Games like SLACKJAW
If SLACKJAW is your kind of game, the closest matches are Terror Brain: Night Out, Tales Beyond The Tomb - Route 86 and Bughouse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its feels disturbingly real, anxious 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 SLACKJAW: As the latest prey of a deranged serial killer, you must use your wits and resources to survive in this atmospheric first-person escape room-style horror game. Explore, uncover secrets, and plan your escape... but be quiet, or you'll be his next victim. Inspired by true events.
Players who liked SLACKJAW also play
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Terror Brain: Night Out
WHY THIS
Top pick for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
Terror Brain: Night Out is a Single-Player First-Person Action-Adventure Psychological Horror PC Game where you take on the role of university student Sarah Mitchell while she is trying to understand what happened to her after everything went dark during a night out at the local bar.
Tales Beyond The Tomb - Route 86
WHY THIS
Shares hidden collectibles and atmospheric with SLACKJAW.
Second-strongest match for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
A psychological horror anthology inspired by real-life cases. In Route 86, a group of friends ends up in a remote nightmare. Explore, hide, and survive in this first-person experience with multiple playable characters and rising tension.
Bughouse
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
Scholar's Mate
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
Scholar's Mate is an immersive first-person horror Escape Room experience that puts you in the shoes of Judith, a young woman who wakes up in the gloomy facilities of a psychiatric hospital.
Hollow Cocoon
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with SLACKJAW.
Ranked #5 for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with SLACKJAW.
Ranked #6 for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
How far would you go if your daughter didn’t come home? Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is a first-person psychological horror. This story-driven game offers enhanced features, an improved story, and additional content. Enter the woods if you dare and begin a search you’ll never forget.
Psych
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with SLACKJAW.
Ranked #7 for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
WHY THIS
Shares hidden collectibles, puzzle solving, atmospheric and an anxious mood with SLACKJAW.
Ranked #8 for SLACKJAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below SLACKJAW at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
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 ~57% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with SLACKJAW.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
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 ~72% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
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 ~79% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
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 ~86% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with SLACKJAW.
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 ~57% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SLACKJAW.
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 ~43% under SLACKJAW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLACKJAW.
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 with SLACKJAW.
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 SLACKJAW.
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 SLACKJAW.
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 SLACKJAW.
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 Simulation with SLACKJAW.
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 SLACKJAW.
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 SLACKJAW.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about SLACKJAW
- Does SLACKJAW work on Steam Deck?
- SLACKJAW is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does SLACKJAW cost?
- SLACKJAW is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to SLACKJAW?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SLACKJAW are Terror Brain: Night Out, Tales Beyond The Tomb - Route 86, Bughouse.
- Who developed SLACKJAW?
- SLACKJAW was developed by Nostromo Interactive.
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 SLACKJAW.
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