# Games like Dad's Monster House

> The closest matches to Dad's Monster House: One Way: The Elevator, Life Gallery, Cat Museum, Lucid Dream Adventure, and Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon walled city. 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. [One Way: The Elevator](https://imho.run/games/1347420/one-way-the-elevator) — Also Hidden Object, like Dad's Monster House. 85 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347420/)
2. [Life Gallery](https://imho.run/games/1978330/life-gallery) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 74 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1978330/)
3. [Cat Museum](https://imho.run/games/1688100/cat-museum) — A frequent pick in Dad's Monster House players' libraries, and another Indie. 211 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1688100/)
4. [Lucid Dream Adventure](https://imho.run/games/773090/lucid-dream-adventure) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 88 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/773090/)
5. [Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon walled city](https://imho.run/games/1182090/mr-pumpkin-2-kowloon-walled-city) — Same atmospheric mood as Dad's Monster House. 63 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182090/)
6. [Lydia](https://imho.run/games/629000/lydia) — Same atmospheric mood as Dad's Monster House. 229 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/629000/)
7. [The White Door](https://imho.run/games/1145960/the-white-door) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 1,537 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145960/)
8. [The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2](https://imho.run/games/94300/the-dream-machine-chapter-1-2) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 1,057 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/94300/)
9. [Fran Bow](https://imho.run/games/362680/fran-bow) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 8,241 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/362680/)
10. [My Brother Rabbit](https://imho.run/games/855640/my-brother-rabbit) — Also Hidden Object, like Dad's Monster House. 677 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/855640/)
11. [Mindlock - The Apartment](https://imho.run/games/2669150/mindlock-the-apartment) — A frequent pick in Dad's Monster House players' libraries, and another Adventure. 162 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2669150/)
12. [Papetura](https://imho.run/games/593640/papetura) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 480 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/593640/)
13. [CLeM](https://imho.run/games/1861440/clem) — Same atmospheric mood as Dad's Monster House. 110 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1861440/)
14. [Detention](https://imho.run/games/555220/detention) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 2,780 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/555220/)
15. [Year Walk](https://imho.run/games/269050/year-walk) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 916 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/269050/)
16. [The Night is Grey](https://imho.run/games/1281490/the-night-is-grey) — Same atmospheric mood as Dad's Monster House. 183 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281490/)
17. [Bulb Boy](https://imho.run/games/390290/bulb-boy) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 284 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/390290/)
18. [Leila](https://imho.run/games/2458430/leila) — Same atmospheric mood as Dad's Monster House. 148 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458430/)
19. [Knock-knock](https://imho.run/games/250380/knock-knock) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 395 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/250380/)
20. [The Star Named EOS](https://imho.run/games/1619230/the-star-named-eos) — Also Hidden Object, like Dad's Monster House. 139 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619230/)
21. [Slender Threads](https://imho.run/games/1116480/slender-threads) — Same atmospheric mood as Dad's Monster House. 292 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1116480/)
22. [When The Past Was Around](https://imho.run/games/1164050/when-the-past-was-around) — Also Surreal and Hidden Object, like Dad's Monster House. 1,668 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164050/)
23. [Bad Dream: Coma](https://imho.run/games/538070/bad-dream-coma) — Also Surreal, like Dad's Monster House. 557 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/538070/)
24. [Tales from Candleforth](https://imho.run/games/2200410/tales-from-candleforth) — Also Surreal and Hidden Object, like Dad's Monster House. 71 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2200410/)

## 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=1347600&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1347600&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1347600&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1347600
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1347600
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Dad's Monster House

Dad's Monster House is a hand-drawn puzzle game featuring horror and fantasy. It tells the story of Carlos' journey after he receives a distress call from his father, pleading for him to return to his old home and rescue his dad.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1347600
- **Developer:** Cotton Game
- **Publisher:** Cotton Game
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, RPG, Casual
- **Categories:** Captions available, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 23, 2021
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1347600/dad-s-monster-house)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1347600&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347600/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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