# Games like The Mildew Children

> The closest matches to The Mildew Children: The Mildew Children: Chapter 1, Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!, outside the door, Pathologic 3, and Sister Ray. 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. [The Mildew Children: Chapter 1](https://imho.run/games/2420330/the-mildew-children-chapter-1) — Also Detective and Surreal, like The Mildew Children. 86 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420330/)
2. [Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!](https://imho.run/games/2362090/chicken-police-into-the-hive) — Shares point and click and visual novel style with The Mildew Children. 148 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362090/)
3. [outside the door](https://imho.run/games/2680680/outside-the-door) — Shares visual novel style and dialogue choices with The Mildew Children. 76 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680680/)
4. [Pathologic 3](https://imho.run/games/3199650/pathologic-3) — Shares branching narrative and dialogue choices with The Mildew Children. 994 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/)
5. [Sister Ray](https://imho.run/games/3200290/sister-ray) — Shares mini games and branching narrative with The Mildew Children. 201 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3200290/)
6. [Siren's Call: Escape Velocity](https://imho.run/games/2469950/siren-s-call-escape-velocity) — Shares visual novel style and branching narrative with The Mildew Children. 91 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2469950/)
7. [Expelled!](https://imho.run/games/2963890/expelled) — Also Detective, like The Mildew Children. 177 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/)
8. [INDIKA](https://imho.run/games/1373960/indika) — Shares mini games with The Mildew Children. 2,313 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1373960/)
9. [Tokyo Dark](https://imho.run/games/687260/tokyo-dark) — Shares environmental exploration and dialogue choices with The Mildew Children. 581 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/687260/)
10. [Cabernet](https://imho.run/games/2401410/cabernet) — Shares quick time events and branching narrative with The Mildew Children. 1,198 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2401410/)
11. [Black Book](https://imho.run/games/1138660/black-book) — Same atmospheric mood as The Mildew Children. 1,047 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1138660/)
12. [GESTALT: The Fifth Day](https://imho.run/games/2616720/gestalt-the-fifth-day) — Shares hidden object search and point and click with The Mildew Children. 54 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2616720/)
13. [OFF](https://imho.run/games/3339880/off) — Shares multiple endings with The Mildew Children. 2,016 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3339880/)
14. [Rainswept](https://imho.run/games/772290/rainswept) — Shares environmental exploration with The Mildew Children. 185 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/772290/)
15. [Tormenture](https://imho.run/games/2545220/tormenture) — Also Surreal and Side Scroller, like The Mildew Children. 130 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2545220/)
16. [Creepy Tale: Some Other Place](https://imho.run/games/2476100/creepy-tale-some-other-place) — Shares point and click with The Mildew Children. 67 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2476100/)
17. [Night in the Woods](https://imho.run/games/481510/night-in-the-woods) — Shares dialogue choices with The Mildew Children. 13,243 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/481510/)
18. [Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow](https://imho.run/games/3035990/misericorde-volume-two-white-wool-snow) — A frequent pick in The Mildew Children players' libraries, and another Indie. 217 Steam reviews, 100% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3035990/)
19. [The Last Case of John Morley](https://imho.run/games/3636620/the-last-case-of-john-morley) — Shares point and click with The Mildew Children. 76 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3636620/)
20. [Banebush](https://imho.run/games/2992240/banebush) — Shares point and click and branching narrative with The Mildew Children. 98 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2992240/)
21. [Fran Bow](https://imho.run/games/362680/fran-bow) — Also Surreal, like The Mildew Children. 8,241 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/362680/)
22. [Gray Dawn](https://imho.run/games/747360/gray-dawn) — Shares environmental exploration with The Mildew Children. 427 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/747360/)
23. [Daemonologie](https://imho.run/games/3048140/daemonologie) — Shares hidden object search and point and click with The Mildew Children. 495 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3048140/)
24. [Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter](https://imho.run/games/2759280/kumitantei-old-school-slaughter) — A frequent pick in The Mildew Children players' libraries, and another RPG. 164 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2759280/)

## Machine-readable

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## About The Mildew Children

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 2420350
- **Developer:** The Growing Stones
- **Publisher:** Valkyrie Initiative
- **Genres:** Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Apr 17, 2024
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/2420350/the-mildew-children)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2420350&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420350/)
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