Games like Effie on PC
Closest overall match: Struggling (★ 3.1). Highest rated: Gang Beasts at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: Dear Esther: Landmark Edition at about 1 hours.
We compared Effie against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Full controller support, Singleplayer and Steam Achievements.
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64%
1. Struggling
Shares Cartoon, Cartoony, Colorful, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 2h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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62%
2. Grow Up
Shares Colorful, Exploration, Open World, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 1.2 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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61%
3. Virginia
Shares Captions available, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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60%
4. Mages of Mystralia
Shares Magic, Fantasy, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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59%
5. Foul Play
Shares Comedy, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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58%
6. Gang Beasts
Shares Colorful, Comedy, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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58%
7. Rain on Your Parade
Shares Comedy, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
58%
8. Bugsnax
Shares Cartoony, Colorful, Comedy, Exploration and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
58%
9. Daymare: 1998
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
57%
10. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Shares Exploration, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
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57%
11. Roundabout
Shares Comedy, Open World, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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56%
12. The Darkside Detective
Shares Comedy, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Effie on PC?
On our similarity model, Struggling is the closest match to Effie on PC — shares Cartoon, Cartoony, Colorful, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
Which game like Effie is rated highest?
Gang Beasts holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.9/5 from 404 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Effie on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.