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Games like Contort Effect

If Contort Effect is your kind of game, the closest matches are Codebreakers VR, Crysis® 3 and Wolfenstein: Youngblood — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Contort Effect: In Contort Effect they dive into a blurred world of reality. Use your ability of time manipulation and keep your enemies at a distance. You're going through a monstrosity of soulless robots against everyone. Wander through the levels with different weapons and kill your enemies.

2019ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDWindowsby SIENTURE
Contort Effect — Steam game cover

Players who liked Contort Effect also play

Steam players who put hours into Contort Effect also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Codebreakers VR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Codebreakers is a chaotic VR Action Shooter that takes place in a dystopian future where various organizations are fighting for control of the world order.As a breaker, you will have to infiltrate, defeat enemies and avoid security systems to extract data.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. Crysis® 3

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Contort Effect.

    The fate of the world is in your hands. New and old enemies threaten the peace you worked so hard to achieve 24 years ago. Your search for the Alpha Ceph continues, but this time you'll also need to expose the truth behind the C.E.L.L. corporation.

    2020ActionStrategyAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wolfenstein: Youngblood

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Contort Effect.

    Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.

    2019Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Earthfall

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Contort Effect.

    NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.

    2018Action19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Turbo Overkill

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Ion Fury

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

    2019ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sairento VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    VR was made for this. Perform triple jumps, wall runs, power slides and slow time down while blasting away at a foe before landing to deliver a blade attack on another. Kit yourself with katanas, firearms, bows, throwing glaives and legendary relics. Keep upgrading as you play. PURE CYBER NINJA FUN.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Valfaris: Mecha Therion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Contort Effect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!

    2023ActionIndie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Contort Effect at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Action with Contort Effect.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Contort Effect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Contort Effect.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Contort Effect.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Contort Effect.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from SIENTURE

Other recommendable Steam games by SIENTURE, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. RAZE 2070

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SIENTURE, the studio behind Contort Effect. Shares Action and Casual with Contort Effect.

    RAZE 2070: Sci-fi FPS shooter. Stunning graphics. Arm yourself, face relentless waves of murderous robots. Hold the line! Unlock Steam achievements, reach the highest score!

    2021ActionCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. AURUM

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SIENTURE, the studio behind Contort Effect. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.

    The world of AURUM has been shaken. Thieves from hell stole the treasures of the three wolf gods. Now the world is facing a huge chaos and you as a traveler must help the gods to find and collect all the treasures.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. PACK MY STUFF

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SIENTURE, the studio behind Contort Effect. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.

    Unleash the fun with PACK MY STUFF! Discover and pack objects into boxes in this exciting puzzle and hidden object game. As a mover in Neuberg, assist residents in packing their possessions. Enjoy the simplicity and thrill!

    2023IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Totally Safe Delivery NOT

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SIENTURE, the studio behind Contort Effect. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.

    Totally Safe Delivery NOT is a chaotic rage game where everything is totally safe. Well… almost. As a freshly hired rookie, you have one simple task:Bring the platform carrying atomic material safely to the core.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Contort Effect

How much does Contort Effect cost?
Contort Effect is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Contort Effect?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Contort Effect are Codebreakers VR, Crysis® 3, Wolfenstein: Youngblood.
Who developed Contort Effect?
Contort Effect was developed by SIENTURE.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Contort Effect.

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