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Games like PROXIMATE

Matched on the Steam tags players give them, the closest first.

30 games alike in Walking Simulator, Mystery and Psychological Horror, with Mouthwashing, Before Your Eyes and Gone Home closest.

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NarrativeWalking Simulator

7 games that share both with PROXIMATE

  1. Mouthwashing
    3hours

    Mouthwashing

    Loved · 95%

  2. Before Your Eyes
    2hours

    Before Your Eyes

    Loved · 98%

  3. Gone Home
    2.5hours

    Gone Home

    Mixed · 77%

  4. Adios
    1.5hours

    Adios

    Loved · 91%

  5. Journey
    2.5hours

    Journey

    Loved · 94%

  6. Moral Dilemma: The Interview
    2hours

    Moral Dilemma: The Interview

    Liked · 83%

  7. Chasing Static
    3.5hours

    Chasing Static

    Liked · 87%

UnderwaterWalking Simulator

4 games that share both with PROXIMATE

  1. Still Wakes the Deep
    5.5hours

    Still Wakes the Deep

    Liked · 87%

  2. ABZÛ
    2.5hours

    ABZÛ

    Loved · 93%

  3. Dreamcore
    4.5hours

    Dreamcore

    Liked · 89%

  4. POOLS
    2.5hours

    POOLS

    Loved · 95%

UnderwaterHorror

3 games that share both with PROXIMATE

  1. Iron Lung
    1.5hours

    Iron Lung

    Loved · 92%

  2. Narcosis
    3.5hours

    Narcosis

    Mixed · 76%

  3. SOMA
    11hours

    SOMA

    Loved · 96%

HorrorWalking Simulator

8 games that share both with PROXIMATE

  1. The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
    2hours

    The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件

    Liked · 82%

  2. [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明
    1.5hours

    [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明

    Liked · 84%

  3. Layers of Fear (2016)
    4hours

    Layers of Fear (2016)

    Liked · 88%

  4. CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
    1.5hours

    CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

    Loved · 96%

  5. The Music Machine
    2hours

    The Music Machine

    Liked · 87%

  6. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
    4.5hours

    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    Mixed · 70%

  7. The Park
    2hours

    The Park

    Mixed · 70%

  8. Dead Take
    5hours

    Dead Take

    Liked · 87%

And more like PROXIMATE

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. Loan Shark
    1hour

    Loan Shark

    Underwater · Interactive Fiction

  2. Sally Face - Episode One
    8.5hours

    Sally Face - Episode One

    Narrative · Horror

  3. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
    1.5hours

    Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

    Walking Simulator · Interactive Fiction

  4. The Stanley Parable
    3.5hours

    The Stanley Parable

    Satire · Walking Simulator

  5. Firewatch
    4.5hours

    Firewatch

    Walking Simulator · Mystery

  6. What Remains of Edith Finch
    2.5hours

    What Remains of Edith Finch

    Walking Simulator · Mystery

  7. Stories Untold
    3.5hours

    Stories Untold

    Text-Based · Horror

  8. Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
    3hours

    Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout

    Narrative · Horror

How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of PROXIMATE'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 the same series come first, a similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with PROXIMATE 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.

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 case, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.