Games like The Secret of Retropolis
If The Secret of Retropolis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye, DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 and NARGUL - Humans are among us — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Secret of Retropolis: The Secret of Retropolis is a VR narrative game of a new kind, a blend of classic point-and-click adventure with immersive cinematography. Embody the witty protagonist of a film noir plot. Meet unforgettable characters. Solve puzzles. Lose yourself in the retro-futuristic atmosphere.
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Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye
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Top pick for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Immerse yourself in the shadows, where danger lurks and every step leads you further to the edge of madness. Navigate the neon-lit streets as robo-detective Philip Log and search for Jenny Montage, the automated femme fatale, in this gritty post-apocalyptic saga.
DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1
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Second-strongest match for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Deus ex Machina is a VR room escape game where you solve puzzles in the lab of a crazy scientist. Become a member of DEM ( Deus Ex Machina ) and save the world in danger.
NARGUL - Humans are among us
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Third-strongest match for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Play in VR as a jovial but amnesiac alien. Explore the environment and interact freely with the people. Solve objectives, fight and cross the courses to find the ultimate truth.
Home Detective VR - Immersive Edition
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Ranked #4 for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
With hi-tech tools, and snarky comments from your holographic assistant Steve, it's up to you to explore the crime scenes, piece together the clues, and find the perpetrator!
Erwartung
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Ranked #5 for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Immerse yourself in a nocturnal, eerie forest in the virtual reality production of Arnold Schönberg's "Erwartung". The anxiety of a woman who wanders through the forest in search of her lover becomes an intense performance experience through the expressive sound.
Vajont VR
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Ranked #6 for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
This interactive first-person VR experience is set in the Vajont valley, some hours before the disaster. A wife and her husband are talking about their future: the woman senses the danger and wants to leave; her husband dismisses the idea of danger. The player will determine the end of their story.
The 7th Guest VR
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Ranked #7 for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets.
A Fisherman's Tale 2
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Ranked #8 for The Secret of Retropolis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
A Fisherman's Tale 2, sequel to the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, is a new mind-bending VR puzzle-adventure. A poetic story with unique VR puzzle mechanics. Detach, Replace and Control your hands, solve puzzles, explore new locations and discover the truth.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
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Reviewers of The Secret of Retropolis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
Machinarium
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Reviewers of The Secret of Retropolis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Museum of Other Realities
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Reviewers of The Secret of Retropolis cross-mention this title as a similar play.
An immersive multiplayer art showcase in virtual reality, the Museum of Other Realities is a space to connect, share, and experience a growing collection of mind-bending VR art with others.
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
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Reviewers of The Secret of Retropolis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is an all-new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in over ten years!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Secret of Retropolis at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
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.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under The Secret of Retropolis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Secret of Retropolis.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Secret of Retropolis.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about The Secret of Retropolis
- How much does The Secret of Retropolis cost?
- The Secret of Retropolis is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Secret of Retropolis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Secret of Retropolis are Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye, DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1, NARGUL - Humans are among us.
- Who developed The Secret of Retropolis?
- The Secret of Retropolis was developed by Peanut Button.
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 Secret of Retropolis.
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