Games like Hope Deferred
If Hope Deferred is your kind of game, the closest matches are Witch Stories, LIQUID and A List Of People Who Went Missing In The Scheleirland National Forest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and bleak. 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 Hope Deferred: Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler.
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Witch Stories
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Top pick for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
In Witch Stories, the forest doth whisper thy name, and the witch’s gaze falleth heavy upon thee. The world shall not wait, though thou choosest to act or abide still. From sunrise to sunrise, face trials dark and truths most grievous.
LIQUID
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Second-strongest match for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.
A List Of People Who Went Missing In The Scheleirland National Forest
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Third-strongest match for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.
Vignettes: The Dream City
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Ranked #4 for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
Vignettes: The Dream City is a first-person surreal dream-crawler game featuring turn-based combat, knowledge-based gameplay, non-linear exploration, and souls-like progression. Your dreams are haunted by a strange city, and you feel supernaturally drawn to explore it. What will you find within?
Calmed by the Dαrk
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Ranked #5 for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
Calmed by the Dαrk is an open-world Action-RPG where you can explore the fantastical world of Umbra Milenio. You play as John, a regular guy that ends up with the power to change the entire world. Break the rules, unlock new powers, make friends (or foes) and decide the fate of everyone!
Liminal Void
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Shares exploration and atmospheric with Hope Deferred.
Ranked #6 for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
This is an art horror game where you snatch souls, cast spells, and die repeatedly. Select from 4 colorful characters and occasionally listen to them yap about their problems. It's very "mood." No penalty for death and you'll have fun even when you lose.
A Chamber of Stars
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Hope Deferred.
Ranked #7 for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
The rise and fall of a rock n' roll star.
98xx
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Shares hidden object search, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Hope Deferred.
Ranked #8 for Hope Deferred fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hope Deferred at current Steam store prices.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Hope Deferred on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Hope Deferred on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
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!
Noita
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Priced ~60% under Hope Deferred on Steam right now.
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.
Persona 4 Golden
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Priced ~50% under Hope Deferred on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
DREDGE
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Priced ~46% under Hope Deferred on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Brotato
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Priced ~75% under Hope Deferred on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Hope Deferred.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Frequently asked about Hope Deferred
- How much does Hope Deferred cost?
- Hope Deferred is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hope Deferred?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hope Deferred are Witch Stories, LIQUID, A List Of People Who Went Missing In The Scheleirland National Forest.
- Who developed Hope Deferred?
- Hope Deferred was developed by Tell All.
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