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Games Like Bulb Boy
Oct 29, 2015·89% positive·
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
Best games like Bulb Boy
The best games like Bulb Boy are Viviette, Creepy Tale, Happy Game, Children of Silentown, and TOHU. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 89% positive across 552 Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Indie, Adventure, platform support for Windows and macOS, and $8.99 pricing signal.
- Viviette - Viviette is closely similar to Bulb Boy because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Adventure, Indie, Horror, Dark.
- Creepy Tale - Creepy Tale is closely similar to Bulb Boy because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Horror.
- Happy Game - Happy Game is closely similar to Bulb Boy because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Horror.
- Children of Silentown - Children of Silentown is loosely similar to Bulb Boy because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Horror.
- TOHU - TOHU is loosely similar to Bulb Boy because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle.
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One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves. Find light in yourself!
Gameplay
Bulb Boy is an intuitive 2D point & click horror adventure about a boy with a glowing head (alright, it's a bulb...) inspired by Machinarium and Gobliiins. Solve puzzles, defeat wicked monsters and reveal bulby's abilities to unfold a twisted tale. Ohhh... And don't forget to save your Grandpa-raffin and Mothdog from the frightening darkness..
Key Features
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DEFEAT THE MONSTERS -Explore the Bulb house, that is full of frightening creatures. Defeat the evil in all its forms and bring the light back.
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BULB'S TALENTS - Being a boy that is a bulb comes with many talents. Not only does your head light up and allows you to survive electrical shocks, but it can also be unscrewed for use in strange places.
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PLAYABLE FLASHBACKS - Play as other family characters. Relive Bulb Boy's childhood memories to uncover the mystery of the story.
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BUBBLE SPEECH - No dialogue, just bubble speech. Watch the story unfold in animated clouds.
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SECRETS - There are things in the house waiting to be revealed.
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POOP - In many sizes and proportions.
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