Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 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: Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, which made by the same studio, Spike Chunsoft.
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is tagged Anime, Detective, Visual Novel, Mystery, Story Rich, Great Soundtrack, Singleplayer, Psychological Horror 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.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 1 are from the same studio: Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
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
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Spike Chunsoft; both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 15 player tags including Visual Novel, Detective and Anime.
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony at a glance Released 2017 Studio Spike Chunsoft Player sentiment 83% positive of 23,187 Price $39.99 Visual NovelDetectiveAnimeStory RichMysteryGreat SoundtrackPsychological HorrorHorror
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich and puzzle; shares 13 player tags including Anime, Visual Novel and Mystery; released around the same time (2010).
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 AnimeVisual NovelMysteryDetectiveStory RichGreat SoundtrackPsychological HorrorHorror
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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 10 player tags including Puzzle, Visual Novel and Story Rich; released around the same time (2016).
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma at a glance Released 2016 Studio Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 82% positive of 4,898 Price $19.99 PuzzleVisual NovelStory RichPsychological HorrorMysteryAnimeHorrorGreat Soundtrack
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Steins;Gate
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Visual Novel, Story Rich and Anime; published by the same company; released around the same time (2009).
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Steins;Gate at a glance Released 2009 Studio 5pb. Inc. Player sentiment 97% positive of 26,892 Price $29.99 Visual NovelStory RichAnimeGreat SoundtrackMysteryPsychological HorrorMemesDating Sim
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Story Rich, Walking Simulator and Mystery.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
What Remains of Edith Finch at a glance Released 2017 Studio Giant Sparrow Player sentiment 96% positive of 52,603 Price $4.99 Story RichWalking SimulatorMysteryGreat SoundtrackPsychological HorrorDarkPuzzleVisual Novel
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Pony Island
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Psychological Horror and Horror; released around the same time (2016).
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Pony Island at a glance Released 2016 Studio Daniel Mullins Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 18,104 Price $4.99 PuzzlePsychological HorrorHorrorDarkGreat SoundtrackStory RichFunnyMemes
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Psychological Horror and Walking Simulator; released around the same time (2016).
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Layers of Fear (2016) at a glance Released 2016 Studio Bloober Team SA Player sentiment 88% positive of 27,676 Price $1.99 HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorStory RichDarkPuzzleGreat SoundtrackMystery
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Mystery and Story Rich; released around the same time (2010).
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective at a glance Released 2010 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 97% positive of 8,549 Price $29.99 PuzzleMysteryStory RichDetectiveAnimeVisual NovelGreat SoundtrackFunny
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Undertale
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Story Rich and Funny; 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 Great SoundtrackStory RichFunnyComedyMemesDarkPsychological HorrorDating Sim
- 10
Cube Escape: Paradox
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Psychological Horror and Mystery.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Cube Escape: Paradox at a glance Released 2018 Studio Rusty Lake Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,197 Price Free PuzzlePsychological HorrorMysteryHorrorStory RichDetectiveDarkGreat Soundtrack
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and Dark.
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Bendy and the Ink Machine at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 89% positive of 36,934 Price $5.99 HorrorPuzzleDarkMysteryStory RichGreat SoundtrackPsychological HorrorFunny
- 12
Steins;Gate 0
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Visual Novel, Story Rich and Anime; published by the same company; released around the same time (2015).
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Steins;Gate 0 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Mages Player sentiment 96% positive of 8,409 Price $34.99 Visual NovelStory RichAnimeGreat SoundtrackPsychological HorrorMysteryMemes
- 13
Chaos;Child
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Visual Novel, Mystery and Anime; published by the same company; released around the same time (2014).
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Chaos;Child at a glance Released 2014 Studio 5pb. Inc. Player sentiment 93% positive of 4,083 Price $24.99 Visual NovelMysteryAnimeStory RichPsychological HorrorGreat SoundtrackHorror
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Puzzle Agent
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Detective and Mystery; released around the same time (2010).
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Puzzle Agent at a glance Released 2010 Studio Telltale Player sentiment 89% positive of 2,838 Price $4.99 PuzzleDetectiveMysteryComedyHorrorFunnyStory Rich
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Murdered: Soul Suspect
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Detective, Mystery and Horror; released around the same time (2014).
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Murdered: Soul Suspect at a glance Released 2014 Studio Airtight Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 17,391 Price $19.99 DetectiveMysteryHorrorStory RichPuzzleDarkWalking Simulator
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Lucius
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and Dark; released around the same time (2012).
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Lucius at a glance Released 2012 Studio Shiver Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,912 Price $1.99 HorrorPuzzleDarkPsychological HorrorMatureStory RichFunny
- 17
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Walking Simulator and Story Rich; released around the same time (2013).
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs at a glance Released 2013 Studio The Chinese Room Player sentiment 70% positive of 12,114 Price $19.99 HorrorWalking SimulatorStory RichPsychological HorrorMysteryDarkPuzzle
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Firewatch
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Walking Simulator and Mystery; released around the same time (2016).
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Firewatch at a glance Released 2016 Studio Campo Santo Player sentiment 91% positive of 99,328 Price $19.99 Story RichWalking SimulatorMysteryGreat SoundtrackHorrorComedyFunnyMature
- 19
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and puzzle; shares 10 player tags including Detective, Visual Novel and Story Rich.
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy at a glance Released 2019 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 98% positive of 44,855 Price $29.99 DetectiveVisual NovelStory RichMysteryGreat SoundtrackAnimePuzzleFunny
- 20
Return of the Obra Dinn
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Detective, Mystery and Puzzle.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Return of the Obra Dinn at a glance Released 2018 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 35,093 Price $19.99 DetectiveMysteryPuzzleStory RichGreat SoundtrackHorrorWalking Simulator
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We Were Here Forever
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Mystery and Psychological Horror.
You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?
We Were Here Forever at a glance Released 2022 Studio Total Mayhem Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 18,807 Price $17.99 PuzzleMysteryPsychological HorrorDetectiveStory RichDarkHorror
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Fran Bow
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Psychological Horror, Story Rich and Puzzle; released around the same time (2015).
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Fran Bow at a glance Released 2015 Studio Killmonday Games AB Player sentiment 97% positive of 22,936 Price $14.99 Psychological HorrorStory RichPuzzleHorrorDarkGreat Soundtrack
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Sally Face - Episode One
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Psychological Horror and Horror; released around the same time (2016).
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Sally Face - Episode One at a glance Released 2016 Studio Portable Moose Player sentiment 97% positive of 29,068 Price $2.99 Story RichPsychological HorrorHorrorDarkPuzzleMystery
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Psychological Horror and Puzzle; released around the same time (2010).
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent at a glance Released 2010 Studio Frictional Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 35,674 Price $1.99 HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleDarkWalking SimulatorStory Rich
Common questions
What game is most like Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair?
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Spike Chunsoft. 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 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" 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 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. 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.
What else did the makers of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair do?
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is also from Spike Chunsoft, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
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.