Games like Penrose
If Penrose is your kind of game, the closest matches are Siren's Call: Escape Velocity, Indecision. and Robotherapy — 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 Penrose: Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
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Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
WHY THIS
Top pick for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Indecision.
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Penrose.
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Robotherapy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
An emotional dark comedy about robots doing therapy. In Robotherapy, you're a robot therapist in a dystopian society that killed all the humans, but is still not happy. Treat patients, meet weird robots and enter their minds. If killing all humans doesn't bring happiness, then what does?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
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.
Loretta
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
BURIED STARS
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Penrose.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Monsters of Little Haven
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Stiff Neck
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Penrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Penrose at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
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 Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
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 Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
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 Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Penrose.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Penrose.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Penrose.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Penrose.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Penrose on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penrose.
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 and Casual with Penrose.
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 Penrose.
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 Penrose.
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 Penrose.
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 Penrose.
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 Penrose.
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 Penrose
- How much does Penrose cost?
- Penrose is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Penrose?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Penrose are Siren's Call: Escape Velocity, Indecision., Robotherapy.
- Who developed Penrose?
- Penrose was developed by doublespeak 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 Penrose.
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