Games like A Lovely Day in Hell
If A Lovely Day in Hell is your kind of game, the closest matches are Scarlet Hollow, Shadows of the Afterland and Oknytt — 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 A Lovely Day in Hell: A point-and-click adventure where your only verb is SUMMON, and the only things you can summon are the four dead people you still remember. Every one you spend is gone for good. Hell is a hierarchy, everything in it has a price, and nothing on screen tells you what it is costing you.
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Scarlet Hollow
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Top pick for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Shadows of the Afterland
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Second-strongest match for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.
Oknytt
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Third-strongest match for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Oknytt is an old school point-and-click adventure game where the player takes the role of a small, seemingly insignificant creature, leading it through a dark world filled with beings and areas inspired by Swedish folklore, in search of a place to belong.
Whateverland
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Ranked #4 for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.
Randal's Monday
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Ranked #5 for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
A kleptomaniac, a sociopath and a horrible friend. Randal is potentially one of the most scurrile protagonists since the invention of the hoverboard. Randal's Monday is a crazy space-time odyssey in classic adventure design, spiced up with countless geek culture references of the last 30 years.
Afterparty
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Ranked #6 for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
Myst
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Ranked #7 for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Unavowed
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for A Lovely Day in Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Lovely Day in Hell.
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 A Lovely Day in Hell.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
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 Indie with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 A Lovely Day in Hell.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Lovely Day in Hell.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Scarlet Hollow
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Shadows of the Afterland
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.
Afterparty
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
Myst
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Unavowed
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Frequently asked about A Lovely Day in Hell
- What games are most similar to A Lovely Day in Hell?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Lovely Day in Hell are Scarlet Hollow, Shadows of the Afterland, Oknytt.
- Who developed A Lovely Day in Hell?
- A Lovely Day in Hell was developed by Wander & Wilt.
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