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Shares point and click and puzzle solving with The Grandfather.
- $12.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2024
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to The Grandfather: The Night is Grey, Detention, Fran Bow, Slender Threads, and An English Haunting. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Grandfather.
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Neverending Nightmares
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with The Grandfather.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Mikeypoo's Games, David Szymanski
- Price: Free to play
- 56% of 115 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Art style is strikingly unique and disturbing
- Short but impactful experience
- Storytelling is emotionally intense and unconventional
- Atmospheric
- Bleak
- Dark
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Detention
Why this: Shares point and click and puzzle solving with The Grandfather.
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Why this: Shares puzzle solving with The Grandfather.
About The Grandfather
The closest matches to The Grandfather: The Night is Grey, Detention, Fran Bow, Slender Threads, and An English Haunting. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Grandfather is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Night is Grey, Detention and Fran Bow — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, bleak and dark, and single out its first person sections and object manipulation. 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 The Grandfather: One night The Grandfather went to give his wife a good night kiss, she ignored him as usual, this broke his heart every night. He went to sleep in his own bed, full of misery as usual, but this night would turn out to be different than the others.
Is The Grandfather worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 56% of 115 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 1 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 0.7 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Art style is strikingly unique and disturbing
- Storytelling is emotionally intense and unconventional
- Surreal and thought provoking narrative
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I was really hyped about this game. I was even more hyped when the developer gave me a key to beta test the game. The art looked (and still looks) fantastic and creepy. It is a very unique game but feels a bit too amateur. It is really…”
“Way too short, puzzles were pretty easy to figure out. Didnt really make any kind of sense at all. Dont waste your money.”
People who play it also play: The Night is Grey, Detention, Fran Bow
Frequently asked about The Grandfather
Can I run it?
Is The Grandfather free to play?
Yes — The Grandfather 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 The Grandfather?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Grandfather are The Night is Grey, Detention, Fran Bow.
Who developed The Grandfather?
The Grandfather was developed by Mikeypoo's Games, David Szymanski.