HorrorPsychological Horror
11 games that share both with Side Effects
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6 games that share both with Side Effects
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4 games that share both with Side Effects
And more like Side Effects
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
Nubby's Number Factory
Side Effects, but a roguelite, and three times the hours
Loved · 97%Gambling · Surreal
How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of Side Effects'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 Side Effects'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 Side Effects 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 Side Effects: a kind of game it is that Side Effects is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Side Effects's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Side Effects, and how its reviewers feel beside Side Effects'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%.