Games like Overclocked: A History of Violence
If Overclocked: A History of Violence is your kind of game, the closest matches are If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers, Fran Bow and The Lost Crown — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 Overclocked: A History of Violence: Set against the backdrop of a catastrophic thunderstorm raging over New York City, Overclocked explores an archetypical, yet actual condition of mankind: violence. This psychological thriller mixes frightening fictional thriller elements using innovative narrative structures.
Players who liked Overclocked: A History of Violence also play
Steam players who put hours into Overclocked: A History of Violence 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.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Top pick for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Second-strongest match for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
The Lost Crown
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Third-strongest match for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Monolith
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Ranked #4 for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Obduction
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Ranked #5 for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
The Low Road
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Lie, blackmail, and steal your way down The Low Road. Rookie agent Noomi Kovacs must navigate her way through the world of corporate espionage in this dark spy comedy set in the 1970s.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Ranked #7 for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
The Charnel House Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Ranked #8 for Overclocked: A History of Violence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Overclocked: A History of Violence at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Overclocked: A History of Violence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
The Supper
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from House of Tales
Other recommendable Steam games by House of Tales, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
15 Days
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Another title from House of Tales, the studio behind Overclocked: A History of Violence. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
A three-man activist group has set out to make the world a better place by stealing famous art pieces in the world's most renowned museums, selling them to private collectors, and donating the money to charity.
The Mystery of the Druids
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Another title from House of Tales, the studio behind Overclocked: A History of Violence. Shares Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
In this classic adventure, you will take on the role of young Scotland Yard Detective Brent Halligan, assigned to solve the puzzle surrounding a mysterious order of Druids and a series of gruesome murders. It appears that the neo-Druids are conducting ritual killings to conjure up sinister forces.
The Moment of Silence
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Another title from House of Tales, the studio behind Overclocked: A History of Violence. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
The Moment of Silence is a classic point-and-click 3rd person adventure game set in New York City in 2044. Players step into the role of Peter Wright, an advertising executive currently heading up the Government's 'Freedom of Speech' campaign.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Monolith
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overclocked: A History of Violence.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Frequently asked about Overclocked: A History of Violence
- How much does Overclocked: A History of Violence cost?
- Overclocked: A History of Violence is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Overclocked: A History of Violence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Overclocked: A History of Violence are If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers, Fran Bow, The Lost Crown.
- Who developed Overclocked: A History of Violence?
- Overclocked: A History of Violence was developed by House of Tales and published by HandyGames.
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 Overclocked: A History of Violence.
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