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Games like Noch

If Noch is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Fear Island, Afterlight and Hellcoming — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious and unsettling. 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 Noch: Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world

2023ActionIndieAdventureMassively Multiplayer11.99 USDWindowsby Fair Games Studio, Noostyche
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Art style is bold and distinctiveCo op works surprisingly wellPuzzles have multiple creative solutionsAtmosphericMysteriousUnsettling

Players who liked Noch also play

Steam players who put hours into Noch 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. The Fear Island

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noch.

    The Fear Island is an online co-op survival horror game where players accidentally land on an island full of supernatural entities and need to find an escape vehicle and its necessary resources.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Afterlight

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    Afterlight is an open-world sandbox survival horror game combining base-building, crafting, and tower defense. Hunt for supplies by day. Build your defenses and outlast the horde when night falls, solo or co-op. The virus was planned. You're the loose end.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Hellcoming

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Noch.

    Third-strongest match for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Noch.

    Hellcoming is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players, who need to clean large areas from hellish abomination with the help of special tools.

    2021ActionMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Highrise

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Noch.

    Ranked #4 for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. PARANOIA PLACE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Noch.

    Ranked #5 for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Pacific Drive

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Noch.

    Ranked #6 for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.89 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Noch.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. DayZ

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Noch.

    Ranked #8 for Noch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Noch.

    How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

    2018ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Noch.

    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 ~58% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Action with Noch.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Action with Noch.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Noch.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Noch.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Noch.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Noch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Noch.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Noch.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Fair Games Studio

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

  1. Loco Parentis / 孤女咒怨

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Noch.

    Another title from Fair Games Studio, the studio behind Noch. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    Surreal survival horror, where you alone or with a friend have to solve puzzles and try to survive in the endless entrance among the monsters

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fair Games Studio, the studio behind Noch. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    By signing below, you agree to follow the Protocol. Protocol is a program of strict rules created to make first contact with an alien life form that got shot down in the Arctic Circle.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Aliens In The Yard

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fair Games Studio, the studio behind Noch. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    The aliens have decided to steal the Earth's most precious artifacts: your backyard junk. Defend your backyard with fireworks!

    2017ActionIndieSimulation1.91 USDSteam ↗
  4. Startup Valley Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Noch.

    Another title from Fair Games Studio, the studio behind Noch. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noch.

    A tough divorce, getting fired from a job ... Why not make your life harder? Take on the role of a novice startup in Silicon Valley. Get ready to dive into…

    2020IndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Protocol VR

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fair Games Studio, the studio behind Noch. Shares Action and Indie with Noch.

    By signing below, you agree to follow the Protocol. Protocol is a program of strict rules created to make first contact with an alien life form that got shot down in the Arctic Circle.

    2019ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Noch

How much does Noch cost?
Noch is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Noch have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Noch supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Noch?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Noch are The Fear Island, Afterlight, Hellcoming.
Who developed Noch?
Noch was developed by Fair Games Studio, Noostyche and published by Sad Horse studio.

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 Noch.

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