Games like The Jester
If The Jester is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clink, Abandoned Souls and What Happened to Lily? — picked from the ranked list below. 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 The Jester: "The Jester" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Something lives in the shadows and feeds on your fear. Are you ready to dive into insanity?
Players who liked The Jester also play
Steam players who put hours into The Jester 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.
Clink
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Abandoned Souls
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
What Happened to Lily?
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
Fatal Midnight
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
During the night, Dan is awakened by unusual sounds coming from deep inside the house. Concerned about his sister's condition, he decides to check on her. Upon entering her room, he discovers that she has disappeared. Fear grips him, and he starts rushing around the house looking for her.
Mundaun
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Inside Depth 6
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.
Befriended Curse
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
Witches, curses, and fairy tales meet horror in this classic walking sim with an eerie atmosphere and well-paced jumpscares.
Hollow Cocoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Jester fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
"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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Jester at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
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 ~63% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
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 ~75% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Jester.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Jester.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Jester.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Jester on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Jester.
"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!
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 The Jester.
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 The Jester.
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 The Jester.
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 The Jester.
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 with The Jester.
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 The Jester.
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.
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Frequently asked about The Jester
- How much does The Jester cost?
- The Jester is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Jester?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Jester are Clink, Abandoned Souls, What Happened to Lily?.
- Who developed The Jester?
- The Jester was developed by Psycho.
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 The Jester.
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