Games like The Persistence
If The Persistence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Under Lock, Paranormal Hunter and VR TRIBES — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its immersive horror atmosphere, spine stealing powers abilities and atmospheric. 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 The Persistence: Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
Players who liked The Persistence also play
Steam players who put hours into The Persistence 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.
Under Lock
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Persistence.
Top pick for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
Under Lock is a multiplayer asymmetrical PvP horror game for 5 players (4 survivors versus 1 monster). Take the role of a survivor with the goal to outsmart the monster and escape from lockdown. Or choose one from several unique monsters to hunt down and devour the victims.
Paranormal Hunter
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
Paranormal Hunter is a first-person co-op online multiplayer horror game with VR support. Explore ominous haunted locations, turn your fear into courage, and face sinister supernatural challenges.
VR TRIBES
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
Step into the fast-paced world of VR Tribes as a swift non-VR player, teaming up with others to face off against the powerful VR player, the mighty "Meteor." Use your unique abilities and strategic moves to keep the VR player on their toes. Can you and your friends bring down the Meteor?
FOREWARNED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Persistence.
Ranked #4 for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
FOREWARNED is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror. Delve deep into ancient Egyptian ruins with your team of fellow archaeologists. Investigate phenomena, collect treasure, discover lore, survive danger, and banish the evil that lurks within.
INVERSE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
INVERSE is a multiplayer horror game where 1 player is the monster and 4 other players work together as Agents to complete their objective and defeat the Nul monster. Play together or die alone in INVERSE!
Monstrum
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Persistence.
Ranked #6 for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Persistence.
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Persistence.
Ranked #7 for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Persistence.
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.
Alien Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Persistence.
Ranked #8 for The Persistence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
This game is currently going through a major revision and a public playtest. Please see store description 2-4-2026
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System Shock
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Persistence.
Reviewers of The Persistence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Persistence.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Persistence.
Reviewers of The Persistence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Persistence.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Dead Space
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Persistence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Persistence.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Persistence at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under The Persistence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Persistence.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Persistence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Persistence.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Persistence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Persistence on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Persistence.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Persistence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Persistence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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 The Persistence.
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 The Persistence.
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 The Persistence.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Persistence.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 The Persistence.
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 The Persistence.
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 The Persistence.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Persistence.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about The Persistence
- How much does The Persistence cost?
- The Persistence is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Persistence have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Persistence supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, LAN Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Persistence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Persistence are Under Lock, Paranormal Hunter, VR TRIBES.
- Who developed The Persistence?
- The Persistence was developed by Firesprite Ltd.
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 The Persistence.
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