Games like Strange Telephone
If Strange Telephone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Awareness Rooms, Yume Nikki and Lost but Lucid — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiple endings reward thoroughness, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 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.
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Awareness Rooms
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Top pick for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
You find yourself in a room you know nothing of. As you examine the objects around you, your awareness rises and the room slowly comes into focus. Can you find your way out?
Yume Nikki
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Second-strongest match for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Lost but Lucid
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Third-strongest match for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
Lost but Lucid is a platformer set in the dreamscapes of a patient undergoing experimental therapy. Traverse 27 levels seeking secrets and collectables. Sprint, leap, fall, delve, and climb your way out of an unconscious prison. Participate in Time Trial Mode and compete in global Leaderboards.
When The Past Was Around
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Ranked #4 for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and a mysterious mood with Strange Telephone.
Ranked #5 for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Ranked #6 for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
Evie
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
A girl crashed into a dark forest not knowing where to go, curiosity drives her to open a Pandora’s box that was never meant to be opened.
The Elision Effect
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Strange Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Strange Telephone
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Yume Nikki
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Reviewers of Strange Telephone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Psychonauts
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Strange Telephone.
Reviewers of Strange Telephone cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Reviewers of Strange Telephone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Dreaming Sarah
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Strange Telephone.
Reviewers of Strange Telephone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Strange Telephone at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Strange Telephone.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Strange Telephone.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Strange Telephone.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Strange Telephone.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Strange Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Strange Telephone.
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 Adventure with Strange Telephone.
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 Strange Telephone.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Strange Telephone.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
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 and Casual with Strange Telephone.
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 Strange Telephone.
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.
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Frequently asked about Strange Telephone
- 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, Lost but Lucid.
- Who developed Strange Telephone?
- Strange Telephone was developed by HZ3 Software and published by PLAYISM.
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