# Games like Love, Sam

> The closest matches to Love, Sam: Visage, God's Basement, Letters of Bernard Thorne, The Beast Inside, and Layers of Fear (2016). Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Visage](https://imho.run/games/594330/visage) — Also Violent, like Love, Sam. 3,985 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/594330/)
2. [God's Basement](https://imho.run/games/753930/god-s-basement) — Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 535 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/753930/)
3. [Letters of Bernard Thorne](https://imho.run/games/2984860/letters-of-bernard-thorne) — A frequent pick in Love, Sam players' libraries, and another Indie. 72 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2984860/)
4. [The Beast Inside](https://imho.run/games/792300/the-beast-inside) — A frequent pick in Love, Sam players' libraries, and another Action. 2,333 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/792300/)
5. [Layers of Fear (2016)](https://imho.run/games/391720/layers-of-fear-2016) — Same atmospheric mood as Love, Sam. 5,082 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/391720/)
6. [The Path](https://imho.run/games/27000/the-path) — Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam. 567 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/27000/)
7. [Mists of Aiden](https://imho.run/games/1239050/mists-of-aiden) — Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 449 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239050/)
8. [The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication](https://imho.run/games/2331330/the-bridge-curse-2-the-extrication) — Shares environmental interaction and puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 124 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2331330/)
9. [An English Haunting](https://imho.run/games/2474030/an-english-haunting) — Also Supernatural, like Love, Sam. 247 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2474030/)
10. [The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope](https://imho.run/games/1194630/the-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope) — A frequent pick in Love, Sam players' libraries, and another Adventure. 2,877 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194630/)
11. [Last Report](https://imho.run/games/3209480/last-report) — Also Supernatural, like Love, Sam. 1,034 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3209480/)
12. [The Cat Lady](https://imho.run/games/253110/the-cat-lady) — Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 2,612 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/253110/)
13. [Find Yourself](https://imho.run/games/1504740/find-yourself) — Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam. 521 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1504740/)
14. [Enigma of Fear](https://imho.run/games/1507580/enigma-of-fear) — Shares environmental interaction and puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 229 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1507580/)
15. [Pathologic 3](https://imho.run/games/3199650/pathologic-3) — A frequent pick in Love, Sam players' libraries, and another RPG. 994 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/)
16. [Silver Chains](https://imho.run/games/975470/silver-chains) — Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 220 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/975470/)
17. [Scarlet Hollow](https://imho.run/games/1609230/scarlet-hollow) — Also Supernatural, like Love, Sam. 3,657 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1609230/)
18. [Static Dread: The Lighthouse](https://imho.run/games/3298940/static-dread-the-lighthouse) — Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 356 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3298940/)
19. [The Last Door - Collector's Edition](https://imho.run/games/284390/the-last-door-collector-s-edition) — Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam. 968 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/284390/)
20. [[Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備](https://imho.run/games/2367230/chilla-s-art-night-security) — Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam. 421 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2367230/)
21. [Little Nightmares II](https://imho.run/games/860510/little-nightmares-ii) — Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam. 15,498 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/860510/)
22. [Stories Untold](https://imho.run/games/558420/stories-untold) — Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 3,201 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/558420/)
23. [Dead Take](https://imho.run/games/3352690/dead-take) — Shares puzzle solving with Love, Sam. 556 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/)
24. [Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place](https://imho.run/games/2485750/midnight-scenes-a-safe-place) — Shares environmental interaction with Love, Sam. 119 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2485750/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1073820&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1073820&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1073820&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1073820
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1073820
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Love, Sam

Alone in your room, you see a diary sitting on your desk. It wants to tell you a story: a story about a high school crush. A story about small town romance. A story about how everyone is against you and nobody will ever love you again.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1073820
- **Developer:** Korean Linguistics Lab
- **Publisher:** Korean Linguistics Lab
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jun 4, 2019
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1073820/love-sam)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1073820&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1073820/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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