Games like The Mall Explodes!
If The Mall Explodes! is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Night Stand, Folie Fatale and Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. 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 The Mall Explodes!: The Mall Explodes! is a visual novel about a security guard with only a few minutes to stop a bomb from exploding in a shopping mall. Figure out who the bomber is and stop them before it's too late!

Players who liked The Mall Explodes! also play
Steam players who put hours into The Mall Explodes! also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
One Night Stand
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Top pick for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mall Explodes!.
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Folie Fatale
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Second-strongest match for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mall Explodes!.
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
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Third-strongest match for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mall Explodes!.
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String
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Ranked #4 for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Mall Explodes!.
You play as Azai Kyousuke, the son of an infamous gangster. Kyousuke knows what he likes and lets nothing stand in his way in getting what he wants. Referred to as God by his classmates, he often enjoys listening to Bach and "working" part time for his stepfather.
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
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Ranked #5 for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Mall Explodes!.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
The Joker's Game
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Ranked #6 for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Mall Explodes!.
"The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes. Outwit rivals, uncover truths, or perish? Every move decides survival... or the deadly prize.
Monster Loves You!
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Ranked #7 for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mall Explodes!.
Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Ranked #8 for The Mall Explodes! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mall Explodes!.
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?
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 and Casual with The Mall Explodes!.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Mall Explodes!.
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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Mall Explodes!.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 and Simulation with The Mall Explodes!.
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 The Mall Explodes!.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Mall Explodes!.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Mall Explodes!.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Ryclaw Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Ryclaw Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ryclaw: Hope
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Another title from Ryclaw Games, the studio behind The Mall Explodes!. Shares Simulation with The Mall Explodes!.
Ryclaw: Hope is a short kinetic novel about a young girl named Sakura who has spent most of her life in the hospital. Coming home for the first time in months, Sakura has a dream that you, as her older brother, can help make a reality.
My Little Sister Fiona
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Another title from Ryclaw Games, the studio behind The Mall Explodes!. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Mall Explodes!.
My Little Sister Fiona is a short kinetic novel about a brother taking care of his reclusive little sister. How far will you go to make sure she feels safe and protected?
My Little Sister Callie
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Another title from Ryclaw Games, the studio behind The Mall Explodes!. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Mall Explodes!.
My Little Sister Callie is a visual novel about a brother helping his little sister to adapt to life outside of a refugee camp. How far will you go to bring her home?
Frequently asked about The Mall Explodes!
- How much does The Mall Explodes! cost?
- The Mall Explodes! is listed on Steam at 0.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Mall Explodes!?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Mall Explodes! are One Night Stand, Folie Fatale, Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator.
- Who developed The Mall Explodes!?
- The Mall Explodes! was developed by Ryclaw Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Mall Explodes!.
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