Rank 01- $1.49 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2024
Games like Ells Tales: Chairbound
- 8 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Ells Tales: Chairbound also play
The closest matches to Ells Tales: Chairbound: Ells Tales: Egg, White Knuckle, Dead Take, Fear The Timeloop, and Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares physics based movement and permadeath with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- $16.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
Why this: Shares stealth avoidance and time pressure with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
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Visage
Why this: Also Surreal and Survival Horror, like Ells Tales: Chairbound.
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Outlast
Why this: Same stressful mood as Ells Tales: Chairbound.
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Huntsman
Why this: Shares stealth avoidance and permadeath with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Ells Tales: Chairbound
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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- 2White Knuckle
Shares physics based movement and permadeath with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 98% of 6,859 reviews
- 3Dead Take
Shares environmental puzzle solving and hidden collectibles with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 89% of 556 reviews
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- 5Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
Shares stealth avoidance and time pressure with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 87% of 83 reviews
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- 11Rainbow Gate
Shares stealth avoidance and checkpoint system with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 65% of 51 reviews
- 12Obey the Voice™
Shares time pressure and checkpoint system with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 89% of 326 reviews
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- 15Rewind Or Die
Shares checkpoint system and environmental puzzle solving with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 94% of 308 reviews
- 16Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Shares procedural generation with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 94% of 577 reviews
- 17Idols of Ash
Shares permadeath and precision platforming with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 98% of 1,017 reviews
- 18Slender: The Arrival
Shares environmental puzzle solving with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 87% of 3,482 reviews
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- 20Moving Houses
Shares physics based movement and environmental puzzle solving with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 73% of 206 reviews
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- 22Little Nightmares
Shares stealth avoidance and environmental puzzle solving with Ells Tales: Chairbound.
- 95% of 18,797 reviews
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: Ells&Pills
- Price: $1.49−25%checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 82% of 95 reviews
- Genres: Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- 10 minute runs create just one more try addiction
- Absurd premise executed with surprising depth
- Emotional payoff upon completion
- Anxious
- Atmospheric
- Dark
About Ells Tales: Chairbound
The closest matches to Ells Tales: Chairbound: Ells Tales: Egg, White Knuckle, Dead Take, Fear The Timeloop, and Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Ells Tales: Chairbound is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ells Tales: Egg, White Knuckle and Dead Take — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as anxious, atmospheric and dark, and single out its boss pattern learning and chair balance system. 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.
About Ells Tales: Chairbound: You wake up tied to an office chair in the middle of an empty room. A mysterious device with a 10-minute timer is attached to you. Explore the office floors, try not to tip over, and find a way to escape!
Is Ells Tales: Chairbound worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 82% of 95 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $1.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 0.7 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- 10 minute runs create just one more try addiction
- Absurd premise executed with surprising depth
- Emotional payoff upon completion
- Hidden tasks and multiple endings encourage replay
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Dev either didn't playtest the game or purposefully released it with broken physics to inflate the playtime. I don't support either of those practices. Randomly placed stair blockades will just end your run randomly because the timer is…”
“If u hate yourself and want to struggle then this is the game for you. Not sure I liked the le funny spider at the first floor jumping you like your in the hood of Chiraq ending your play through right then or there or the fact that after…”
People who play it also play: Ells Tales: Egg, White Knuckle, Dead Take
Frequently asked about Ells Tales: Chairbound
Can I run it?
Is Ells Tales: Chairbound verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Ells Tales: Chairbound is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Ells Tales: Chairbound cost?
Ells Tales: Chairbound is listed on Steam at 1.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ells Tales: Chairbound?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ells Tales: Chairbound are Ells Tales: Egg, White Knuckle, Dead Take.
Who developed Ells Tales: Chairbound?
Ells Tales: Chairbound was developed by Ells&Pills.