Games like Ghost Stories
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Ghost Stories for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Ghost Stories also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from AK Studio. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Ghost Stories: You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ghost Stories at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Stories.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ghost Stories.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ghost Stories.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ghost Stories.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ghost Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ghost Stories.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Stories.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Ghost Stories.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Stories.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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More from AK Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by AK Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Last Floor
WHY THIS
Another title from AK Studio, the studio behind Ghost Stories. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Stories.
Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.
Highway Game
WHY THIS
Another title from AK Studio, the studio behind Ghost Stories. Shares Indie with Ghost Stories.
Funny and dynamical race with nice graphics in which you have to driving between cars, get away from police and get to finish line first.
Ghost Stories 2
WHY THIS
Another title from AK Studio, the studio behind Ghost Stories. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Stories.
This is an exciting adventure in an abandoned house in which you are left alone with ghosts and their heavy stories.
Last Village
WHY THIS
Another title from AK Studio, the studio behind Ghost Stories. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
Arriving on a hunt in a small village, you become a witness to attack of alien forces on the ground, armed with a shotgun, you decide to repulse the alien intruders.
Bug Dolls: Soviet Project
WHY THIS
Another title from AK Studio, the studio behind Ghost Stories. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
This is a horror game about a small town engulfed in dangerous dolls.
Evening Vibes
WHY THIS
Another title from AK Studio, the studio behind Ghost Stories. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghost Stories.
Find the girl, escape from the terrible demon and solve riddle of this place.
Neuro Horror
WHY THIS
Another title from AK Studio, the studio behind Ghost Stories.
The first psychological horror in history, in the format of a visual novel, created using a neural network.
Frequently asked about Ghost Stories
- How much does Ghost Stories cost?
- Ghost Stories is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Ghost Stories?
- Ghost Stories was developed by AK Studio.
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 Ghost Stories.
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