but play a videotape lying on the floor and contemplate the meaning of the footage. That's all you can do at this point.
国際指定怪異124号 東京廃村
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend.
特殊部隊全滅ホラー／４人ザッピング操作アクション。全てがリアルタイムに進行する中で、極限のストレスが狂乱のアドレナリンに進化するまで戦いましょう。心折れるまで挑む、１ラウンドが短くリプレイ性の高いハードコアなゲーム性をお楽しみ下さい。
Days Like A Nightmare
WHY THIS
Another title from 727 Not Hound, the studio behind The Children's Friend.
Who is infected with the parasite 'Rubyuk'? Place sensors, observe the readings, and build your deductions. Then confront the nightmare – mostly in a physical manner. This is a short, scary game that combines reasoning with mini-action.
Frequently asked about The Children's Friend
- How much does The Children's Friend cost?
- The Children's Friend is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Children's Friend?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Children's Friend are SHUT IN, POSTAL, Mindlock - The Apartment.
- Who developed The Children's Friend?
- The Children's Friend was developed by 727 Not Hound.
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