DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition similar games & best alternatives

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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

What works

  • Engaging psychological narrative
  • Unique pixel art style
  • Atmospheric sound design
  • Meaningful moral themes
  • Short and accessible gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short playtime
  • Simple and linear gameplay
  • Some puzzle sections frustrating
  • Limited replay value
  • Lack of gameplay depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Bad Kids

  • Loretta

  • Downfall

  • The Cat Lady

  • The Blind Prophet

  • 七人杀阵 - Seven Sacrifices

More fantastical

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  • BEKKOUAME

  • Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum

  • Threefold Recital

  • Fran Bow

  • Forgotton Anne

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • DISTRAINT 2

  • Silence of the Sleep

  • Heal

  • Without a Dawn

  • Afterdream

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition. These titles are not in What to play next.

DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026