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hirohun, Mr.Pootsley · 2025 · Windows
Steam: 83 % positive of 890 reviews, as of Oct 28
A twisted trial of pill roulette for up to 4 players (solo or online). Pick your poison. Use experimental items to shift the odds. And remember: only one of you can survive.
24 games that play like SIDE EFFECTS and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The Outlast Trials, Pathologic 2 and FINAL SPIN.
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Plays and looks like SIDE EFFECTS
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like SIDE EFFECTS
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
The Outlast Trials
91 % positive of 100,208
Shared: Horror · Dark · First-Person
Pathologic 2
92 % positive of 9,627
Shared: Dark · First-Person · Surreal
FINAL SPIN
90 % positive of 196
Shared: Strategy · Gambling · Dark
Liar's Bar
89 % positive of 48,895
Shared: Strategy · Gambling · Horror
Dead by Daylight
77 % positive of 690,803
Shared: Strategy · Horror · First-Person
Bio Inc. Redemption
87 % positive of 3,102
Shared: Strategy · Horror · Multiplayer
Deceit
78 % positive of 92,076
Shared: Strategy · Horror · First-Person
The Test
95 % positive of 19,592
Shared: Horror · Psychological · Psychological Horror
Insanity Clicker
67 % positive of 3,053
Shared: Strategy · Horror · Psychological Horror
Oyabu Clinic Deathcare Corporation
92 % positive of 213
Shared: Horror · Turn-Based Tactics · Multiple Endings
Do No Harm
73 % positive of 911
Shared: Dark · First-Person · Psychological Horror
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
97 % positive of 4,208
Shared: Dark · Psychological · Psychological Horror
More matches
- Pathologic 379 % positive of 2,564
- Over the Counter90 % positive of 420Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer
- Endoparasitic93 % positive of 2,946Shared: Horror · Dark
- Limb From Limb77 % positive of 271Shared: Strategy · Horror · First-Person
- Bonesaw87 % positive of 180Shared: Strategy · Gambling · Horror
- Pit People®92 % positive of 7,463Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Co-op
- It Steals98 % positive of 2,162Shared: Horror · First-Person · Psychological
- Fear Therapy67 % positive of 3,624Shared: Horror · Dark · First-Person
- Propnight64 % positive of 20,087Shared: Horror · First-Person · PvP
- Invokyr93 % positive of 1,218Shared: Horror · Dark · First-Person
- The Test: Hypothesis Rising97 % positive of 5,836Shared: Horror · Psychological · Psychological Horror
- BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION82 % positive of 1,405Shared: Horror · First-Person · PvP
By look
Looks like SIDE EFFECTS
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
R.E.P.O.
95 % positive of 346,495
Deceit
78 % positive of 92,076
Retail Hell
94 % positive of 593
Content Warning
93 % positive of 73,115
Garten of Banban 7
83 % positive of 1,561
Smile More
93 % positive of 364
Storebound
77 % positive of 1,092
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
86 % positive of 11,100
The Mortuary Assistant
91 % positive of 7,335
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
92 % positive of 2,557
Murky Divers
87 % positive of 3,994
Unsorted Horror
96 % positive of 3,799
More matches
- Glitched Out: Chapter 173 % positive of 299
- Paranoia Place: Escape Together87 % positive of 1,579
- My Friendly Neighborhood95 % positive of 2,513
- Limb From Limb77 % positive of 271
- DEATH IN UNISON95 % positive of 671
- The Inn-Sanity96 % positive of 1,582
- Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil88 % positive of 1,592
- MADiSON87 % positive of 3,062
- FIRE AND ASHES92 % positive of 167
- Dark Pals: The 1st Floor87 % positive of 742
- Regular Factory: Escape Room92 % positive of 213
- >observer_78 % positive of 4,038
At a glance
What games like SIDE EFFECTS have in common
- The tags they share most often with SIDE EFFECTS: Horror (17 of 24), First-Person (11) and Strategy (10).
- They came out between 2016 and 2026, 2 of them after SIDE EFFECTS (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: It Steals (98 % positive of 2,162).
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.