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Games like Back:Fade

If Back:Fade is your kind of game, the closest matches are Back, Cellveillance and Blood Money: Lethal Eden — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its attractive cast, charismatic actors 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.

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About Back:Fade: 《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.

2025IndieAdventureSimulationRPGCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby MYSTERY CROWN
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Steam players who put hours into Back:Fade 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.

  1. Back

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, multiple endings and atmospheric with Back:Fade.

    Top pick for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    《Back》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Cellveillance

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Back:Fade.

    Second-strongest match for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    "Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.

    2025AdventureSimulationRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood Money: Lethal Eden

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings, atmospheric and an unsettling mood with Back:Fade.

    Third-strongest match for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Back:Fade.

    Lured by an online lover, you're trapped in a scam compound—a true hell where compassion kills and greed consumes. Will you burn this abyss down or be its guiding light? Rule with beauty or betray for life? Your choices decide all: between life and death, heaven and hell.

    2026SimulationRPGCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 下一个就是你

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click, multiple endings, psychological and an atmospheric mood with Back:Fade.

    Ranked #4 for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Back:Fade.

    你跟随秦苏言调查一起十年前的学生跳楼事件时,突然收到了两封神秘的邮件。一封邀请你参加高中毕业十周年聚会,另一封则警告你如果继续调查“下一个就是你”。察觉异样的你决定赴会,试图找到更多的线索,却被卷入了一场“密室狼人杀”的局中。面对生死,是善念的互助,还是释放人性中的恶意?

    2024AdventureRPGCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Superscout

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, multiple endings, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with Back:Fade.

    Ranked #5 for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    "Superscout" is a live-action interactive movie game where you will unravel the secrets of the girls you meet. The love beyond lifetimes, never let it go; the kindness in this life, engraved in your soul. Your choices will change your loved ones’ fate; those who love you will change yours...

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Road to Empress I

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, multiple endings and atmospheric with Back:Fade.

    Ranked #6 for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 咸鱼殿下 / My journey

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click, visual novel style and atmospheric with Back:Fade.

    Ranked #7 for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    This is a Interactive Live-Action Game. You will travel back in time to become a noble Highness and experience the local customs and practices of ancient times. A series of your choices will influence the development trajectory of this world.

    2025AdventureSimulationRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 规则怪谈:盛崖小区

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Back:Fade.

    Ranked #8 for Back:Fade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    这是一款怪谈类剧情游戏。在宏大的原创世界观下你需要一步步探索盛崖小区的“全貌”,你能做到仅仅是依靠“规则”在这里觅得一线生机。你可以假装无事发生,安然度日;也可以想尽办法,逃出生天;或许你也可以直面它,成为它的一部分……但无论如何,请你记住,保持理智,遵守规则。

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Back:Fade at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Back:Fade.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Back:Fade.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Back:Fade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Back:Fade.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Back:Fade.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Back:Fade.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Back:Fade.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Back:Fade.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from MYSTERY CROWN

Other recommendable Steam games by MYSTERY CROWN, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. 女神的贴身男仆

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Back:Fade.

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    "Service of Five Graces"​ is a romance FMV. You play as Lin Ye. One day, you wake up to find you've become the personal butler to the five ladies!? To repay your father's debts, you have no choice but to step into this mansion, beginning a strange life of being "ordered around" by five young women.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 天平游戏1:抉择

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    《Inner Scales 1:Choice》is a first-person FMV. Set in a sealed cage. It pushes survival, humanity, emotion and moral dilemmas to the extreme. You will face surveillance, cages, and the fates of eight trapped women—every choice you make decides life and death for others and yourself.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation6.29 USDSteam ↗
  3. Back

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, multiple endings and atmospheric with Back:Fade.

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    《Back》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Pact Between Us

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a nostalgic mood with Back:Fade.

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    "Pact between us" is a FMV. After the loss parents, you and your younger sister become siblings who only have each other. You must tenderly care for her daily life.What kind of woman will your sister grow into? Every arrangement you implement during her upbringing carries profound weight.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. TryAndLove

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, hidden collectibles, indie and a mysterious mood with Back:Fade.

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    A man's life is a life of pursuing love. The childish love of childhood sweethearts? White Moonlight's pure love? Ignorant of the astringent love of forbidden fruit? Blind love like a moth flying into a flame? True love that transcends the world? Act Ren Xing and make a willful choice.

    2024IndieSimulationRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Survivor's Notes

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back:Fade.

    "Survivor's Notes" is an FMV . Players control two protagonists, using choices and QTEs to unlock diverse story branches and endings. When a doomsday-dreaming civilian meets an apocalypse survivor, time, memory and fate intertwine. They seek truth in a crumbling city, closing in on a buried answer.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Lord Return

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    《Lord Return》is an interactive fiction game about rebirth and revenge. Play as a twice‑betrayed Demon Lord’s soul bound to the Beauty Destiny System. Unmask impostors, stop world‑ending schemes, battle at Fallen Demon Cliff, protect your loved ones, and face the ultimate high‑dimensional trial.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG1.79 USDSteam ↗
  8. Force Purge

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MYSTERY CROWN, the studio behind Back:Fade. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back:Fade.

    《Force Purge》is a visual novel investigation, and branching storytelling. Play as Wang Taqing, team up with psychic cop Lin Mengzhu. Investigate haunted cases, uncover the Sword Lenders’ conspiracy to open the ghost gate and fight the underworld invasion to decide the fate of the mortal world.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG1.79 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Back:Fade

Does Back:Fade run on Steam Deck?
Back:Fade 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 Back:Fade cost?
Back:Fade is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Back:Fade?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Back:Fade are Back, Cellveillance, Blood Money: Lethal Eden.
Who developed Back:Fade?
Back:Fade was developed by MYSTERY CROWN.

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