Rank 01Games like LISA: The Painful
- 28 games
- Updated Nov 4, 2026
Players who liked LISA: The Painful also play
The closest matches to LISA: The Painful: OFF, OMORI, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, This War of Mine, and Look Outside. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also RPGMaker and JRPG, like LISA: The Painful.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
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This War of Mine
Why this: Shares morality choices and resource management with LISA: The Painful.
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Look Outside
Why this: Shares side quests and turn based combat with LISA: The Painful.
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Wasteland 3
Why this: Shares turn based combat with LISA: The Painful.
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Persona 3 Reload
Why this: Also Party-Based RPG and JRPG, like LISA: The Painful.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like LISA: The Painful
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Shares morality choices and resource management with LISA: The Painful.
- 92% of 22,855 reviews
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- 97% of 2,904 reviews
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- Released: 2014
- Developer: Dingaling Productions
- Price: $7.99−60%checked Nov 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 96% of 9,948 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG
- Metacritic 77
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Characters feel human
- Choices genuinely matter
- Dark humor balances tragedy
- Bleak
- Dark
- Emotional
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Why this: Same emotional mood as LISA: The Painful.
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Why this: Shares resource management with LISA: The Painful.
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Why this: Same melancholic mood as LISA: The Painful.
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Why this: Same bleak mood as LISA: The Painful.
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Why this: Shares side quests and turn based combat with LISA: The Painful.
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Why this: Also JRPG and Post-apocalyptic, like LISA: The Painful.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below LISA: The Painful at current Steam store prices.
LiEat
Why this: Shares turn based combat with LISA: The Painful.
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Why this: Also RPGMaker and JRPG, like LISA: The Painful.
Roadwarden
Why this: Same melancholic mood as LISA: The Painful.
Downfall
Why this: Same bleak mood as LISA: The Painful.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to LISA: The Painful, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Eternal Senia
Why this: Also RPGMaker and JRPG, like LISA: The Painful.
Walking Zombie 2
Why this: Also Dark Humor and Post-apocalyptic, like LISA: The Painful.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
OFF
Why this: Shares turn based combat and resource management with LISA: The Painful.
Persona 3 Reload
Why this: Shares turn based combat with LISA: The Painful.
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
Why this: Also Party-Based RPG and JRPG, like LISA: The Painful.
About LISA: The Painful
The closest matches to LISA: The Painful: OFF, OMORI, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, This War of Mine, and Look Outside. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If LISA: The Painful is your kind of game, the closest matches are OFF, OMORI and Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as bleak, dark and emotional, and single out its environmental hazards and morality choices. 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.
LISA: The Painful is a 2014 turn-based RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world where players guide a reluctant hero through environmental hazards while managing scarce resources and recruiting a varied party for the journey ahead. The game features morality choices, permanent character death, and numerous side quests that reviewers note shape the experience meaningfully. Players describe the tone as bleak and melancholic, with dark humor providing an unexpected counterweight to moments of emotional weight. The challenging difficulty and substantial length reward those seeking a narrative-focused adventure, and it runs in a playable state on Steam Deck. The game holds a 96% positive rating from 9,948 Steam reviews.
About LISA: The Painful: The miserable journey of a broken man...
Is LISA: The Painful worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 96% of 9,948 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 60% off, now $7.99 (checked Nov 10).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 20 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Characters feel human
- Choices genuinely matter
- Dark humor balances tragedy
- Emotional impact lingers
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Original Price of this game was 10$ I purchased it in 2015 @ 75% off at that for 2.50$. New price is 20$. Games are not supposed to go up in price like that,”
People who play it also play: OFF, OMORI, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
Frequently asked about LISA: The Painful
Can I run it?
Does LISA: The Painful run on Steam Deck?
LISA: The Painful 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 LISA: The Painful cost?
LISA: The Painful is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to LISA: The Painful?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside LISA: The Painful are OFF, OMORI, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass.
Who developed LISA: The Painful?
LISA: The Painful was developed by Dingaling Productions and published by Serenity Forge.