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RedCandleGames · 2017 · 81 % positive of 14,378

24 games that play like Detention and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation, Setteeh and Misao - 2024 HD Remaster.

Player tags

  • Horror
  • Indie
  • Psychological Horror
  • Atmospheric
  • Puzzle
  • Story Rich
  • Adventure
  • Great Soundtrack

At a glance

What games like Detention have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Detention: Horror (24 of 24), Psychological Horror (20) and Puzzle (19).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2025, 19 of them after Detention (2017).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Misao - 2024 HD Remaster (95 % positive of 2,299).
  • The Bad Kids and Red Line both play and look like Detention.

By gameplay

Plays like Detention

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

More matches

  1. Late Homework | 遅れた宿題96 % positive of 295Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  2. Black Sheep53 % positive of 767Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  3. Re:Turn - One Way Trip79 % positive of 179Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  4. Arrogation: Unlight of Day82 % positive of 270Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  5. 回门 Way Back Home71 % positive of 503Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  6. The Bad Kids75 % positive of 549Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  7. Fear the Spotlight97 % positive of 663Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  8. Red Line98 % positive of 159Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  9. Escape: Malice23 % positive of 965Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  10. 幽灵高校(Ghost College)76 % positive of 428Shared: Horror · Puzzle · Thriller
  11. Into The Gloom80 % positive of 263Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
  12. Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story79 % positive of 570Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Story Rich

By look

Looks like Detention

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

More matches

  1. Related83 % positive of 174
  2. Araha : Curse of Yieun Island60 % positive of 338
  3. Downfall93 % positive of 1,485
  4. The Cat Lady93 % positive of 5,703
  5. The Coma 2B: Catacomb78 % positive of 446
  6. THE 4 SINS24 % positive of 3,942
  7. Mirages79 % positive of 271
  8. PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo95 % positive of 5,190
  9. CINERIS SOMNIA86 % positive of 382
  10. Fragile64 % positive of 420
  11. Pandemic Love93 % positive of 234
  12. Ghost Feed86 % positive of 326

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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