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Games like Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest

Looking for games like both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest share Action, Indie roots, making the overlapping player base a strong signal for what to play next. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.

Phasmophobia — Steam game coverSons Of The Forest — Steam game cover
Shared genres:ActionIndie

Best matches for fans of both games

Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.

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    The Forest — Steam game cover

    The Forest

    Top pick for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

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    Ghost Exorcism INC. — Steam game cover

    Ghost Exorcism INC.

    Second pick for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Ghost Exorcism INC is a horror game where you can play alone, or in a team of up to 6 exorcists. Your mission will be to identify paranormal entities, and then exorcise them.

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    Grounded — Steam game cover

    Grounded

    Third pick for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.

    The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

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    The Devourer: Hunted Souls — Steam game cover

    The Devourer: Hunted Souls

    Ranked #4 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?

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    Subnautica — Steam game cover

    Subnautica

    Ranked #5 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Indie and Adventure with both games.

    Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

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    Demonologist — Steam game cover

    Demonologist

    Ranked #6 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

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    Green Hell — Steam game cover

    Green Hell

    Ranked #7 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

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    Ghost Watchers — Steam game cover

    Ghost Watchers

    Ranked #8 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Adventure with both games.

    Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses

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    Outlast — Steam game cover

    Outlast

    Ranked #9 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

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    Spectral Scream — Steam game cover

    Spectral Scream

    Ranked #10 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.

    Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.

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    Abnormality — Steam game cover

    Abnormality

    Ranked #11 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Explore abandoned locations, collect paranormal evidence, and survive the wrath of the former residents still haunting them. Team up with up to 3 friends to investigate by day, and hide for your life by night. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a desperate struggle to stay alive.

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    SOMA — Steam game cover

    SOMA

    Ranked #12 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

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    Descending The Woods — Steam game cover

    Descending The Woods

    Ranked #13 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.

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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Ranked #14 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

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    Demonsomnia — Steam game cover

    Demonsomnia

    Ranked #15 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Early Access with both games.

    Demonsomnia is a CO-OP multiplayer bodycam horror game focused on the impact of nuclear reactions. Radiation has spread everywhere, so put on your gas mask. Your goal is to activate the nuclear reactor device and escape without being caught by mutants.

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    DeathWatchers — Steam game cover

    DeathWatchers

    Ranked #16 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Use the specialized equipment at your disposal to locate & log as many paranormal events as possible. Decipher the ingredients needed for your ritual and try to exorcise any demons within. Any incorrect ingredients and you may never leave! 1-4 Players

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    Don't Starve Together — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve Together

    Ranked #17 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

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    Visage — Steam game cover

    Visage

    Ranked #18 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

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    Darkwood — Steam game cover

    Darkwood

    Ranked #19 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.

    Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

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    Dying Light — Steam game cover

    Dying Light

    Ranked #20 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and RPG with both games.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

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    Five Nights at Freddy's — Steam game cover

    Five Nights at Freddy's

    Ranked #21 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

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    Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles — Steam game cover

    Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles

    Ranked #22 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    "Lost Lullabies - The Orphanage Chronicles" is a Co-Op horror game set in 1980, inspired by the real stories of an orphanage ruined by a fire in 1960 Lowell. Playable with 1-4 players, the goal is to identify and expel malevolent spirits alone or with your team.

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    GTFO — Steam game cover

    GTFO

    Ranked #23 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action with both games.

    GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

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    Project Unknown — Steam game cover

    Project Unknown

    Ranked #24 for fans of both Phasmophobia and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.

    An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught

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