Games like Last Year
If Last Year is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Labrys and Dead by Daylight — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, unique horror survival experience and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Last Year is a free-to-play first-person asymmetric multiplayer horror game released in 2019 by Undaunted Games. Five players compete in each match, with one taking on the role of a killer and the others working together as survivors attempting to escape. The game features procedural generation of maps and characters along with community management systems. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and challenging within the survival horror genre, and players highlight tactical positioning as a core element of its design. The title supports team-based gameplay with a session length described as long and a difficulty level rated as challenging. According to Steam reviews, the game holds a 62% positive rating from over 5,100 reviews. The title is not currently supported on Steam Deck.
About Last Year: Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.
Players who liked Last Year also play
Steam players who put hours into Last Year 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.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
WHY THIS
Top pick for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Labrys
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
Labrys is a multiplayer (up to 5v1) horror game where players are thrown into a randomly generated labyrinth against a minotaur. Play as the minotaur or one of up to five human players trying to escape the labyrinth.
Dead by Daylight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Last Year.
Third-strongest match for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Last Year: The Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Last Year.
Ranked #4 for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
Serial killers are chasing you as you try to escape from your high school. You play as one of The Teenagers on the run, or play as one of The Killers doing the hunting. Last Year: The Nightmare feels like surviving through a haunted house with your friends.
Home Sweet Home : Survive
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Last Year.
Ranked #5 for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
Home Sweet Home is back with its soul-stirring sequel that will haunt you to the ground ! Immerse yourself in a world of Thai myths, let's fight together to get out of this horrifying world. The 4vs1 game that will give you the experience of hunting and being hunted in one game.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
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.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
Plan your own alien invasion and harvest humans as the iconic Killer Klowns, or gather a team of survivors to fight the extraterrestrial threat, in a game based on the ‘80s cult classic movie. Welcome to a new, craazzy take on the asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience!
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Last Year.
Ranked #8 for Last Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Last Year.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Last Year
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Last Year.
Reviewers of Last Year cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Last Year.
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.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Last Year cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Last Year.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
The Mine
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Last Year cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Embark on a captivating 3D point-and-click adventure in the copper mines of 17th-century Sweden. With a mix of humor and puzzles ranging from accessible to challenging, "The Mine" will transport you to a unique historical setting.
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dead by Daylight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Last Year.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Last Year.
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Last Year.
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.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Last Year.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Last Year.
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.
Frequently asked about Last Year
- Does Last Year work on Steam Deck?
- Last Year is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Is Last Year free to play?
- Yes — Last Year is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Last Year have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Last Year supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Last Year?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Last Year are The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Labrys, Dead by Daylight.
- Who developed Last Year?
- Last Year was developed by Undaunted Games.
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 Last Year.
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