Love, Sam similar games & best alternatives

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Love, Sam

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

Alone in your room, you see a diary sitting on your desk. It wants to tell you a story: a story about a high school crush. A story about small town romance. A story about how everyone is against you and nobody will ever love you again.

What works

  • Compelling and well-written story
  • Effective psychological horror and atmosphere
  • Good value for price
  • Engaging puzzles and multiple endings
  • Excellent sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles are finicky or frustrating
  • Controls and hitboxes can be imprecise
  • Gameplay segments occasionally break immersion
  • Motion sickness issues for some players
  • Short length limits replayability

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

  • Never Again

  • ColdSide

  • Born Into Fear

  • Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror

  • Understanding, The Game

More violent

Games that feels like Love, Sam but with more combat and destruction

  • Infliction

  • Morphine

  • Palmyra Orphanage

  • [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備

  • 港詭實錄ParanormalHK

  • From The Darkness

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Love, Sam but with less survival pressure

  • The Price of Freedom

  • God's Basement

  • Dead Take

  • Decay: The Mare

  • Root Of Evil: The Tailor

  • Luto

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Love, Sam: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026