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Same atmospheric mood as Strange Telephone.
- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2016
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The closest matches to Strange Telephone: Awareness Rooms, Yume Nikki, OneShot, Lucid Dream Adventure, and Happy Game. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: HZ3 Software
- Price: $4.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 83% of 162 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Item interactions feel deliberately obscure
- Multiple endings reward thoroughness
- Npcs react dynamically to inventory
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Mysterious
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About Strange Telephone
The closest matches to Strange Telephone: Awareness Rooms, Yume Nikki, OneShot, Lucid Dream Adventure, and Happy Game. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Strange Telephone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Awareness Rooms, Yume Nikki and OneShot — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious, and single out its hidden item interactions and item combination puzzles. 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.
About Strange Telephone: Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.
Is Strange Telephone worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 83% of 162 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Item interactions feel deliberately obscure
- Multiple endings reward thoroughness
- Npcs react dynamically to inventory
- Phone numbers unlock unique worlds
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I love the idea of this game, and some worlds and characters are really quirky and cute, but the only way to really know how to do certain things is to look up a walkthrough. If you were to just try and go through this blind, I don't know…”
People who play it also play: Awareness Rooms, Yume Nikki, OneShot
Frequently asked about Strange Telephone
Can I run it?
Is Strange Telephone verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Strange Telephone 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 Strange Telephone cost?
Strange Telephone is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Strange Telephone?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Strange Telephone are Awareness Rooms, Yume Nikki, OneShot.
Who developed Strange Telephone?
Strange Telephone was developed by HZ3 Software and published by PLAYISM.