Games like Domestic Defense
If Domestic Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Those Who Remain, Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition and Penumbra Overture — 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 Domestic Defense: Home invasion horror game. Manually set up security cameras to try to locate and eliminate the threat from your household. Deal with distractions from others, and work to stop the intruder before it is too late. Not too serious. More of a fun, gameplay oriented experience.
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Those Who Remain
WHY THIS
Top pick for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Domestic Defense.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Domestic Defense.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Penumbra Overture
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Domestic Defense.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Bendy and the Dark Revival
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
White Noise 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Domestic Defense.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
Metro Exodus
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Metro: Last Light Redux
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
Hello Neighbor
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Domestic Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Domestic Defense.
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Domestic Defense at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Domestic Defense.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Domestic Defense.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Domestic Defense.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Domestic Defense.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Domestic Defense.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Domestic Defense.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Domestic Defense on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Domestic Defense.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 Domestic Defense.
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 with Domestic Defense.
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 Domestic Defense.
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 with Domestic Defense.
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 Domestic Defense.
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 Domestic Defense.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Domestic Defense.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
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.).
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Frequently asked about Domestic Defense
- How much does Domestic Defense cost?
- Domestic Defense is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Domestic Defense?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Domestic Defense are Those Who Remain, Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, Penumbra Overture.
- Who developed Domestic Defense?
- Domestic Defense was developed by MelloDev.
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 Domestic Defense.
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