Games like The Sexy Brutale
If The Sexy Brutale is your kind of game, the closest matches are Twelve Minutes, Dead Watch and Broken Lands Village — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration rewards hidden secrets, atmospheric and dark. 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 →The Sexy Brutale is an indie adventure released in 2017 at $19.99. Players explore a theatrical casino mansion caught in a time loop, tracking character schedules and solving environmental puzzles to prevent murders from occurring repeatedly. Reviewers highlight the darkly-comedic murder mystery narrative and the way exploration rewards players with hidden secrets. The game combines power acquisition with time-loop manipulation mechanics in a setting where guests are killed by staff in an endlessly repeating day. Players describe it as atmospheric, dark, mysterious, and whimsical, with satisfying puzzle design that avoids excessive difficulty. The theatrical and stylized art direction complements the time-manipulation gameplay. It holds a 90% positive rating from over 2,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About The Sexy Brutale: The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
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Twelve Minutes
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Top pick for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Dead Watch
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
You're stuck in a time loop ⌛. Whenever you find a dead body, you go back to the past. The only way to escape the loop is to cheat destiny & change the future. Explore the castle and uncover its dark secrets to prevent the next killing.
Broken Lands Village
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
The real world no longer exists! I was trapped in this cursed Village made of inkblots on parchment. Every day I'm stalked by an assasin and stuck in a time loop. None of the residents remember me, although I myself have memories. I need to get out of here ASAP
Hello Again
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
Just in Crime
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Ranked #5 for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Ranked #6 for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
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.
The Posthumous Investigation
WHY THIS
Shares character schedule tracking and an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Ranked #7 for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Sexy Brutale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
A mystery detective game with RPG elements. Cursed by demonic forces, a mysterious island is trapped in a time loop. Leah Glessner, Private Investigator of the Supernatural, uses her unique gift of photographic memory to confront evil. Skill your character. Investigate. Solve the case.
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Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Return of the Obra Dinn
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Unheard - Voices of Crime
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Gregory Horror Show: Soul of Roses
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
Soul of Roses is a 2D rogue light action game. Absorb the abilities of your enemies, fight, die, revive, and repeat to advance the story.
The Forgotten City
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
18 MINUTES
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
18 Minutes is a single player FPS that combines stealthy precision with heart-pounding action. Engage in intense firefights, strategically infiltrate enemy base, and make split- second decision to outmaneuver enemy. Get ready for a gaming experience that offers the best of stealth and FPS action
Blue Prince
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Reviewers of The Sexy Brutale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Sexy Brutale at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Sexy Brutale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Sexy Brutale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Sexy Brutale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Sexy Brutale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Sexy Brutale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
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?
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 Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
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
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Sexy Brutale.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Sexy Brutale.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
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 The Sexy Brutale.
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 The Sexy Brutale.
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 The Sexy Brutale.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Sexy Brutale.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about The Sexy Brutale
- Is The Sexy Brutale verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Sexy Brutale is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Sexy Brutale cost?
- The Sexy Brutale is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Sexy Brutale?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Sexy Brutale are Twelve Minutes, Dead Watch, Broken Lands Village.
- Who developed The Sexy Brutale?
- The Sexy Brutale was developed by Cavalier Game Studios, Tequila Works and published by Cavalier Game Studios.
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