Games like Stranger Things 3: The Game
If Stranger Things 3: The Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are ALYUP, Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons and Viral Reload EX — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its permadeath doesnt punish progress, challenging and lighthearted. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Stranger Things 3: The Game: Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
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ALYUP
WHY THIS
Top pick for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Alyup: An insane power fantasy. Unleash a cosmic barrage of hyperspheres with godlike powers, ascend the vast reaches of space like blazing rockets to razor-edged arena clashes, rescue fallen allies in tactical duels, grind stats to forge apocalyptic strikes, or perish in one devastating flash!
Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Second-strongest match for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Join Pampas and Selene as they overcome monsters, demons, and the Dark Priest with the help of the gods themselves! Explore this co-opvania 8-bit platformer alone or with a friend. This retro game is a loving tribute to an MSX2 masterpiece from the creator of UnEpic, Ghost 1.0, and UnMetal.
Viral Reload EX
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Viral Reload EX is a shoot-em-up with a dash mechanic where you shrink down to fight infections at a microscopic scale! Can you defeat the evil Kyle Kaboom before he destroys the moon?
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Ranked #4 for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.
Dark Data
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
In a world driven by blackmail, time is not money...crime is. Do you have what it takes to uncover the truth while staring at the business end of a gun? Dark Data is a local multiplayer FPS based on the unreleased mid-nineties film of the same name.
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Ranked #6 for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Fire up your ray guns, crystal swords, and laser whips, and get ready for thrills and chills! With three incredible movie stars playing out decidedly B-level sci-fi exploits, Dick Starspeed, Scarlet Nova, and Robot will have you ready to jump off the side of the tower—right into adventure!
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game, a bloody retro fighting beat em up with frenetic action and a lot of fun and references to the Terrifier franchise.
Zero Wing
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Stranger Things 3: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
![The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/963450/header.jpg?t=1667004057)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Another title from BonusXP, the studio behind Stranger Things 3: The Game.
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Servo
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Another title from BonusXP, the studio behind Stranger Things 3: The Game. Shares Action with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Servo is a sci-fi RTS from some of the key creative talent behind the beloved Age of Empires series. Design your team of giant war machines with parts earned in battle, deploy them into white-knuckle RTS combat, and destroy the opposition in PvP or cooperative scenarios.
Hero Academy 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Another title from BonusXP, the studio behind Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Sequel to the original tactical strategy game, Hero Academy 2 adds card collection, deck building, and real-time matches!
Frequently asked about Stranger Things 3: The Game
- Is Stranger Things 3: The Game verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Stranger Things 3: The Game is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- Does Stranger Things 3: The Game have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Stranger Things 3: The Game supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Stranger Things 3: The Game?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stranger Things 3: The Game are ALYUP, Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons, Viral Reload EX.
- Who developed Stranger Things 3: The Game?
- Stranger Things 3: The Game was developed by BonusXP.
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 Stranger Things 3: The Game.
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