Rhome similar games & best alternatives

Rhome

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

Rhome is a first-person dark atmospheric exploration game made by students at SMU Guildhall. Players navigate an increasingly chaotic and psychologically unnerving environment to reveal the fate of Hailey Rhome. Proceeds from your purchase on Steam go to support student development.

What works
  • Immersive psychological horror atmosphere
  • Highly creative and detailed environment design
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Free to play
  • Well-paced short narrative experience
Things to keep in mind
  • Very short gameplay length
  • Limited puzzle complexity
  • Some minor technical issues reported
  • Linear and minimal interactivity
  • Lack of replay value for some players

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Water Womb World

  • Reminiscence

  • There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

  • Runo

  • Antenna

  • Children of Silentown

  • Faefever

  • The Good Time Garden

  • BABBDI
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Water Womb World

  • THE ENIGMA MACHINE

  • BOOMEROAD
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Creativity

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  • Escapism

    The Beast Inside
  • Exploration

    Shadowgate

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Rhome: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Strategy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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