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Games like Isolation Story

If Isolation Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project Of Cooling The Earth, Age Of GoldFarmers and The Shepherd: Black Sheep — 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.

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About Isolation Story: VIRUS-19 has ravaged the world! Take control of a mindless citizen and live through a 7-day quarantine inside of Lockdown City.

2020IndieSimulationRPGCasual9.99 USDWindowsby Elushis
Isolation Story — Steam game cover

Players who liked Isolation Story also play

Steam players who put hours into Isolation Story 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.

  1. Project Of Cooling The Earth

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Age Of GoldFarmers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    Age of Gold Farmers is a black comedy sim about a NEET youth surviving on in-game currency. After failing at life, he discovers "gold farming." Grind for items, track market prices, and grow your channel—all while dodging your parents' glares and managing your health.

    2026IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  3. The Shepherd: Black Sheep

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.

    Delve into The Shepherd: Black sheep for a cozy, alpine Adventure. Play as Matthias and his fluffy friend Rocky and meet the citizens of Hochboden. Train your animals, keep them safe from danger, become a master shepherd and explore the alps! Will you be able to fulfill your family's destiny?

    2024IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 你农哦农-Need Know What Know

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Isolation Story.

    搞怪沙雕的新农村建设游戏!"你家里是农村的,给不了我想要的生活!分手吧!"失恋的你,拖着疲惫的身躯,从大城市回到了老家农村,乡亲们仍旧如你小时候一样勤劳朴实,带领乡亲们一起建设新农村吧!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    A satirical life-sim about surviving a biology PhD — run experiments, dodge scooping, manage your advisor, and try to graduate with your sanity (mostly) intact.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Spirit Apprentice

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.

    Restore a forgotten village, befriend magical spirits, and uncover the mysteries of a world slowly being overrun by dark magic. As a Spirit Apprentice nearing the end of your studies, you’ll restore a mystical village, form friendships, and perhaps even find romance in this cozy fantasy RPG.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  7. Slime Vendor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    Feed them, clean them, pet them, learn which one hates the cold. Raise every slime to its best condition — then crate it up on delivery day. You're the city's slime vendor. That's the job.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Luminons: Seeds of Starlight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Isolation Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    A cozy HD-2D monster-taming RPG where farming your crops powers up creatures for arena battles and beauty contests.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Isolation Story at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Isolation Story.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Isolation Story.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Isolation Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Isolation Story.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Isolation Story.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Isolation Story.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    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.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Isolation Story.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Elushis

Other recommendable Steam games by Elushis, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. After The End: The Harvest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Isolation Story. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.

    The goal is simple, the game is hard, reach the centre. After The End: The Harvest is an immersive retro open-universe space adventure and exploration ARPG. Seamlessly travel across space, catch/train & evolve monsters, take on quests and fight Titans!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mutiny Island

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Isolation Story. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.

    Live like a pirate. Die like a pirate. Repeat! Mutiny Island is an open-world style pirate-themed game with light survival and RPG mechanics. Explore the Arbor Ocean at your own pace as you devise a plan to reclaim your ship, The Red Dawn, by any means!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Route Me Mail and Delivery Co

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Isolation Story. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.

    Memorize your routes, deliver mail, collect hidden mail & pay off that pesky debt! Become the ultimate postman.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Pilgrim: Descent Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Isolation Story. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.

    As the last Pilgrim, explore Dwarvuk's wastes, scavenge ruins in a blend of non-linear discovery and post-apocalyptic survival set in space. Silence the AI's signal!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. CielChan: Anime Desktop AI Companion

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Elushis, the studio behind Isolation Story. Shares Simulation and Casual with Isolation Story.

    She lives on your desktop and reacts to what you're doing. Local-first AI companion with voice chat, vision, multiplayer, tools, stream integrations, and optional cloud providers.

    2026SimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Isolation Story

How much does Isolation Story cost?
Isolation Story is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Isolation Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Isolation Story are Project Of Cooling The Earth, Age Of GoldFarmers, The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Who developed Isolation Story?
Isolation Story was developed by Elushis and published by Elushis Music & Gaming.

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 Isolation Story.

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