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2023PC

You play the lively waiter Rody, trying to earn as much money as you can in a single week at a fancy 1960s French bistro run by a charismatic chef. Tycoon-style restaurant management meets visual novel storytelling and creeping horror.

  • Economy and management
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Dead Plate

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dead Plate special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Cooking Companions

83 %Match

2021USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable93 % positive12.49 €

Brings what grabs you about Dead Plate: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a calm pace.

You untangle a mystery deep in the Tatra woods, where your choices decide who ends up on the chopping block. It blends cooking simulation with a tense visual-novel story full of betrayal and flattery.

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Raging Loop

Linear, curated structure

A grim visual novel set in a fog-bound Japanese village, where a werewolf-style game of suspicion, logic and betrayal plays out. Its intricate, looping plot thrives on deduction and shocking twists.

My Lovely Daughter

Economy and management

A grim alchemy simulation in which you play a desperate father trying to save his ailing daughter. You manage resources and make morally dark choices, testing how far you'll go for family.

Kara no Shoujo

Calm and deliberate

A dark detective visual novel set in 1956 Japan, where investigator Reiji probes gruesome murders tied to an all-girls academy and his wife's death. It is a disturbing, mature, strongly narrative-driven mystery.

Daemonologie

Calm and deliberate

As a witchfinder during the Scottish witch trials, you interrogate villagers and separate truth from lies before a witch is hanged on the final morning. A grim folk horror adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements.

My Lovely Wife

Calm and deliberate

You play a grieving man who will do anything to bring his late wife back. Dating, management and alchemy mechanics blend into a dark, emotional tale about love and letting go.

Tiny Bunny

Linear, curated structure

A dark horror visual novel set in a remote Russian village and forest, where your decisions shape the story and its multiple endings. Its creeping dread and branching paths drive the tension.

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