Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Chinese Parents (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Chinese Parents on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED, which both survival, horror, psychological, strategy, puzzle and relaxing.
- Chinese Parents is tagged Life Sim, Psychological Horror, Memes, Simulation, Casual, RPG, Indie, Singleplayer by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 4 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2019).
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Price $29.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvivalCasualPuzzleIndieStrategy
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HuniePop
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Mature, Anime and Dating Sim; released around the same time (2015).
HuniePop is a unique sim experience for PC, Mac and Linux. It's a gameplay first approach that's part dating sim, part puzzle game, with light RPG elements, a visual novel style of presentation, an abrasive western writing style and plenty of "plot".
HuniePop at a glance Released 2015 Studio HuniePot Player sentiment 96% positive of 31,679 Price $9.99 MatureAnimeDating SimPuzzleCuteIndieCasualRPG
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Ultimate Custom Night
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Strategy; released around the same time (2018).
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Ultimate Custom Night at a glance Released 2018 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 95% positive of 62,777 Price Free HorrorSurvival HorrorStrategySurvivalIndiePsychological HorrorMemesFunny
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Survival; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location at a glance Released 2016 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 90% positive of 12,642 Price $7.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorSurvivalStrategyIndiePsychological HorrorSimulationMemes
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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Simulation; released around the same time (2017).
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 94% positive of 33,261 Price Free HorrorSurvival HorrorSimulationIndieStrategyPsychological HorrorFunnyMemes
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Why it matched: both survival, horror, strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Indie; released around the same time (2022).
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Bendy and the Dark Revival at a glance Released 2022 Studio Joey Drew Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 16,194 Price $5.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorIndiePuzzleSurvivalStrategyCasual
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Notes of Soul
Why it matched: both survival, horror, strategy and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Indie and RPG; released around the same time (2019).
The gleaning club is an immersive game experience hall, where you can participate in the script arranged according to the story by role playing. Or learn folk knowledge and taste strange culture, or realize the sad but warm past of the protagonist of the story.
Notes of Soul at a glance Released 2019 Studio （Hong Kong）GKD Game Studio Player sentiment 73% positive of 16,709 Price $29.99 HorrorIndieRPGStrategyCasualMatureSurvival HorrorFunny
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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Why it matched: both horror, strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Horror and Casual; released around the same time (2018).
Help legendary horror icon Jason Voorhees stalk and slay campers across 100+ puzzle levels in a hilariously off kilter puzzle game. Jason will terrorize victims from the campgrounds of Crystal Lake to the highrises of Manhattan, from supermax prisons to space stations... and beyond!
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle at a glance Released 2018 Studio Blue Wizard Digital Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,080 Price Not listed PuzzleHorrorCasualStrategyIndieFunnyCuteSimulation
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Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2015).
In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 93% positive of 16,924 Price $7.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvivalStrategyIndieSimulationMemes
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100% Orange Juice
Why it matched: both survival, horror, strategy and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Anime, Cute and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.
100% Orange Juice at a glance Released 2014 Studio Orange_Juice Player sentiment 91% positive of 30,159 Price $6.99 AnimeCuteStrategyIndieCasualFunnyMemesSurvival Horror
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Neighbours from Hell
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Casual, Funny and Puzzle.
INTRODUCING THE GAME OF NEIGHBOURHOOD NASTINESS AND COMMUNITY COMMOTION! Living next door to you is a real Neighbour From Hell and it's now time to have your revenge! This compilation includes the original Neighbours From Hell and it's sequel Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation.
Neighbours from Hell at a glance Released 2003 Studio JoWooD Entertainment Player sentiment 98% positive of 3,150 Price Not listed CasualFunnyPuzzleStrategyPsychological HorrorDark HumorIndie
- 12
Immortal Soul: Black Survival
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Survival, Strategy and Anime; released around the same time (2019).
Black Survival is a Real-Time Survival Game, where you must survive by any means out of 10 competitors in a deserted island. Make split-second decisions with a single click! Immerse yourself in the fierce battle for survival; you do not have a second to spare! Search, Craft, Attack, and Run!
Immortal Soul: Black Survival at a glance Released 2019 Studio Nimble Neuron Player sentiment 82% positive of 5,431 Price Not listed SurvivalStrategyAnimeIndieRPGPsychological HorrorHorrorMature
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, strategy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and Indie; released around the same time (2017).
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Little Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Price $19.99 HorrorPuzzleIndiePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorStrategy
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Memes; released around the same time (2017).
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
SCP: Secret Laboratory at a glance Released 2017 Studio Northwood Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 234,020 Price Free HorrorSurvival HorrorMemesSurvivalPsychological HorrorStrategyIndie
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Town of Salem
Why it matched: both survival, psychological, strategy and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Indie and RPG; released around the same time (2014).
Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.
Town of Salem at a glance Released 2014 Studio BlankMediaGames Player sentiment 88% positive of 36,262 Price $4.99 StrategyIndieRPGCasualFunnySurvivalMemes
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Anime, Psychological Horror and Horror.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc at a glance Released 2010 Studio Spike Player sentiment 96% positive of 38,287 Price $19.99 AnimePsychological HorrorHorrorDark HumorPuzzleFunnySurvivalMemes
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Changed
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Cute, Psychological Horror and Puzzle; released around the same time (2018).
You are trapped in an experiment, trying to find ways to make you still "yourself" , persevere, and survive.
Changed at a glance Released 2018 Studio DragonSnow Player sentiment 86% positive of 18,545 Price $4.99 CutePsychological HorrorPuzzleIndieHorrorRPGSurvival Horror
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Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Funny; released around the same time (2019).
Hello Neighbor Multiplayer. Secret Neighbor is a Multiplayer Social Horror Game where a group of intruders try to rescue their friend from the Neighbor's creepy basement. Only problem is one of the intruders is the Neighbor in disguise.
Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hologryph Player sentiment 86% positive of 19,379 Price $19.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorFunnyIndiePuzzleCasual
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City Car Driving
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Survival Horror and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.
City Car Driving at a glance Released 2016 Studio Forward Development, Ltd. Player sentiment 83% positive of 36,073 Price $24.99 SimulationSurvival HorrorIndiePsychological HorrorEducationCasualHorror
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In Silence
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, strategy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2021).
In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.
In Silence at a glance Released 2021 Studio Ravenhood Games Player sentiment 74% positive of 11,956 Price $3.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvivalStrategyPuzzle
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AdVenture Communist
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, strategy and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Casual, Simulation and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
The world's greatest communism simulator!
AdVenture Communist at a glance Released 2016 Studio Hyper Hippo Games Player sentiment 64% positive of 4,677 Price Free CasualSimulationIndieStrategyFunnyMemesPsychological Horror
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OneShot
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Cute and Puzzle; released around the same time (2016).
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
OneShot at a glance Released 2016 Studio Future Cat LLC Player sentiment 98% positive of 64,849 Price $9.99 IndieCutePuzzleRPGPsychological HorrorCasualAnime
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The Test
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Psychological Horror and Horror; released around the same time (2020).
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test at a glance Released 2020 Studio Randumb Studios Player sentiment 97% positive of 20,122 Price $1.19 SimulationPsychological HorrorHorrorRPGCasualSurvival Horror
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Undertale
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Funny, RPG and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Undertale at a glance Released 2015 Studio 8-4 Player sentiment 96% positive of 338,731 Price $9.99 FunnyRPGIndieCuteMemesPsychological HorrorDating SimHorror
Common questions
What game is most like Chinese Parents?
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED, on the evidence we have. It both survival, horror, psychological, strategy, puzzle and relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Chinese Parents" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Chinese Parents. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.