# Games like The White Door

> The closest matches to The White Door: Cube Escape Collection, Rusty Lake: Roots, Samsara Room, The Night is Grey, and Lucid Dream Adventure. 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. [Cube Escape Collection](https://imho.run/games/1292940/cube-escape-collection) — Also Detective and Surreal, like The White Door. 1,808 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1292940/)
2. [Rusty Lake: Roots](https://imho.run/games/532110/rusty-lake-roots) — Also Surreal, like The White Door. 1,696 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/532110/)
3. [Samsara Room](https://imho.run/games/1281800/samsara-room) — Also Short and Surreal, like The White Door. 2,659 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281800/)
4. [The Night is Grey](https://imho.run/games/1281490/the-night-is-grey) — Same atmospheric mood as The White Door. 183 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281490/)
5. [Lucid Dream Adventure](https://imho.run/games/773090/lucid-dream-adventure) — A frequent pick in The White Door players' libraries, and another Indie. 88 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/773090/)
6. [Kathy Rain](https://imho.run/games/370910/kathy-rain) — Also Detective, like The White Door. 1,259 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/370910/)
7. [Detention](https://imho.run/games/555220/detention) — Also Surreal, like The White Door. 2,780 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/555220/)
8. [Mindlock - The Apartment](https://imho.run/games/2669150/mindlock-the-apartment) — A frequent pick in The White Door players' libraries, and another Adventure. 162 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2669150/)
9. [Year Walk](https://imho.run/games/269050/year-walk) — Also Short and Surreal, like The White Door. 916 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/269050/)
10. [The Past Within](https://imho.run/games/1515210/the-past-within) — Same atmospheric mood as The White Door. 3,780 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1515210/)
11. [Underground Blossom](https://imho.run/games/2291850/underground-blossom) — Same atmospheric mood as The White Door. 1,330 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2291850/)
12. [The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2](https://imho.run/games/94300/the-dream-machine-chapter-1-2) — Also Surreal, like The White Door. 1,057 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/94300/)
13. [Follow the meaning](https://imho.run/games/2720280/follow-the-meaning) — Also Detective and Surreal, like The White Door. 385 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2720280/)
14. [Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!](https://imho.run/games/2362090/chicken-police-into-the-hive) — Also Detective and Surreal, like The White Door. 148 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362090/)
15. [Draugen](https://imho.run/games/770390/draugen) — Also Short and Detective, like The White Door. 966 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/770390/)
16. [DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition](https://imho.run/games/395170/distraint-deluxe-edition) — Also Short, like The White Door. 1,278 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/395170/)
17. [The Charnel House Trilogy](https://imho.run/games/288930/the-charnel-house-trilogy) — Also Short, like The White Door. 437 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/288930/)
18. [Homesick](https://imho.run/games/244910/homesick) — Also Short, like The White Door. 717 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/244910/)
19. [Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling](https://imho.run/games/1742930/looking-up-i-see-only-a-ceiling) — Also Short, like The White Door. 1,246 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1742930/)
20. [Fran Bow](https://imho.run/games/362680/fran-bow) — Also Surreal, like The White Door. 8,241 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/362680/)
21. [Gorogoa](https://imho.run/games/557600/gorogoa) — Also Short, like The White Door. 5,369 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/557600/)
22. [Leila](https://imho.run/games/2458430/leila) — Same atmospheric mood as The White Door. 148 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458430/)
23. [Slender Threads](https://imho.run/games/1116480/slender-threads) — Same atmospheric mood as The White Door. 292 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1116480/)
24. [My Brother Rabbit](https://imho.run/games/855640/my-brother-rabbit) — Also Short, like The White Door. 677 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/855640/)

## 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=1145960&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1145960&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1145960&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1145960
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1145960
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About The White Door

The White Door is a 2020 point-and-click puzzle adventure developed by Rusty Lake. Set within a minimalist art style, the game presents players with a distinctive dual-screen presentation that weaves puzzle-solving with narrative significance. Players guide Robert Hill through his dreams as he attempts to recover lost memories, with the story unfolding across daily routines and fragmented recollections. Reviewers highlight the challenging but accessible puzzles, and players describe the atmosphere as emotional and melancholic, with the game's clever use of color to denote emotional significance being particularly noted. Available on Steam Deck with verified status, the game holds a 90% positive rating from over 1,500 reviews and carries a Metacritic score of 77, offering a short but atmospheric solo experience at $3.99.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1145960
- **Developer:** Rusty Lake
- **Publisher:** Second Maze
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jan 9, 2020
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 77
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1145960/the-white-door)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1145960&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145960/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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