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Uri Games · 2018 · Windows

Steam: 94 % positive of 315 reviews, as of Oct 18

“I’ll tell you a scary story. It’s so scary you might not be able to take it. It’s the story of the Sand Man...” This is the second title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Unable to sleep and exhausted, Sophie wanders into a town where everything sleeps. That is where the terror begins...

24 games that play like The Sand Man and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: OMORI, OneShot and Little Nightmares II.

Player tags

  • Indie
  • Casual
  • Adventure
  • RPGMaker
  • Horror
  • 2D
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Multiple Endings
Map region: Psychological Horror
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Best matches

Plays and looks like The Sand Man

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like The Sand Man

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

More matches

  1. Grimm's Hollow98 % positive of 13,883Shared: RPGMaker · Horror · Pixel Graphics
  2. DISTRAINT 295 % positive of 4,356Shared: Horror · Pixel Graphics · Story Rich
  3. Isolomus95 % positive of 345Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Psychological Horror
  4. Mad Father97 % positive of 5,719Shared: RPGMaker · Horror · Pixel Graphics
  5. Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum93 % positive of 1,351Shared: Horror · Pixel Graphics · Female Protagonist
  6. Amnesia: Rebirth76 % positive of 8,686Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Female Protagonist
  7. Silence of the Sleep74 % positive of 684Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Psychological Horror
  8. Deep Sleep Trilogy98 % positive of 619Shared: Horror · Pixel Graphics · Indie
  9. Cat in the Box94 % positive of 1,373Shared: RPGMaker · Horror · Pixel Graphics
  10. The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters95 % positive of 3,227Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Female Protagonist
  11. The Crooked Man92 % positive of 1,088Shared: RPGMaker · Horror · Pixel Graphics
  12. Stray Cat Crossing93 % positive of 641Shared: RPGMaker · Horror · Pixel Graphics

By look

Looks like The Sand Man

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

More matches

  1. Take the Dream IX77 % positive of 172
  2. LUNA84 % positive of 298
  3. Finding Paradise97 % positive of 18,763
  4. Ikenfell90 % positive of 1,170
  5. Labyronia RPG74 % positive of 1,275
  6. candle flame in the wind90 % positive of 249
  7. Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition94 % positive of 2,147
  8. Dungeon Antiqua89 % positive of 268
  9. Viviette88 % positive of 481
  10. Simple Story - Alex62 % positive of 679
  11. Legend of Mysteria RPG70 % positive of 821
  12. My Big Sister: Remastered89 % positive of 158

At a glance

What games like The Sand Man have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Sand Man: Horror (23 of 24), Pixel Graphics (15) and RPGMaker (11).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2024, 12 of them after The Sand Man (2018).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Grimm's Hollow (98 % positive of 13,883).

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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