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Games like Ugly

If Ugly is your kind of game, the closest matches are Here I Come, Find Me: Horror Game and Light the Backrooms — 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.

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About Ugly: A Japanese survival horror game inspired by family values. “Ugliness”—is it a person, a supernatural entity, or something else? The protagonist, Shu, teams up with Reiko to confront supernatural entities using limited resources and means of defense, as they attempt to escape from a confined space.

2026ActionIndieWindowsby ヤマイタチ
Ugly — Steam game cover

Players who liked Ugly also play

Steam players who put hours into Ugly 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. Here I Come

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    Stay alive in a deadly reality show.

    2021ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Find Me: Horror Game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    "The malign spirits always try to manifest themselves". Host one of these demons through its summoning. Does finishing the ritual is the solution to your problems? 3:00 AM, the ritual begins; hide out and survive to the hide and seek game with a possessed doll. Do you dare to play?

    2020ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Light the Backrooms

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    It's a first-person horror game where you survive for a few minutes by continuously illuminating the backrooms. You have free access to convenient ghost hunting equipment such as ghost-specific bear traps and sensors. Notes detailing how to deal with each ghost will be helpful.

    2023ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Bloody Lens

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    Break into a twisted asylum as Ray, a content creator hunting for viral truth. Start with nothing but your camera, but scavenge your way up to axes, shotguns, and an AK-47 to blast the grotesque experiments hunting you. Manage your rare ammo, solve puzzles, and survive the broadcast.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. The Haunting Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    The Haunting Eyes is a game in which you have to break into an abandoned mansion and solve its mystery by collecting bags of gold.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. MadMan

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    Trapped inside an abandoned mental asylum with a psychopathic killer lurking about, you are forced to explore the facility armed with only your wits to survive. With a blood hungry madman on your trail, every move could be your last. Will you escape to tell the tale or fall victim to the madness

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Chicken Feet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. INVITATION To FEAR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Ugly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ugly.

    『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Ugly.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. 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 Ugly.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ugly.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ugly.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ugly

What games are most similar to Ugly?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ugly are Here I Come, Find Me: Horror Game, Light the Backrooms.
Who developed Ugly?
Ugly was developed by ヤマイタチ.

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 Ugly.

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16 Games Like Ugly — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run