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Games like Cat in the Box

Gustav · 2020 · 94 % positive of 1,373

24 games that play like Cat in the Box and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Stray Cat Crossing, House and Don't Be Afraid 2.

Player tags

  • Horror
  • RPGMaker
  • Adventure
  • Mystery
  • Indie
  • Pixel Graphics
  • 2D
  • Psychological Horror

At a glance

What games like Cat in the Box have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Cat in the Box: Horror (24 of 24), Pixel Graphics (12) and Mystery (12).
  • They came out between 2012 and 2025, 7 of them after Cat in the Box (2020).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Fran Bow (97 % positive of 19,016).
  • 5 games both play and look like Cat in the Box, among them Stray Cat Crossing, ALONE and R.I.C.A.

By gameplay

Plays like Cat in the Box

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. R.I.C.A87 % positive of 238Shared: Horror · RPGMaker · Pixel Graphics
  2. The Cat Lady93 % positive of 5,703Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Story Rich
  3. LUNA84 % positive of 298Shared: Horror · RPGMaker · Mystery
  4. Nyctophilia64 % positive of 299Shared: Horror · Pixel Graphics · Psychological Horror
  5. Out of Sight96 % positive of 354Shared: Horror · Mystery · Story Rich
  6. Red Bow84 % positive of 283Shared: Horror · RPGMaker · Pixel Graphics
  7. TAIKU MANSION35 % positive of 410Shared: Horror · Puzzle · Adventure
  8. Cat Museum92 % positive of 823Shared: Horror · Mystery · Puzzle
  9. Misao - 2024 HD Remaster95 % positive of 2,299Shared: Horror · RPGMaker · Pixel Graphics
  10. Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure83 % positive of 173Shared: Horror · Mystery · Psychological Horror
  11. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?95 % positive of 1,068Shared: Horror · Mystery · Pixel Graphics
  12. Mists of Aiden91 % positive of 1,121Shared: Horror · Mystery · Psychological Horror

By look

Looks like Cat in the Box

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Coffin of Ashes91 % positive of 811
  2. Tales of the Black Forest97 % positive of 13,947
  3. Alicemare88 % positive of 1,122
  4. Dear RED - Extended66 % positive of 392
  5. Fausts Alptraum93 % positive of 1,155
  6. The Mirror Lied88 % positive of 900
  7. Corpse Party89 % positive of 1,315
  8. Red Bow84 % positive of 283
  9. Secret Of Magia50 % positive of 908
  10. The Sand Man94 % positive of 315
  11. Angels of Death94 % positive of 4,971
  12. Clandestinity of Elsie76 % positive of 156

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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