Games like No ESC
If No ESC is your kind of game, the closest matches are HANGMAN II, Words of Yendor and Hacklash — 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 No ESC: A first-person survival horror game where movement, combat, and all other actions are performed by typing. Explore a procedurally generated dungeon, evade or fight enemies, solve puzzles, and find what you need to escape. Featuring hand-painted watercolor artwork.
Players who liked No ESC also play
Steam players who put hours into No ESC 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.
HANGMAN II
WHY THIS
Top pick for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with No ESC.
A grim sequel to the puzzle of guessing words. The rules are the same - you need to guess the word, and you have the right to make a mistake 6 times, otherwise the man will be in the noose. And be careful - the game contains many secrets...
Words of Yendor
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with No ESC.
Words tell stories. Change one, and your story transforms. What if you wield words with surprising meanings from Ambrose Bierce’s 1906 classic, “The Devil's Dictionary”? In Words of Yendor, you’re an investigator forging a personalized story. Unique every run. Forever.
Hacklash
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
Hacklash is a typing horror game where you type against the clock while a hostile AI has a turret aimed at your spine. Survive as long as you can, beat your best scores, and climb the global leaderboards across multiple modes and modifiers.
Tyfortress: Tactical Typing
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Ranked #4 for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
Protect human race last fortress against the robots by typing phrases and single words! Build and evolve towers that will help while you destroy robots by typing their words! Oh, and don't forget... Before that, you'll need to type phrases fast to gather a good amount of resources to build towers!
Heartbeat: Regret
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Ranked #5 for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
This short & challenging horror adventure will drive you nuts! Type your way out of this cursed mansion and avoid the regret monster by hiding, running and setting traps. But don’t lose the rhythm of your heartbeat or make typos, they may cause you a heart attack… Fully playable without visuals.
Typing Hero
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Ranked #6 for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
In a world filled with Zombies, the last survivor of a Spec Ops squad tries to survive, and make his way through Hordes of Zombies to reach his final destination.
Blood Typers
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Ranked #7 for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
TYPE TO KILL in this survival horror adventure. Alone or with friends, explore a sprawling cursed film studio as its horror movies bleed into reality. Choose from a roster of characters then plan your escape from this bloody homage to old school horror. But remember... death is just a typo away.
Words for Evil
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Ranked #8 for No ESC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
Words for Evil is a fast paced word game combined with a fantasy RPG. It features everything you expect from an RPG, including combat, hero progression, loot and more, all built on top of word game mechanics.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with No ESC.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Paper Lily - 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 No ESC.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No ESC.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No ESC.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Samsara Room
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No ESC.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Saihate Station
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No ESC.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
The Children of Clay
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No ESC.
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
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More from Seedborne
Other recommendable Steam games by Seedborne, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Mythscroll
WHY THIS
Another title from Seedborne, the studio behind No ESC. Shares Indie and Adventure with No ESC.
Forge your story in this fantasy RPG where every choice, encounter, and stat check shapes your journey. Explore the world, equip powerful weapons, master spells, and survive dynamic text-driven adventures, with D&D-inspired character building, turn-based combat, and branching outcomes.
The Enigma Lounge
WHY THIS
Another title from Seedborne, the studio behind No ESC. Shares Indie with No ESC.
The Enigma Lounge is a hand-pixeled, point and click escape room puzzle game. It features a cozy yet mysterious vibe, and a small but tricky set of interconnected puzzles that must be solved in order to escape.
FloraLumina
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Another title from Seedborne, the studio behind No ESC. Shares Indie with No ESC.
FloraLumina is a peaceful, idle gardening game where sunlight, moonlight, and shifting weather impact your garden's growth. Nurture your garden of beautiful hand-drawn flowers, enjoy soft ambience, and play at your own pace.
Charmcraft Idle
WHY THIS
Another title from Seedborne, the studio behind No ESC. Shares Indie with No ESC.
Charmcraft Idle is a cozy, witchy idle shop simulator where you gather magical resources, craft enchanted goods, and slowly automate every part of your spellbound business. Click, craft, study, and hire staff as your humble witch shop grows into a magical enterprise.
The Last (Hotdog) Stand
WHY THIS
Another title from Seedborne, the studio behind No ESC. Shares Indie with No ESC.
Run your own hotdog stand in this food cart simulator game! Take orders, make dogs, and keep customers happy as you work to grow your hotdog empire, and restore hotdogs to their former glory. Upgrade your stand, unlock new ingredients, and expand to bigger, busier locations!
CAUTION WET PAINT
WHY THIS
Another title from Seedborne, the studio behind No ESC. Shares Indie with No ESC.
A game about watching paint dry. Don't touch the paint while it's wet, or you lose!
Frequently asked about No ESC
- What games are most similar to No ESC?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside No ESC are HANGMAN II, Words of Yendor, Hacklash.
- Who developed No ESC?
- No ESC was developed by Seedborne.
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