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Games like Happy Mask

If Happy Mask is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dissociative, INKURSION and Victim — 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 Happy Mask: This is what it feels like to be enslaved by your own mind. Toxic happiness and the brutal reality of a world that cannot be argued away. Step into the backward flipside of a perspective of being mocked and rediculed by blind observers that subscribe to the way of the mob.

2023IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDWindowsby James H. Van der Meulen
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Steam players who put hours into Happy Mask 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. Dissociative

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter this dark fantasy nightmare adventure game. Spanning a vast unpredictable mindscape of over 2000 unique areas. Answer perplexing questions, gain abilities, power ups and transfer between dark and light worlds in this seemingly endless dreamscape.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG6.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. INKURSION

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as a newly sentient octopus escaping your power-hungry creator. Swing, fight, and explore diverse game worlds across a fourth-wall-breaking adventure

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Victim

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Happy Mask fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Happy Mask.

    A game like none other.  Victim invites you into the world of The Ominous Oppression.  A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish.  A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation.   

    2022ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Transit

    WHY THIS

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

    Transit is a dark narrative adventure starring a sarcastic sock puppet in a world looping itself to death. Ride midnight trains through collapsing timelines, free traumatised souls, and search for your sister lost inside the loop.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. HOSPICE Vol. 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Hospice is a kinetic visual novel game about pure brother without his little sister, a men with no hope, a place with no home.

    2022IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Customer is Always Right!

    WHY THIS

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

    Go on adventures as you take on a modern world in an old-school style puzzle RPG about being a cashier! ... Or so it would seem!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Lakeview Cabin Collection

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Happy Mask fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Happy Mask.

    Delve into the diverse world of horror movies in this 2D action puzzler. Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!

    2015Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Total Party Kill

    WHY THIS

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

    Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Happy Mask at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Mask.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Mask.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Mask.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Happy Mask.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Happy Mask.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Mask.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Happy Mask.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Happy Mask on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Mask.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Happy Mask.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from James H. Van der Meulen

Other recommendable Steam games by James H. Van der Meulen, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Victim

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask. Shares Adventure with Happy Mask.

    A game like none other.  Victim invites you into the world of The Ominous Oppression.  A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish.  A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation.   

    2022ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. First Odium

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask. Shares RPG with Happy Mask.

    A psychological Turn Based Combat RPG Dungeon Crawling Horror

    2023RPGCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Brain

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask.

    Use perceptive skills and cognition to attempt to gather points, collect an accumulated a score and attempt to exit the stage without failing.

    2023Action3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Knowledge of Hermit

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask. Shares Adventure and RPG with Happy Mask.

    A puzzle solving, dungeon crawling, action adventure, role playing game.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. TVS Sample Box

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask. Shares Indie with Happy Mask.

    An evolving app with random surprising updates.

    2023IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Drone Break

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Mask.

    Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Dissociative

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Mask.

    Enter this dark fantasy nightmare adventure game. Spanning a vast unpredictable mindscape of over 2000 unique areas. Answer perplexing questions, gain abilities, power ups and transfer between dark and light worlds in this seemingly endless dreamscape.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG6.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Lober Lobe

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Happy Mask. Shares Indie with Happy Mask.

    Shoot psychic orbs, collect useful thoughts, upgrade your Probe with speed, maneuverability, satellites, resistance and suppress negative thoughts in this Brain centric, procedurally generated bullet hell shoot 'em up.

    2024ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Happy Mask

How much does Happy Mask cost?
Happy Mask is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Happy Mask?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Happy Mask are Dissociative, INKURSION, Victim.
Who developed Happy Mask?
Happy Mask was developed by James H. Van der Meulen and published by Trash Vomit Studios.

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 Happy Mask.

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