Games like Rust and Phasmophobia
Looking for games like both Rust and Phasmophobia? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Rust and Phasmophobia 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 Rust and Phasmophobia 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.
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
Top pick for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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No Man's Sky
Second pick for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Don't Starve Together
Third pick for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Satisfactory
Ranked #4 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Abnormality
Ranked #5 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Green Hell
Ranked #6 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Grounded
Ranked #7 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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ARK: Survival Evolved
Ranked #8 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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Demonsomnia
Ranked #9 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Demonologist
Ranked #11 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Subnautica
Ranked #12 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Ghost Watchers
Ranked #13 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Ghost Exorcism INC.
Ranked #14 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Voidtrain
Ranked #15 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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DeathWatchers
Ranked #16 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Spectral Scream
Ranked #17 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. 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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Out of Reach
Ranked #18 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
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Hurtworld
Ranked #19 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
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Hunt: Showdown 1896
Ranked #20 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action with both games.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
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Pacify
Ranked #21 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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SEVERANCE
Ranked #22 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.
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Abiotic Factor
Ranked #23 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
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Deadside
Ranked #24 for fans of both Rust and Phasmophobia. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!