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Games like Horror School Story

If Horror School Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are What Happened to Lily?, The Maid and Ethel — 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 Horror School Story: Immerse yourself in the foreboding atmosphere of Enspire School of Digital Art, brought to life with realistic graphics. Solve intricate puzzles and face psychological challenges to progress through the nightmarish school environment. FACE YOUR FEAR and ESCAPE THE NIGHT.

2024IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDWindowsby nomnomstudio
Horror School Story — Steam game cover

Players who liked Horror School Story also play

Steam players who put hours into Horror School Story 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. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Horror School Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Maid

    WHY THIS

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

    The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Ethel

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Horror School Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. RATSHAKER™

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Horror School Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    RATSHAKER™ is the fun and quirky solution to all your rat problems! Hold on to the RAT, shake your arm, and watch life’s problems disappear! How far can you go?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Horror School Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2017IndieAdventureFree To Play9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Abandoned Souls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Horror School Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Discolored

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Horror School Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Lazaret

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Horror School Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.

    2024IndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Horror School Story at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Horror School Story.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Horror School Story.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Horror School Story.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Horror School Story.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror School Story.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Horror School Story.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Horror School Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Horror School Story.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Horror School Story.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Horror School Story.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Horror School Story.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Horror School Story.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Horror School Story.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Horror School Story.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Horror School Story

How much does Horror School Story cost?
Horror School Story is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Horror School Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Horror School Story are What Happened to Lily?, The Maid, Ethel.
Who developed Horror School Story?
Horror School Story was developed by nomnomstudio.

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 Horror School Story.

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