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Games like The Deer

30 games alike in Psychological Horror, Puzzle and Horror, with It's Spring Again, Steam Engine Simulator and Mother Simulator closest.

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ClosestIt's Spring Again

The Deer, but a point-and-click adventure, and half the hours

1 hourLoved · 92%Its page

Psychological HorrorHorror

17 games that share both with The Deer

  1. 4

    The Witch's House MV

    The Deer, but pixel art, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%

  2. 7

    The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件

    The Deer, but first-person

    Liked · 82%

  3. 9

    Mad Father

    The Deer, but pixel art, and three times the hours

    Loved · 97%

  4. 10

    Tales of the Black Forest

    The Deer, but pixel art, and three times the hours

    Loved · 98%

  5. 14Best loved

    MiSide

    The Deer, but 3D, and four times the hours

    Loved · 98%

  6. 15

    The Death | Thần Trùng

    The Deer, but realistic, and a mystery

    Loved · 91%

  7. 16

    Misao - 2024 HD Remaster

    The Deer, but surreal, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%

  8. 17

    [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件

    The Deer, but a walking sim, and half the hours

    Liked · 80%

  9. 19

    Detention

    The Deer, but darker, and twice the hours

    Loved · 96%

  10. 20

    DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

    The Deer, but darker

    Loved · 93%

  11. 21

    Aka Manto | 赤マント

    The Deer, but twice the hours

    Liked · 88%

  12. 23

    Outer Wilds

    The Deer, but in space, and 12 times the hours

    Loved · 96%

  13. 24

    Alicemare

    The Deer, but with several endings

    Liked · 88%

  14. 27

    I'm on Observation Duty

    The Deer, but even better loved

    Loved · 95%

  15. 28

    Yuppie Psycho

    The Deer, but top-down, and six times the hours

    Loved · 95%

  16. 29

    Fatum Betula

    The Deer, but a walking sim, and retro

    Loved · 96%

  17. 30

    Angels of Death

    The Deer, but with romance, and four times the hours

    Loved · 95%

EducationPuzzle

5 games that share both with The Deer

  1. 5

    Zup! S

    The Deer, but relaxing, and minimalist

    Loved · 97%

  2. 8

    Cypher

    The Deer, but minimalist, and first-person

    Loved · 90%

  3. 11

    Scribblenauts Unlimited

    The Deer, but funny, and five times the hours

    Loved · 94%

  4. 18Shortest

    Electrician Simulator - First Shock

    The Deer, but a life sim, and 3D

    Liked · 81%

  5. 25

    Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

    The Deer, but a job sim, and realistic

    Liked · 83%

Psychological HorrorAnime

3 games that share both with The Deer

  1. 12

    Doki Doki Literature Club

    The Deer, but free to play, and a visual novel

    Loved · 96%

  2. 13

    Nya Nya Nya Girls (ʻʻʻ)_(=^・ω・^=)_(ʻʻʻ)

    Much the same as The Deer

    Liked · 81%

  3. 26

    Noel the Mortal Fate Complete Edition

    The Deer, but cute, and eight times the hours

    Liked · 87%

And more like The Deer

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 1Closest

    It's Spring Again

    The Deer, but a point-and-click adventure, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Education

  2. 2Hidden gem

    Steam Engine Simulator

    The Deer, but physics-driven, and even better loved

    Loved · 99%Education · Psychological Horror

  3. 3

    Mother Simulator

    The Deer, but a job sim, and first-person

    Liked · 83%Education · Psychological Horror

  4. 6

    Google Earth VR

    The Deer, but free to play, and in VR

    Loved · 94%Education · Open world

  5. 22

    Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition

    The Deer, but free to play, and funny

    Loved · 94%Education

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of The Deer'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 Deer'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. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with The Deer 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 The Deer: a kind of game it is that The Deer is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that The Deer's barely do, how many hours people play it beside The Deer, and how its reviewers feel beside The Deer'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%.