The Sexy Brutale similar games & best alternatives

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The Sexy Brutale

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...

What works

  • Unique time loop puzzle mechanics
  • Engaging mystery story
  • Beautiful art style and music
  • Accessible and intuitive gameplay
  • Emotional and satisfying ending

Things to keep in mind

  • Puzzles generally easy and linear
  • Short game length
  • Some control and performance issues
  • Limited replayability
  • Title can be misleading

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Raji: Prologue

  • Crow Country

  • TUNIC

  • Heaven Dust

  • Sanitarium

  • Tales of the Neon Sea

Less violent

Games that feels like The Sexy Brutale but with less combat and destruction

  • Chronoquartz

  • Foolish Mortals

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Two

  • The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

  • The Last Campfire

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Three

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like The Sexy Brutale but with less survival pressure

  • Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

  • Demons Never Lie

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • Darkestville Castle

  • Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles

  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

More expressive

Games that feels like The Sexy Brutale but with more self-expression and customization

  • Death's Door

  • Heaven Dust 2

  • Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest

  • Wigmund

  • 蛊婆 Lady in Tomb

  • The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • GYLT

  • Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story

  • Deadlight

  • Deadlight: Director's Cut

  • Prime Monster

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  • 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).
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  • 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 The Sexy Brutale. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Sexy Brutale: 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 Relaxation, Exploration, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026