Games like Escalation Pending
Games like Escalation Pending include Five Nights at Freddy's, KinitoPET, Firework, Papers, Please, and That's not my Neighbor. We matched them by the tags players give Escalation Pending on Steam (Horror, Point & Click, 1990's, Simulation, and Psychological Horror): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Five Nights at Freddy's
Shared: Horror · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror

KinitoPET
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · 2D

Firework
Shared: Horror · Indie · Psychological Horror

Papers, Please
Shared: Point & Click · Simulation · Indie

That's not my Neighbor
Shared: Point & Click · Horror · Casual

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Simulation

Chinese Parents
Shared: Psychological Horror · Simulation · Singleplayer

Fran Bow
Shared: Point & Click · Horror · Psychological Horror

Little Misfortune
Shared: Point & Click · Psychological Horror · Horror

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Indie

Home Safety Hotline
Shared: Horror · 1990's · Point & Click

DISTRAINT 2
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Point & Click

Buddy Simulator 1984
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Indie

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Simulation · Indie · Singleplayer

Rusty Lake Paradise
Shared: Point & Click · Horror · Psychological Horror

DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Indie

Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Shared: Horror · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Singleplayer

American Arcadia
Shared: Point & Click · Singleplayer · Horror

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Shared: Simulation · Singleplayer · 2D

Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Shared: Horror · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror

MiSide
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Singleplayer

No, I'm not a Human
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Singleplayer

OMORI
Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Indie

