Games like BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."
If BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." is your kind of game, the closest matches are How Many Calories Are In A Muffin?, Moonlit Dreams and MONOLYTH — 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 BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.": Socially underdeveloped Lisa found solace in books... Until her eyes fell out. You take the role of Henry, the therapist assigned to guide Lisa through her depression. There's just one problem: she isn't depressed.
Players who liked BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." also play
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How Many Calories Are In A Muffin?
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Top pick for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A short story about a difficult day at work and a painful breakup that lingers; about depression, anxiety, and how they can lead to eating disorders. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? Are you ready for what the answer implies?
Moonlit Dreams
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Second-strongest match for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
A sokoban game with overlapping levels, inside a dreamscape you'll never want to leave. Push blocks, open doors, traverse mazes, and then do it again across and between three layers of psyche.
MONOLYTH
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Third-strongest match for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
A Journey of Self-Deflection. MONOLYTH is a single-player arcade game, one-bullet bullet hell experience, and two-character play rolled into one. One rainy afternoon, we came across three TV screens reflecting on divinity. We decided to capture this in the only way we knew how: By making a game.
NOEMA
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Ranked #4 for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
Take your place at the terminal. Follow the procedures, process the records, and read messages never meant for you. NOEMA is a quiet, unsettling narrative experience about work, obedience, human connection, and what routine teaches us not to see.
Seasons of Books and Keys
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Ranked #5 for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
After class, small problems drift into the library—harmless at first glance, yet hiding secrets and lies. You see the clues, hear every voice, and turn the page yourself as each case unravels. A bittersweet mystery adventure that blends the experience of reading with the feeling of watching a drama.
AdventureSteam ↗NULL
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Ranked #6 for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
NULL is an alternate reality game where you talk with Mere, an AI companion, by voice or text. Lost in a strange digital world with no memory of your past, explore eight surreal chapters, face psychological challenges, and choose between staying human or becoming digital.
Dream Spectra
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Ranked #7 for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
Dream Spectra is a visual novel about trying to hang out with your crush and escape your migraines, styled with surreal 90s 3D rendered environments.
MEAT-GRINDER
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Ranked #8 for BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Have a human MEATGRINDER with Obi the freelance hitman! Fulfill contracts all over the planet, open a beer, turn off your brain: it's time to kill and solve the financial problems of Obi and her peculiar family!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
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.
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.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
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.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
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.
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Frequently asked about BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."
- What games are most similar to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." are How Many Calories Are In A Muffin?, Moonlit Dreams, MONOLYTH.
- Who developed BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."?
- BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." was developed by TABLEAUX THEORY.
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 BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
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