Games like Joyville
If Joyville is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lyrvane Park, Poppy Playtime and The Occultist — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric horror music, creepy mascot monster designs and atmospheric. 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 Joyville: Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.
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Steam players who put hours into Joyville 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.
Lyrvane Park
WHY THIS
Top pick for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
Lyrvane Park is a first-person meta-horror puzzle adventure. Use the "Radar of Emotions" to harvest children's emotions, power up the train, and unlock the path forward. Beyond the "Staff Only" signs, the park’s darkest secrets await.
Poppy Playtime
WHY THIS
Shares chase sequences, puzzle solving and an unsettling mood with Joyville.
Second-strongest match for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
The Occultist
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Joyville.
Third-strongest match for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Joyville.
Ranked #4 for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
Nightmare Horror Story an adventure game from the first face in a horror genre provides you to take a trip in a huge and dark city full of dummies. You would have a possibility to figure out in a weird atmosphere when alive people are missed and everything that had remained is the dummies.
Red Valley
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
"Red Valley" is a silent hill-inspired short game with 80s trash horror elements.
The Alien Cube
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Joyville.
Ranked #6 for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyville.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Dread X Collection 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Joyville.
Ranked #7 for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Left Alone
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Joyville.
Ranked #8 for Joyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Joyville at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyville.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyville.
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 ~80% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Joyville.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Action with Joyville.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Joyville.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Action with Joyville.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Joyville on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyville.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 with Joyville.
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 Action and Adventure with Joyville.
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. Shares Action and Indie with Joyville.
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 Indie and Adventure with Joyville.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Joyville.
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 Joyville.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyville.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Joyville
- Does Joyville run on Steam Deck?
- Joyville is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Joyville cost?
- Joyville is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Joyville?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Joyville are Lyrvane Park, Poppy Playtime, The Occultist.
- Who developed Joyville?
- Joyville was developed by KudPlay 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 Joyville.
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