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5 games that share both with DEAD LETTER DEPT.
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3 games that share both with DEAD LETTER DEPT.
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6 games that share both with DEAD LETTER DEPT.
And more like DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but a visual novel, and a fifth of the hours
Loved · 96%Text-Based · Psychological Horror
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but a visual novel, and pixel art
Loved · 97%Text-Based · Psychological Horror
Rusty Lake Hotel
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but a point-and-click adventure, and full of puzzles
Loved · 96%Mystery · Surreal
s.p.l.i.t
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but with hacking, and half the hours
Loved · 93%Typing · Psychological Horror
Replica
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but a detective game, and your choices matter
Liked · 86%Dystopian · Mystery
No one lives under the lighthouse
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but Lovecraftian, and retro
Liked · 87%Horror · Mystery
Oxenfree
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but an interactive fiction game, and your choices matter
Loved · 91%Mystery · Supernatural
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but hand-drawn, and four times the hours
Loved · 95%Text-Based · Horror
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
DEAD LETTER DEPT., but free to play, and funny
Loved · 97%Text-Based · Mystery
How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of DEAD LETTER DEPT.'s Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of DEAD LETTER DEPT.'s own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with DEAD LETTER DEPT. stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.
Under each name, how it differs from DEAD LETTER DEPT.: a kind of game it is that DEAD LETTER DEPT. is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that DEAD LETTER DEPT.'s barely do, how many hours people play it beside DEAD LETTER DEPT., and how its reviewers feel beside DEAD LETTER DEPT.'s.
The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.