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Shares puzzle solving with STAY.
- $10.90 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Games like STAY
- 33 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked STAY also play
The closest matches to STAY: Static Dread: The Lighthouse, Home, Dead Take, Heavy Rain, and Roadwarden. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Heavy Rain
Why this: Also Thriller and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
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Roadwarden
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
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The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as STAY.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like STAY
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Also Psychological and Choose Your Own Adventure, like STAY.
- 98% of 1,685 reviews
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Appnormals Team
- Price: $11.99checked Nov 7
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 72% of 89 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Brilliant writing with dark humor and deep themes
- Guide a trapped man through a dangerous house
- Pixel art and soundtrack enhance immersion
- Atmospheric
- Emotional
- Immersive
More games like STAY, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to STAY
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as STAY.
Lifeline
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below STAY at current Steam store prices.
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Why this: Also Thriller and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as STAY.
Late Shift
Why this: Also Thriller and Choose Your Own Adventure, like STAY.
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Why this: Also Thriller and Psychological, like STAY.
The Test
Why this: Also Psychological and Choose Your Own Adventure, like STAY.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to STAY, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with STAY.
Disturbed
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Why this: Also Psychological and Choose Your Own Adventure, like STAY.
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Why this: Also Thriller and Choose Your Own Adventure, like STAY.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with STAY.
Home
Why this: Also Thriller and Psychological, like STAY.
Heavy Rain
Why this: Also Thriller and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
Centum
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like STAY.
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as STAY.
About STAY
The closest matches to STAY: Static Dread: The Lighthouse, Home, Dead Take, Heavy Rain, and Roadwarden. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If STAY is your kind of game, the closest matches are Static Dread: The Lighthouse, Home and Dead Take — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, emotional and immersive, and single out its multiple endings tracking and puzzle solving. 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 STAY: Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Is STAY worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 72% of 89 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $11.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 7 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 5 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Brilliant writing with dark humor and deep themes
- Guide a trapped man through a dangerous house
- Pixel art and soundtrack enhance immersion
- Real time mental state deterioration based on your absence
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“1) Atmosphere doesn't hold you 2) Conversations are useless and silly 3) Moving forward with abstract puzzles that have no relations to the plot also feels out of place better invest in some other quests”
“Terrible experience. This game was doing great up to chapter 19 at which point it requires you to find your way a procedurally generated mirror maze with absolutely no useful hint and a naviguation system specifically made to enrage you…”
People who play it also play: Static Dread: The Lighthouse, Home, Dead Take
Frequently asked about STAY
Can I run it?
Is STAY verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — STAY 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 STAY cost?
STAY is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to STAY?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside STAY are Static Dread: The Lighthouse, Home, Dead Take.
Who developed STAY?
STAY was developed by Appnormals Team.