Late Homework | 遅れた宿題 similar games & best alternatives

Late Homework | 遅れた宿題

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.

What works

  • Excellent retro ps1-style visuals and atmosphere
  • Strong horror mood and sound design
  • Engaging puzzles and exploration
  • Good replay value with unlockables and ranking
  • Short and affordable

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating monster ai and door camping
  • No save system and limited lives cause replaying
  • Tank controls and camera angle changes can be disorienting
  • Some technical issues and occasional softlocks
  • Story and puzzles somewhat simple and brief

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

  • Lorn's Lure

  • Heartworm

  • The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

  • Hollow Cocoon

  • Face It - A game to fight inner demons

More violent

Games that feels like Late Homework | 遅れた宿題 but with more combat and destruction

  • Outlast

  • Murder House

  • Dino Trauma

  • [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント

  • Infliction

  • Granny 3

Less expressive

Games that feels like Late Homework | 遅れた宿題 but with less self-expression and customization

  • The Night of the Scissors

  • Decay: The Mare

  • Born Into Fear

  • Understanding, The Game

  • Oakwood

  • [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap

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Late Homework | 遅れた宿題: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026