Games like Surreal House
If Surreal House is your kind of game, the closest matches are Magnus Positive Phototaxis, For the Fish in the Bottle and HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its eerie atmosphere lingers, embedded hints reward observation 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 Surreal House: Surreal House is a point-and-click puzzle game inspired by escape rooms. Use items, open locks, and solve puzzles in the different rooms of varying themes. Enter the house if you dare.
Players who liked Surreal House also play
Steam players who put hours into Surreal House 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.
Magnus Positive Phototaxis
WHY THIS
Top pick for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Magnus Positive Phototaxis is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.
For the Fish in the Bottle
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
In the vast desert, you discover a tiny fish sealed inside a small bottle. It seems to want something. Solve the puzzles to collect the items the fish desires.
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.
Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Surreal House.
Ranked #4 for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Unravel the mystery of a cryptic box in this 2-player co-op puzzle game. Join forces as two detectives, solve cooperative puzzles, communicate effectively, crack the codes and outsmart the killer.
100 hidden eternals
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object search, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Ranked #5 for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Hidden object game in a surreal style. Black and white hand-drawn style. Animated puzzles. Mind blown.
How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving, puzzle solving, indie and an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Ranked #6 for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Team up with a friend to reach a lost submarine and prevent the outbreak of war. Work together on two devices to solve increasingly challenging puzzles, where each of you has your own unique role to play. 2 players: 1 buys the game, the other uses the free Companion App
Botanicula
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Ranked #7 for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Samorost 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Ranked #8 for Surreal House fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
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Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Reviewers of Surreal House cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Submachine: Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Reviewers of Surreal House cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
Escape Room
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Surreal House cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Surreal House.
Look for hints and disable the bomb. Now!! Your time is running short.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Surreal House at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
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 ~63% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surreal House.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
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 ~81% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
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 ~88% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Surreal House.
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 ~63% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surreal House.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Surreal House on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 Surreal House.
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 Surreal House.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Surreal House.
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 Surreal House.
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 Surreal House.
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 Surreal House.
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 Surreal House.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.
How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving, puzzle solving, indie and an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Team up with a friend to reach a lost submarine and prevent the outbreak of war. Work together on two devices to solve increasingly challenging puzzles, where each of you has your own unique role to play. 2 players: 1 buys the game, the other uses the free Companion App
Botanicula
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Samorost 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Surreal House.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surreal House.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
Frequently asked about Surreal House
- How much does Surreal House cost?
- Surreal House is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Surreal House?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Surreal House are Magnus Positive Phototaxis, For the Fish in the Bottle, HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE.
- Who developed Surreal House?
- Surreal House was developed by lukepagca.
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