Games like Absurd Story: Back Home
If Absurd Story: Back Home is your kind of game, the closest matches are Edelweiss, Marisa's Inconceivable Journey and 魔女之塔 Witch's Tower — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Absurd Story: Back Home: A runaway wanderer, a frail Taoist priest, who want to return to their hometown at the end of the world. But when they step into the empty city, they are swept into the dead ruins…
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Edelweiss
WHY THIS
Top pick for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
"Edelweiss" is a Japanese-inspired horror RPG that follows the journey of Ayla and her friend lost in a dense forest with no cellphone signal. In search of assistance, Ayla with her friends found to an abandoned orphanage, setting the stage for a spine-chilling horror narrative.
Marisa's Inconceivable Journey
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Marisa was suddenly summoned to a different world! It seems this world was invaded by alien. But the truth isn't simple. Now Marisa is in total isolation. She must fight to survive. Can she expose the truth, save the world and Reimu, finally return to Gensokyo?
魔女之塔 Witch's Tower
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
An innovative Tower of the Sorcerer strategy game with unique gameplay mechanics.
Coralina: a Memory Tale
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Boy VS Genius 贫穷少年与校园名人的生死对决
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
主角高村进是一个出生平凡的普通少年，家人去世，又遭遇劫匪。生无可恋的他准备前往学校的天台跳楼，结束自己的人生。当他到达天台时，遇到了站在天台边缘同样想跳楼的少女……从此，他的人生彻底地改变了……
东方心之解束~Saving from the devil
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Absurd Story: Back Home.
来试试《心之解束》吧！这是一个以小恶魔和帕秋莉为主角，剧情丰富，玩法多样的“休闲类”东方同人RM游戏哦~在一次属于两人的异变中，她们的命运将会何去何从呢？ 玩家交流qq群：115601828
MY DESTINY GIRLS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Xiao Bao opened his eyes, he was surrounded by six women. He embarked on an immersive journey of love with them. Amongst them were a gaming enthusiast, a sultry dancer, a childhood crush, a sexy doctor, an innocent schoolgirl, and a wealthy businesswoman. Who would be his true love?
神树残响（Echoes of the Divine Tree）
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Absurd Story: Back Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
"Fight with faith!" This is a traditional-style yuri-themed card RPG. Build your deck, unearth relics, forge equipment, strive to become stronger, defeat various oddities, and change the fate of the divine tree's offspring, Hecate.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Absurd Story: Back Home at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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 ~72% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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 ~81% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Absurd Story: Back Home on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Absurd Story: Back Home.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
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 Absurd Story: Back Home.
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 Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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 Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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 and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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 Absurd Story: Back Home.
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 and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
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.
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Frequently asked about Absurd Story: Back Home
- How much does Absurd Story: Back Home cost?
- Absurd Story: Back Home is listed on Steam at 5.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Absurd Story: Back Home?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Absurd Story: Back Home are Edelweiss, Marisa's Inconceivable Journey, 魔女之塔 Witch's Tower.
- Who developed Absurd Story: Back Home?
- Absurd Story: Back Home was developed by HcAndersen.
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