Games like Little Misfortune
If Little Misfortune is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fran Bow, Anna's Quest and Almost My Floor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its art style is gorgeous, humor and emotional storytelling 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 →Little Misfortune is a 2019 indie adventure developed by Killmonday Games AB. Players navigate the story through point-and-click mechanics and minigames, making narrative choices that influence the experience. The game features a female protagonist on a journey into the woods, guided by a narrator who breaks the fourth wall. Players describe it as dark, emotional, unsettling, and whimsical, with reviewers highlighting how humor interweaves with the storytelling. The game runs at a chill difficulty with a short playtime, designed for solo play. Priced at 19.99 USD and marked as playable on Steam Deck, it holds a 90% positive rating from over 5350 Steam reviews.
About Little Misfortune: Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Players who liked Little Misfortune also play
Steam players who put hours into Little Misfortune 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.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an emotional mood with Little Misfortune.
Top pick for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Anna's Quest
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Little Misfortune.
Second-strongest match for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.
Almost My Floor
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and a dark mood with Little Misfortune.
Third-strongest match for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
GESTALT: The Fifth Day
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Ranked #4 for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Misfortune.
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
My Lovely Daughter
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Ranked #5 for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Bulb Boy
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Ranked #6 for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
LISA: The Painful
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Little Misfortune.
Ranked #7 for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
MOOD
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Little Misfortune.
Ranked #8 for Little Misfortune fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
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OMORI
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Little Misfortune cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Sanitarium
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Reviewers of Little Misfortune cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Reviewers of Little Misfortune cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Lorelai
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Little Misfortune.
Reviewers of Little Misfortune cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Little Misfortune.
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Darkwood
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Reviewers of Little Misfortune cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an emotional mood with Little Misfortune.
Reviewers of Little Misfortune cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Bulb Boy
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Reviewers of Little Misfortune cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Little Misfortune at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Little Misfortune on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Little Misfortune on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Misfortune.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Little Misfortune on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
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 and Casual with Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune.
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 Little Misfortune.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an emotional mood with Little Misfortune.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Anna's Quest
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Little Misfortune.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.
My Lovely Daughter
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Bulb Boy
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Little Misfortune.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Little Misfortune.
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
Frequently asked about Little Misfortune
- Does Little Misfortune run on Steam Deck?
- Little Misfortune is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Little Misfortune cost?
- Little Misfortune is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Little Misfortune?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Little Misfortune are Fran Bow, Anna's Quest, Almost My Floor.
- Who developed Little Misfortune?
- Little Misfortune was developed by Killmonday Games AB.
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