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Games like Karakuru

If Karakuru is your kind of game, the closest matches are Manipulate: Sacrifice, Don't Turn Back and Luto — 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 Karakuru: Algı sınırlarını zorlayan bu yapımda gerçekliğin bizzat kendisi ol ve hayale karışmanı izle. Gerçeklikle düşün, yaşamla ölümün ayırt edilemediği bu yapımda Barlas, gelecekte yaşarken geçmişini yeniden yaratmak zorundadır. Peki ya, geçmiş geleceğin ta kendisiyse?

2023ActionIndieAdventureEarly Access0.99 USDWindowsby MERGEN GAMES
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Players who liked Karakuru also play

Steam players who put hours into Karakuru 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. Manipulate: Sacrifice

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.

    Are you ready for a fearful journey beyond your perceptions?

    2020IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Don't Turn Back

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Karakuru.

    Don't Turn Back is a first-person, single-player psychological horror game. You play Bethany, A young woman who has just inherited her grandfather's mansion. Get immersed in the deeply emotional story of Bethany's family, and experience everything there is inside this home...good and evil.

    2025IndieEarly Access10.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Luto

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Lighthouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.

    The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.

    2019IndieAdventureEarly Access24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Lightkeeper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.

    Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

    2025IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Football Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Karakuru.

    You are Tommy, a local high school football hero in the town of East Bend. It’s game night for the Purchase County Turbines and your sweetheart is waiting in the bleachers. Join Tommy for a night you won’t forget...

    2018Adventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Martha Is Dead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.

    Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

    2022IndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. BURIED STARS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Karakuru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Karakuru.

    A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

    2021AdventureCasual39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Karakuru.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Action with Karakuru.

    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:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Karakuru.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Karakuru.

    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!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Karakuru.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Karakuru.

    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?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Karakuru.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Karakuru on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Karakuru.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 Karakuru.

    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 and Adventure with Karakuru.

    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 Karakuru.

    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 and Adventure with Karakuru.

    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 Karakuru.

    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 Karakuru.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Karakuru.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Karakuru.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Karakuru

How much does Karakuru cost?
Karakuru is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Karakuru?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Karakuru are Manipulate: Sacrifice, Don't Turn Back, Luto.
Who developed Karakuru?
Karakuru was developed by MERGEN GAMES.

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 Karakuru.

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