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Games like The Joker's Game

If The Joker's Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are 导演,请多多指教, The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth and 晨昏线 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, dark and funny. 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 The Joker's Game: "The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes. Outwit rivals, uncover truths, or perish? Every move decides survival... or the deadly prize.

2025StrategyAdventureSimulationRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby All In Game Co., Limited
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Players who liked The Joker's Game also play

Steam players who put hours into The Joker's Game 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. 导演,请多多指教

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and dialogue choices with The Joker's Game.

    Top pick for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    《导演,请多多指教》是steam全球首部导演模拟器,而你则将化身导演,经历从选角到发掘演员的内心的一系列内容,为拍摄出一部完美的作品而殚精竭虑。6位性格各异的女性,将会给你的电影生涯带来怎样的变化?导演,请来多多指教吧。《导演,请多多指教》是steam全球首部导演模拟器,而你则将化身导演,经历从选角到发掘演员的内心的一系列内容,为拍摄出一部完美的作品而殚精竭虑。6位性格各异的女性,将会给你的电影生涯带来怎样的变化?导演,请来多多指教吧。

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices and a funny mood with The Joker's Game.

    Second-strongest match for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. 晨昏线

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices and a tense mood with The Joker's Game.

    Third-strongest match for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    《DayBreak》 is an anti-narcotics-themed interactive video work, adapted from real volumes, with a unique two-line narrative system that brings a differentiated interactive experience.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Back:Fade

    WHY THIS

    Shares hidden collectibles, multiple endings and an unsettling mood with The Joker's Game.

    Ranked #4 for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cellveillance

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices, fmv and a tense mood with The Joker's Game.

    Ranked #5 for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    "Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.

    2025AdventureSimulationRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 我只是想让她们都幸福

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and dialogue choices with The Joker's Game.

    Ranked #6 for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    You are a playboy, fearless of bloody endings, whom even Casanova would envy: Once you get killed, time rewinds. Death may never defeat you, yet... fate prevails.

    2025AdventureSimulationRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Roommates, Romance, and Ringing Hearts

    WHY THIS

    Shares mini games, dialogue choices and a funny mood with The Joker's Game.

    Ranked #7 for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    Co-produced by TV Asahi and Aiming, this “drama-level” live-action romance game lets you experience a year of love, laughter, and longing. Decode the subtle signals of affection and create your own unforgettable love story.

    2026ActionAdventureSimulation10.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Misty Judgment

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices and an unsettling mood with The Joker's Game.

    Ranked #8 for The Joker's Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure5.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Joker's Game

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Squad Game

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Joker's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    Squad Game is a unique game that combines side-scrolling adventure with quarter-view turn-based strategic battles.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with The Joker's Game.

    Reviewers of The Joker's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    All Curtis wants is to live a normal, happy life, but something seems to have other plans...

    2016Adventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Phantasmagoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with The Joker's Game.

    Reviewers of The Joker's Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.

    2016Adventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Joker's Game at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Joker's Game.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Joker's Game.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Joker's Game.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Joker's Game.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Joker's Game on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 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.

    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 The Joker's Game.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Joker's Game.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Joker's Game.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Joker's Game.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Joker's Game

Does The Joker's Game run on Steam Deck?
The Joker's Game is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Joker's Game cost?
The Joker's Game is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Joker's Game?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Joker's Game are 导演,请多多指教, The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth, 晨昏线.
Who developed The Joker's Game?
The Joker's Game was developed by All In Game Co., Limited.

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 The Joker's Game.

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