Games like JoY
Looking for games like JoY? Here are top simulation recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Showdown Bandit, BirdGut or Claire.
1 52%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, grinding52% User Score 356 reviewsSomething unnatural is stirring on the abandoned sets of the once popular kids puppet show, Showdown Bandit. Play as the awakened Bandit in this stealth-action-horror where your only hope of survival is entangled within the 3 rules of the show: Play your part. Guard your strings. And don’t look up!
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2 95%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, grinding95% User Score 3,017 reviewsBirdGut is a hand-drawn 2d puzzle-platformer from the perspective of an outcast bee who gets eaten by a bird, and discovers that the bird's internal organs are not organs at all, but facilities in which the consumed insects are brainwashed and enslaved. Experience this bizarre one-man project for yourself.
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3 68%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding68% User Score 308 reviewsClaire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation. Claire must decide who she is going to save. With every choice she'll begin to disco…
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4 61%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheregameplay, music70% User Score 229 reviewsCritic Score 52%25 reviewsThose Who Remain is a psychological thriller that takes place in Dormont, a small town in the US. Dormont appears to be a regular and typical American town at first glance. However, it is cursed...
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5 67%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storygameplay, grinding73% User Score 803 reviewsCritic Score 61%12 reviewsNeverending Nightmares is a psychological horror game inspired by the developer's actual battle with mental illness. In the game, you take on the role of Thomas who awakens from a terrible nightmare only to find that he is still dreaming. As he descends deeper through the layers of hellish dreamscapes, he must hide from horrifying apparitions and outrun his inner demons. He must discover which of …
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6 86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability85% User Score 518 reviewsCritic Score 79%1 reviewsHorace is a story-driven, pixel-platform adventure peppered with nostalgic, popular culture references which will bring a smile to any gamer who enjoys the 8 and 16 bit era!
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7 85%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, storygrinding, replayability85% User Score 3,070 reviewsThe Convenience Store is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
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8 79%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystability, atmosphere85% User Score 724 reviewsCritic Score 50%1 reviewsInsane, absurd and intense avoid-'em up game about a cat!
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9 57%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, stability57% User Score 578 reviewsGynophobia is a horror shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.
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10 54%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, atmosphere54% User Score 186 reviewsCybarian the time travelling warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.
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