The Upturned similar games & best alternatives

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The Upturned

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

A frantic adventure. Welcome to the Upturned Inn: a grand hotel for the dead! You just want to find your room.

What works

  • Excellent blend of horror and comedy
  • Engaging physics-based gameplay
  • Charming characters and story
  • Good value for price
  • Unique and creative level design

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited replayability after first playthrough
  • Some levels can be frustrating or repetitive
  • Ending is ambiguous or less climactic
  • Save system quirks and occasional bugs
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Studio System : Guardian Angel

  • Alisa

  • Dread X Collection 3

  • Silly Polly Beast

  • Zortch

  • Flesh Made Fear

Less expressive

Games that feels like The Upturned but with less self-expression and customization

  • Dead Seater

  • The Night of the Scissors

  • Suite 776

  • Garten of Banban 7

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • Born Into Fear

More intense

Games that feels like The Upturned but with a more intense feel

  • Haydee 3

  • Haydee 2

  • Eternal Evil

  • Total Chaos

  • HOLE

  • Them and Us

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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).
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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 Upturned. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Upturned: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Competition, Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026