Games like Flashback
If Flashback is your kind of game, the closest matches are From Beyond, In The Well and 轮回之理-MOBIUS THEORY — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Flashback: Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.
Players who liked Flashback also play
Steam players who put hours into Flashback 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.
From Beyond
WHY THIS
Top pick for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Flashback.
From Beyond is a game about a man being transported into a different world after being stabbed. Will he find happiness and hope in a world filled with despair? Will he piece the puzzle pieces together and uncover the mystery of his newfound colorblindness? That's up to you... Or is it?
In The Well
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
Escape the well and find out who you really are... Lost in the snowy lands, find the answers to your questions
轮回之理-MOBIUS THEORY
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
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BURN
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Chronotopia: Second Skin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Flashback.
Ranked #5 for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
Chronotopia: Second Skin is a unique rewriting of the Donkeyskin fairytale, a darker variation of Cinderella. Follow Kionna into a painful but ultimately rewarding search for her true self.
Carmilla : Crimson Moon
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Flashback.
A dark yuri horror visual novel inspired by a classic gothic novella. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
Sunset Routes
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Flashback.
Ranked #7 for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Flashback.
Sunset Routes is an easy and intriguing roguelite game. You can choose your crew, put them in the cabins, select your destination, and set sail. Through a series of choices, you can earn profits during the emergency period of the New World and even decide its fate—unintentionally or on purpose.
Argumentum ad culpam
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Flashback.
Ranked #8 for Flashback fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Argumentum ad culpam is a gothic visual novel about the world of eternal agony. A capricious dance of principles and death. Take part in twisted battles of wits, where morality is only a tool for survival, and decide what future that world will have.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Flashback at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Flashback on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Flashback.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Flashback on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
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 ~51% under Flashback on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
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 ~51% under Flashback on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Flashback.
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 ~51% under Flashback on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Flashback.
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 and Casual with Flashback.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Flashback.
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 and Casual with Flashback.
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 with Flashback.
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 Flashback.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Renka
Other recommendable Steam games by Renka, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sunset Routes
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Flashback.
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Strategy and Indie with Flashback.
Sunset Routes is an easy and intriguing roguelite game. You can choose your crew, put them in the cabins, select your destination, and set sail. Through a series of choices, you can earn profits during the emergency period of the New World and even decide its fate—unintentionally or on purpose.
White Night Dream
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Flashback.
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Indie with Flashback.
White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Flashback.
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.
Mareld
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Flashback.
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Mareld is a card-driven Roguelike role-playing game where you play as a traveler lost in the Lost Forest. You will recruit companions, collect resources, craft items, explore the world, defeat enemies, find your way back home, or uncover the secrets of this extraordinary world.
Mercury Elopement Syndrome
WHY THIS
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.
Sun Halo
WHY THIS
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.
Balorizon
WHY THIS
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Tianping Line is a strategy RPG that blends event choices, character recruitment and growth, and auto-battles. Rule a fledgling nation, make decisions in domestic affairs and diplomacy, recruit unique characters, build your forces, expand your power, face crises, and shape the nation’s fate.
Afternoon Frontline
WHY THIS
Another title from Renka, the studio behind Flashback. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Afternoon Frontline is a free tower defense game with light roguelite elements. Make random choices, strengthen your characters, refine your team, and put together builds suited to each situation as you hold the line against incoming waves.
Frequently asked about Flashback
- How much does Flashback cost?
- Flashback is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Flashback?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Flashback are From Beyond, In The Well, 轮回之理-MOBIUS THEORY.
- Who developed Flashback?
- Flashback was developed by Renka.
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