Games like Loan Shark
If Loan Shark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Novalie, Static Dread: The Submarine and Cataplexy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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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Novalie
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and a dark mood with Loan Shark.
Top pick for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Loan Shark.
Surreal horror themed visual novel, with lots of branching paths, blood, tears and twisted pitch-black humour. You're playing as Ashia, who's forced to marry her slimy uncle, suffering from surreal nightmares at night. Then she meets Novalie. And then things gets REALLY strange.
Static Dread: The Submarine
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Cataplexy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Waking up at night, the main character realizes that he cannot move. A terrible sense of panic gradually overtakes his mind, and the imagination begins to paint frightening pictures.
The Remission of Sins
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
The Remission of Sins is a fully-voiced, multi-ending short horror visual novel. Depending on the player’s choice, it branches to 12 different endings.
Psycholog
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Loan Shark.
Ranked #6 for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
Knee Deep
WHY THIS
Shares dialogue driven choices and an atmospheric mood with Loan Shark.
Ranked #7 for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious death as three distinct characters.
SHUT IN
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an unsettling mood with Loan Shark.
Ranked #8 for Loan Shark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Loan Shark at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loan Shark.
"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 Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark.
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 Loan Shark.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Loan Shark.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Loan Shark.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Loan Shark.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Loan Shark
- Does Loan Shark work on Steam Deck?
- Loan Shark is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Loan Shark cost?
- Loan Shark is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Loan Shark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Loan Shark are Novalie, Static Dread: The Submarine, Cataplexy.
- Who developed Loan Shark?
- Loan Shark was developed by Studio Ortica.
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