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Also Noir and Detective, like Kathy Rain.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
Games like Kathy Rain
- 12 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Kathy Rain also play
The closest matches to Kathy Rain: Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, Whispers of a Machine, NORCO, The Blackwell Legacy, and The Darkside Detective. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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The Blackwell Legacy
Why this: Shares point and click adventure with Kathy Rain.
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The Night is Grey
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Kathy Rain.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Kathy Rain
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Shares point and click adventure and environmental puzzles with Kathy Rain.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Clifftop Games
- Price: $0.99−90%checked Nov 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 93% of 1,259 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 77
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Puzzles are logical and satisfying
- Voice acting enhances immersion
- Atmospheric
- Emotional
- Melancholic
- Character development
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NORCO
Why this: Shares point and click adventure and environmental puzzles with Kathy Rain.
The Blackwell Legacy
Why this: Shares point and click adventure with Kathy Rain.
About Kathy Rain
The closest matches to Kathy Rain: Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, Whispers of a Machine, NORCO, The Blackwell Legacy, and The Darkside Detective. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Kathy Rain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, Whispers of a Machine and NORCO — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, emotional and melancholic, and single out its character development and dialogue choice system. 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.
Kathy Rain is a 2016 point-and-click adventure indie game set in the 1990s, where players follow journalism major Kathy as she investigates her grandfather's mysterious death and confronts buried family secrets. The game features a retro pixel-art style, environmental puzzles, a dialogue-choice system, and character development woven through a psychological horror-tinged mystery narrative. Reviewers highlight the puzzles as logical and satisfying, and note that the voice acting enhances immersion. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, emotional, and melancholic. The game is priced at $9.99 USD and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck, holding a 93% positive rating based on 1259 Steam reviews.
About Kathy Rain: Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Is Kathy Rain worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 92% of 1,259 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 90% off, now $0.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Puzzles are logical and satisfying
People who play it also play: Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, Whispers of a Machine, NORCO
Mobile version
Kathy Rain is also on Google Play and App Store. What the store pages declare:
- No ads declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- No in-app purchases declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- No In-App Purchases listed on the App Store (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-04, source)
On our lists: Pay once, no in-app purchases
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Frequently asked about Kathy Rain
Can I run it?
Does Kathy Rain run on Steam Deck?
Kathy Rain 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 Kathy Rain cost?
Kathy Rain is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kathy Rain?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kathy Rain are Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, Whispers of a Machine, NORCO.
Who developed Kathy Rain?
Kathy Rain was developed by Clifftop Games and published by Raw Fury.