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Games like ENIGMA:

If ENIGMA: is your kind of game, the closest matches are SeaBed, C.V. 私と私の中の人 The Fourth Insider and Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic. 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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About ENIGMA:: Enigma is an atmospheric, full-length visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name.

2016IndieAdventure14.99 USDMetacritic 56Windowsby Uzumeya
ENIGMA: — Steam game cover
Players highlight
19 endings with unique twistsCharacters reveal hidden depths through interactionsChoices ripple unpredictably across routesAtmosphericContemplativeMelancholic

Players who liked ENIGMA: also play

Steam players who put hours into ENIGMA: 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.

  1. SeaBed

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Top pick for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    SeaBed is a yuri-themed psychological mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Sachiko, Takako and Narasaki.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. C.V. 私と私の中の人 The Fourth Insider

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    「私には『中の人』がいるらしい」 「声優×メタフィクション」新感覚ビジュアルノベル、開幕!ゲームの世界を認識している高校1年生・五月山さつきと、その親友・真野ユイ。そして二人の声を演じるのは声優・宮白桃子。キャラクターと「中の人」が交わるとき、物語はどこへ向かうのか。

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Third-strongest match for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish is a thrilling mystery story revolving around a series of unfathomable incidents in a town.

    2016IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 发现姐姐是妹控的我今后该如何是好

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    《发现姐姐是妹控的我今后该如何是好》是一款短篇百合视觉小说,主要描述了主人公樱自从看见了那个场景之后,对姐姐态度的变化,心灵不断成长最后happy end的故事。

    2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Magical Girl Witch Trials

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Ranked #5 for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Black Lily's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Ranked #6 for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.

    2023IndieAdventure18.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Case 00: The Cannibal Boy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Case 00: The Cannibal Boy is a half-hour visual novel partly based on a true story, written by a writer with a background in psychology. It is a psychological horror story with an urban legend theme.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Ranked #8 for ENIGMA: fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    九省通衢之地的阴影里,不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦,作为“非日常部”的一员,和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间,废墟一般的住宅楼,等待在两人前方的是……

    2020AdventureSimulationCasual4.49 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to ENIGMA:

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Reviewers of ENIGMA: cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    "Life is like a waiting room, except people don't leave in the order they enter." Narcissu is a thought provoking visual novel series about terminal illness, living, dying, and the relationship between those leaving and those left behind. There are no miracles, no heroes, no villains in this story.

    2016IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Higurashi When They Cry Hou+

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Reviewers of ENIGMA: cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.

    2023IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Narcissus

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of ENIGMA: cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    Narcissus is an adrenaline-pumping, top down, action-horror game that puts you in the shoes of the last survivor on a doomed spaceship. The clock is ticking, and danger lurks around every corner.

    2025ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ENIGMA: at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under ENIGMA: on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 ENIGMA:.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ENIGMA:.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. SeaBed

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    SeaBed is a yuri-themed psychological mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Sachiko, Takako and Narasaki.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Magical Girl Witch Trials

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Black Lily's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ENIGMA:.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ENIGMA:.

    Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.

    2023IndieAdventure18.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ENIGMA:

How much does ENIGMA: cost?
ENIGMA: is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ENIGMA:?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ENIGMA: are SeaBed, C.V. 私と私の中の人 The Fourth Insider, Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish.
Who developed ENIGMA:?
ENIGMA: was developed by Uzumeya and published by Fruitbat Factory.

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 ENIGMA:.

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