Creepy Tale 2 similar games & best alternatives

Creepy Tale 2

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.

What works

  • Atmospheric dark fairy tale setting
  • Creative and challenging puzzles
  • Improved art and voice acting
  • Engaging narrative with multiple endings
  • Accessible gameplay with quality-of-life improvements

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles rely on trial and error
  • Short game length
  • Occasional bugs and glitches
  • Story pacing issues and rushed ending
  • Lack of checkpoint saves within chapters

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Candle

  • Fran Bow

  • Apocalipsis

  • The Little Red Lie

  • The Drifter

  • Goosebumps: The Game

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Creepy Tale 2 but with less survival pressure

  • Faefever

  • Children of Silentown

  • NAIRI: Tower of Shirin

  • Darkestville Castle

  • Rusty Lake: Roots

  • The Whispered World Special Edition

Less violent

Games that feels like Creepy Tale 2 but with less combat and destruction

  • Primordia

  • Stick it to The Man!

  • Silence of the Sleep

  • Stray Cat Crossing

  • Whispering Willows

  • Teslagrad

More intimate

Games that feels like Creepy Tale 2 but with more focus on close relationships

  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

  • Threefold Recital

  • Bye Sweet Carole

  • Pinstripe

  • The Rewinder

  • INMOST

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Creepy Tale 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition.

Last update: 04/08/2026