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Shares point and click and puzzle solving with Absent.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
Games like Absent
- 15 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Absent: Full Throttle Remastered, CAYNE, Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, and Comedy Quest. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 03- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2021
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Absent.
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Comedy Quest
Why this: Shares point and click with Absent.
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The Drifter
Why this: Shares voice acting driven dialogue with Absent.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Absent
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Shares voice acting driven dialogue and puzzle solving with Absent.
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: FNGames
- Price: Free to play
- 81% of 247 reviews
- Genres: Adventure, Free To Play
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Characters win you over with charm
- Free with no downsides
- Puzzles are self explanatory
- Atmospheric
- Funny
- Nostalgic
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Why this: Same funny mood as Absent.
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Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Absent.
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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Why this: Shares point and click and puzzle solving with Absent.
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Absent.
The Drifter
Why this: Shares voice acting driven dialogue with Absent.
About Absent
The closest matches to Absent: Full Throttle Remastered, CAYNE, Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, and Comedy Quest. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Absent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Full Throttle Remastered, CAYNE and Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, funny and nostalgic, and single out its community guide integration and point and click. 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.
About Absent: Absent is the first freeware release from FNGames. Originally released in 2013, the game makes its' Steam debut this year.
Is Absent worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 81% of 247 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.7 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Characters win you over with charm
- Free with no downsides
- Puzzles are self explanatory
- Retro pixel graphics feel authentic
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I can't really complain about this game too much, since it's free and basically made completely by one guy, but I can't really recommend it either. I tagged this game as horror because there are kind of monstery creatures in it but there…”
“Bad in every way. It pains me to be spending my precious time writing a review for this miserable game, but people need to be warned. I stuck this one out through to the end because I was really hoping for the story to make up for the low…”
People who play it also play: Full Throttle Remastered, CAYNE, Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Frequently asked about Absent
Can I run it?
Is Absent free to play?
Yes — Absent is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Absent?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Absent are Full Throttle Remastered, CAYNE, Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.
Who developed Absent?
Absent was developed by FNGames.