Games like Scholar's Mate - First Move
If Scholar's Mate - First Move is your kind of game, the closest matches are Room 817: Director's Cut, Wretch and Manipulate: Sacrifice — 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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Room 817: Director's Cut
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Top pick for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life. Hide, solve puzzles, explore, and embrace the inevitable terror. The Ancient horror lurks, awaiting you. Based on true events.
Wretch
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Second-strongest match for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
Find the violent stalker hiding inside an abandoned school. Piece together broken lore and solve a long lost mystery. What happened here and who's to blame?
Manipulate: Sacrifice
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Third-strongest match for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
Are you ready for a fearful journey beyond your perceptions?
Paradise's Secrets
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Ranked #4 for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
After accepting the invitation from the Paradise company following the events we've experienced, nothing on our journey may turn out as we expect. You must be very careful to uncover all the mystery and reveal the truth. Learn everything and expose the true face of the Paradise company.
HERADÔNIA Director's cut
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Ranked #5 for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
REPENTANCE IS THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME THE EVILS OF YOUR CORRUPT HEART, THOSE YOU TRIED TO BURY.
Fragmented Memories - Arc One
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Ranked #6 for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
Deepscape Inc
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Ranked #7 for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
A 2 to 4 player co-op horror game. You wake up marked with an ID number you can't see on your own back. Only your fellow inmates can read it. Find each other, share your numbers, reach your validation rooms, and get out before whatever roams the halls finds you first.
MeiQi 2023
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Ranked #8 for Scholar's Mate - First Move fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.
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Other recommendable Steam games by JanduSoft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Farlands
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Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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
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Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate - First Move. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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
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Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate - First Move. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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
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Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate - First Move. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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
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Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate - First Move. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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
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Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate - First Move. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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
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Another title from JanduSoft, the studio behind Scholar's Mate - First Move. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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.
Frequently asked about Scholar's Mate - First Move
- Does Scholar's Mate - First Move run on Steam Deck?
- Scholar's Mate - First Move is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Scholar's Mate - First Move free to play?
- Yes — Scholar's Mate - First Move is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Scholar's Mate - First Move?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scholar's Mate - First Move are Room 817: Director's Cut, Wretch, Manipulate: Sacrifice.
- Who developed Scholar's Mate - First Move?
- Scholar's Mate - First Move was developed by JanduSoft.
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