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Games like ALYSSA

If ALYSSA is your kind of game, the closest matches are Horror School Story, Don't Be Afraid and SOMA — 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 ALYSSA: From the creator of Don't Be Afraid. You are a little girl who must escape a nightmarish mansion full of twisted residents, disturbing secrets, and something that shouldn’t be alive.

2026IndieAdventureWindowsby Broken Arrow Games
ALYSSA — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into ALYSSA 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. Horror School Story

    WHY THIS

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

    Immerse yourself in the foreboding atmosphere of Enspire School of Digital Art, brought to life with realistic graphics. Solve intricate puzzles and face psychological challenges to progress through the nightmarish school environment. FACE YOUR FEAR and ESCAPE THE NIGHT.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Don't Be Afraid

    WHY THIS

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

    Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. SOMA

    WHY THIS

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

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

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

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Don't Be Afraid 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Backrooms Project

    WHY THIS

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

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Quod: Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    "Quod" unfolds in a 1930s Texas prison. The main character must escape and uncover the truth. Brace yourself for eerie occurrences and solve intricate puzzles to unveil the terrifying secrets of this place.

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. File Destined

    WHY THIS

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

    Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 ALYSSA.

    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 Adventure with ALYSSA.

    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 Indie with ALYSSA.

    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 ALYSSA.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ALYSSA

What games are most similar to ALYSSA?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ALYSSA are Horror School Story, Don't Be Afraid, SOMA.
Who developed ALYSSA?
ALYSSA was developed by Broken Arrow 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 ALYSSA.

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