Games like This is Interesting
If This is Interesting is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dying Flame, Mirages and The Letter - Horror Visual Novel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its actions subtly alter endings, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 This is Interesting: This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
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Dying Flame
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Top pick for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
James is trapped in an unknown mansion. As he desperately searches for a way out, he finds that his wife, Mary is trapped there as well. Lurking in the darkness is a monster that’s hunting you. Untangle the riddles that bar your path, and uncover the truth behind this deathly nightmare.
Mirages
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Shares an atmospheric mood with This is Interesting.
Second-strongest match for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
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Third-strongest match for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
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Ranked #4 for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
筮灵 SHILING
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with This is Interesting.
Ranked #5 for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪，销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息，将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄，还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索，怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Impostor Factory
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Shares exploration and a melancholic mood with This is Interesting.
Ranked #6 for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.
Bride into the Cave
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Ranked #7 for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
Scarlet Hollow
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Shares an atmospheric mood with This is Interesting.
Ranked #8 for This is Interesting fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Outer Wilds
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Shares an atmospheric mood with This is Interesting.
Reviewers of This is Interesting cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with This is Interesting.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
SILENT HILL 2
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Shares environmental storytelling, exploration and an atmospheric mood with This is Interesting.
Reviewers of This is Interesting cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with This is Interesting.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Blue Prince
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Shares an unsettling mood with This is Interesting.
Reviewers of This is Interesting cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below This is Interesting at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~86% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~57% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Interesting.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~46% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
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.
The Test
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Shares replayability and an unsettling mood with This is Interesting.
Priced ~72% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
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
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Priced ~79% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
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
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Priced ~86% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with This is Interesting.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~57% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with This is Interesting.
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!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~43% under This is Interesting on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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. Shares Indie with This is Interesting.
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 This is Interesting.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is Interesting.
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 This is Interesting.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is Interesting.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is Interesting.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about This is Interesting
- How much does This is Interesting cost?
- This is Interesting is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to This is Interesting?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside This is Interesting are Dying Flame, Mirages, The Letter - Horror Visual Novel.
- Who developed This is Interesting?
- This is Interesting was developed by Scott Jund.
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