Games like Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face
If Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face is your kind of game, the closest matches are RERODENT, SPIRITGRAPHER: THE ASYLUM 99 and Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotional weight outweighs gameplay, 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 →Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face, developed by 2OO2 and VN and published by 2OO2 in 2024, is a short psychological horror experience. Players follow Ron, an abused child, as he confronts a fictional character named Mr. Red Face in a nightmare world, with exploration, environmental storytelling, and narrative fragmentation turning ordinary domestic spaces into oppressive ones. The indie and adventure title is rated Playable on Steam Deck and priced at 1.99 USD. It holds a 95% positive rating across 1,409 Steam reviews. The game uses a PS2-era lo-fi aesthetic, and its short runtime concentrates the impact. Reviewers describe it as a deeply human story about trauma. It is single-player and built around point-and-click exploration.
About Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face: Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..
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RERODENT
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Top pick for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
RERODENT is a first-person psychological horror and puzzle game about rats and cultists. You play as Jimmy Rodentim, and one day you get a call from your Uncle Vic, who asks you to clean up his house for 100 bucks. Little did you know that a simple task will get you killed.
SPIRITGRAPHER: THE ASYLUM 99
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
This first-person horror detective. You are a spiritgrapher, your camera can see what is beyond the reach of the human eye. Head to an abandoned hospital and shoot a report about supernatural events.
Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
[ANOMALY TAPES]: Beyond Reality
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Ranked #4 for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Uncover the truth in '[ANOMALY TAPES]: Beyond Reality'. Navigate through haunting levels, survive deadly anomalies with unique mechanics, and piece together a chilling mystery hidden within the tapes. Dare to uncover the secrets?
Tear Factory
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Ranked #5 for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Ghostprint
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Ranked #6 for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.
The Meaning
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Ranked #7 for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.
Family Manners
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Ranked #8 for Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Light caresses every corner of the home, and the clock marks the first heartbeats of the morning. It’s just another typical day in the wonderful life of the Evans family… right?
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~50% under Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~50% under Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~50% under Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~50% under Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~50% under Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face.
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 Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face
- Does Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face run on Steam Deck?
- Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face 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 Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face cost?
- Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face are RERODENT, SPIRITGRAPHER: THE ASYLUM 99, Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda.
- Who developed Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face?
- Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face was developed by 2OO2, VN and published by 2OO2.
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