Mirages similar games & best alternatives

Mirages

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.

What works

  • Rich narrative rooted in chinese folklore
  • Strong atmospheric and audio-visual design
  • Multiple branching endings encouraging replay
  • Authentic chinese voice acting
  • Unique cultural horror experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Technical issues and bugs affecting gameplay
  • Stiff character models and awkward controls
  • Limited and repetitive gameplay mechanics
  • Pacing issues and confusing mid-to-late story segments
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

More violent

Games that feels like Mirages but with more combat and destruction

More intimate

Games that feels like Mirages but with more focus on close relationships

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Mirages but with less survival pressure

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Mirages. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Mirages. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mirages: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Value.

Last update: 27/08/2026