SIDE EFFECTS similar games & best alternatives

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SIDE EFFECTS

Web browser, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

A twisted trial of pill roulette for up to 4 players (solo or online). Pick your poison. Use experimental items to shift the odds. And remember: only one of you can survive.

What works

  • Unique and tense multiplayer gameplay
  • Engaging social bluffing and strategy
  • Affordable price
  • Distinctive creepy art style
  • Fun with friends

Things to keep in mind

  • Buggy multiplayer and crashes
  • Limited singleplayer content
  • Lack of progression and customization
  • Players quitting mid-game
  • No chat or communication features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Gunjitsu

  • Final Sentence

  • Buckshot Roulette

  • RoboSquare

  • FootLOL: Epic Soccer League

  • Hyper Jam

Less competitive

Games that feels like SIDE EFFECTS but with less competition against others

  • Tower of Kalemonvo

  • SENTRY

  • Moros Protocol

  • Godlike Burger

  • Surgeon Simulator

  • Evil Genius

Less dominating

Games that feels like SIDE EFFECTS but with less domination over others

  • 变量 Variables

  • Nitro Kid

  • Not The Robots

  • Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

  • Angel Engine

  • Ring of Pain

More social

Games that feels like SIDE EFFECTS but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Prison Life

  • Enemy On Board

  • Meltdown

  • Skillshot City

  • PWND

  • Rubber Bandits

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with SIDE EFFECTS. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

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).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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 SIDE EFFECTS. These titles are not in What to play next.

SIDE EFFECTS: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Status, Cooperation.

Last update: 22/08/2026