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2024PEGI 12PC, Steam Deck playable91 % positive1.99 €

A small indie stealth game where you play a grounded schoolboy sneaking past strict parents to hang out with friends. It blends sneaking with light horror-style tension around the house.

  • Sneaking and hiding

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In short: Games like Schoolboy Runaway

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

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Neighbours from Hell

91 %Match

2003USK 6PC, Xbox, Steam Deck playable97 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Schoolboy Runaway: sneaking and hiding, progress without grind as well as a pure single-player experience.

A gleefully mischievous puzzle-stealth game where you sneak around your grumpy neighbour's house rigging pranks for a TV show while dodging his patrols. Clever item combos and good timing set off slapstick chain reactions.

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Granny

Sneaking and hiding

You are trapped in a house and must escape within five days while an old woman hunts you by sound. Hiding, moving quietly and solving puzzles keep the tension constantly high.

Hello Neighbor

Focus on a single character

A cartoonish stealth-horror game where you break into a creepy neighbor's house to uncover what's hidden in his basement. An adaptive AI learns your routes and sets traps, mixing cryptic physics puzzles with tense, sometimes frustrating chases.

Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation

Accessible and relaxed

As Woody, you torment a nasty neighbour and his mum with elaborate pranks on a cruise ship and at vacation stops. You sneak around, plan trap sequences with the right timing, and get rewarded with slapstick humor.

Spy Chameleon

Focus on a single character

An arcade stealth-puzzler where you play a chameleon that constantly switches skin color to match the floor and slip past guards. 75 short levels with collectibles invite replaying for perfect runs.

The Happyhills Homicide

Sneaking and hiding

You play a stylish 80s-style slasher and work through levels where every kill has to be creative and undetected. The fun lies in puzzling out original ways to eliminate each target.

Party Hard

Focus on a single character

You play a fed-up neighbor who sneaks into parties and quietly eliminates every guest by setting traps, dodging witnesses and outwitting the police. Pixel art and dark humor meet tricky stealth-puzzle levels.

Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning

Vast, open spaces

You collect seven notebooks in a deliberately crude, strange school while evading the relentless teacher Baldi. It parodies bad 90s edutainment games and mixes goofy humor with unsettling meta horror.

Granny: Chapter Two

Sneaking and hiding

You have five days to get out of a house run by Granny and Grandpa, and every minute spent searching for items and solving puzzles risks a chase. Its tense, unsettling atmosphere is the main draw.

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