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Koway · 2025 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 96 % positive of 157 reviews, as of Oct 28
A 5 minutes game about love and hesitation. Use Backspace to play. Hope you will never experience this hesitation.
24 games that play like Sisyphe's Backspace and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Florence, Left on Read and Emily is Away.
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Plays and looks like Sisyphe's Backspace
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Sisyphe's Backspace
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Florence
93 % positive of 14,958
Shared: Romance · Female Protagonist · Interactive Fiction
Left on Read
78 % positive of 5,242
Shared: Romance · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich
Emily is Away
87 % positive of 32,355
Shared: Romance · Interactive Fiction · Dating Sim
Every Letter
94 % positive of 303
Shared: LGBTQ+ · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
89 % positive of 2,339
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Story Rich · Typing
missed messages.
95 % positive of 15,574
Shared: Romance · Female Protagonist · LGBTQ+
Take a Hint
97 % positive of 238
Shared: Romance · Female Protagonist · Interactive Fiction
memories
92 % positive of 1,570
Shared: Romance · Female Protagonist · LGBTQ+
S-mail
89 % positive of 307
Shared: Female Protagonist · LGBTQ+ · Interactive Fiction
LoveChoice
91 % positive of 32,670
Shared: Romance · Interactive Fiction · Dating Sim
7 Days to End with You
86 % positive of 3,399
Shared: Romance · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
Pretentious Game
79 % positive of 121
Shared: Minimalist · Indie
More matches
- Locke(d)92 % positive of 1,118Shared: Interactive Fiction · Conversation · Atmospheric
- a new life.95 % positive of 2,222Shared: Romance · Female Protagonist · LGBTQ+
- Emily is Away <390 % positive of 6,066Shared: Romance · Dating Sim · Story Rich
- 你好！我们还有场恋爱没谈-番外篇91 % positive of 1,036Shared: Romance · Interactive Fiction · Dating Sim
- Until Then96 % positive of 16,182Shared: Romance · LGBTQ+ · Interactive Fiction
- her tears were my light98 % positive of 789Shared: Romance · Female Protagonist · LGBTQ+
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always98 % positive of 13,854Shared: Romance · LGBTQ+ · Interactive Fiction
- Emily is Away Too93 % positive of 5,360Shared: Romance · Dating Sim · Text-Based
- Why do you love me?96 % positive of 193Shared: Romance · Interactive Fiction · Dating Sim
- Memoir95 % positive of 298Shared: Dating Sim · Singleplayer · 2D
- Control, I'm Not Coming Back97 % positive of 7,297Shared: Interactive Fiction · Minimalist · Story Rich
- Serre98 % positive of 310Shared: Romance · Female Protagonist · LGBTQ+
By look
Looks like Sisyphe's Backspace
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
"LIFE" not found;
92 % positive of 339
Welcome To The Dark Place
88 % positive of 636
I, the Forgotten One
89 % positive of 200
Purrgatory
98 % positive of 5,063
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
96 % positive of 10,557
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
92 % positive of 238
Another Adventure
90 % positive of 4,140
Left on Read
78 % positive of 5,242
Fallen Hero: Rebirth
95 % positive of 465
Time Flies
95 % positive of 389
LoveChoice
91 % positive of 32,670
Depression Quest
60 % positive of 3,943
More matches
- Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One91 % positive of 358
- Pleh!94 % positive of 1,369
- Enjoy the Diner97 % positive of 1,143
- TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression81 % positive of 180
- Ord.92 % positive of 290
- Draw95 % positive of 864
- Press Any Key96 % positive of 434
- nothing_matters84 % positive of 226
- and Roger93 % positive of 2,879
- Crap Game, Don’t Play78 % positive of 225
- halfmoon90 % positive of 195
- lily's world XD95 % positive of 1,615
At a glance
What games like Sisyphe's Backspace have in common
- The tags they share most often with Sisyphe's Backspace: Romance (17 of 24), Interactive Fiction (15) and LGBTQ+ (9).
- They came out between 2014 and 2026, 3 of them after Sisyphe's Backspace (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: Our Life: Beginnings & Always (98 % positive of 13,854).
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.