Games like Black River
If Black River is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ritual on the Eve 前夜祭, The Monsters' History Book and Nightmare Of Melanie — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environmental storytelling drives mystery, exploration heavy design and multiple playable characters. 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 Black River: Black River is a Survival-Horror RPG worth 3-5 hours of intense gameplay where you ultimately have to turn the table on those who want to harm you. It is not about escaping the village of Black River, it's about putting an end to its misery!
Players who liked Black River also play
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Ritual on the Eve 前夜祭
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Black River.
Top pick for Black River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Black River.
学园祭的前夜，据说时不时会出现名为【爱丽丝幻境】的怪异现象，过去的死者在虚假的幻境中， 向生者叙述怨念，企图寻求解脱，亦或者是报复。
The Monsters' History Book
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Black River.
Second-strongest match for Black River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
Beyond horrible, odd and black feelings, while there is a sincere relationship.However,The horrors more terrible than all these, become increasingly clear as the two linger around in the school. The nervous history of the bizarre deaths replays again as the history book be opened.
Nightmare Of Melanie
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Black River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
Players will constantly experience their inner voice between the truth and fear from Ling's perspective, and face the most cruel fate hidden in the deepest darkness after the horizon is clear and swept by fear one after another...
At Home Alone
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting and a melancholic mood with Black River.
Ranked #4 for Black River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Garenburg Woods
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Black River.
Ranked #5 for Black River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Black River.
Garenburg Woods, a happy RPG where you must stay on trail. Everybody is sure to have a great time...
Choose Wisely
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and an atmospheric mood with Black River.
Ranked #6 for Black River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
This game features no specific hero. You, as the player, can decide who makes it out alive. Your actions determine the outcome of the game. In total there are 9 playable characters and more than 50 different paths.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Black River at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Black River.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Black River.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Action with Black River.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Black River.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Black River.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Black River.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Black River on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Black River.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 and Casual with Black River.
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
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Black River.
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 Action and Indie with Black River.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Black River.
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 Action and Indie with Black River.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Black River.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Black River.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Black River.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Thorne Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Thorne Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Thorne - Death Merchants
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Black River.
Another title from Thorne Games, the studio behind Black River. Shares Action and Strategy with Black River.
Play as an infamous mercenary known as "The Crow" in a decayed and corrupt world, find your way out of chains and get paid for your contract, in this enthralling Action-RPG with high production values.
Thorne - Son of Slaves (Ep.2)
WHY THIS
Another title from Thorne Games, the studio behind Black River. Shares Action and Strategy with Black River.
Play as the infamous mercenary known as "The Crow" in a decayed and corrupt world, find your way out of chains and get paid for your contract, in this enthralling Action-RPG with high production values.
Lycah
WHY THIS
Another title from Thorne Games, the studio behind Black River. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
Lycah - The Enchantress is an exciting game from the team behind the Thorne series that puts you in the role of Lycah, a young woman troubled by her past.
Frequently asked about Black River
- How much does Black River cost?
- Black River is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Black River?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Black River are Ritual on the Eve 前夜祭, The Monsters' History Book, Nightmare Of Melanie.
- Who developed Black River?
- Black River was developed by Thorne Games.
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