Games like Building 847
If Building 847 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Metamorphosis, Bohemian Killing and Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County — 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 Building 847: New Mexico, 1986. You're a private detective, investigating a bizarre incident that occurred inside a building in a small town. Find clues, visualize past events and learn about this alternate-reality.
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Steam players who put hours into Building 847 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.
Metamorphosis
WHY THIS
Top pick for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Bohemian Killing
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery. Also there's a wizard.
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
A twisted psychological thriller and an original story set in the SCP universe. As an employee of the SCP Foundation, test artificially created paranormal events, solve puzzles, interact with anomalies, and uncover the secrets of the Replication Division.
Harthorn
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
It's winter break 1994 and schools out at Harthorn High School, but not all is silent in its empty classrooms and dark hallways...
The Painscreek Killings
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Observer: System Redux
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Building 847 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Building 847 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Building 847.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Building 847.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Building 847 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Building 847.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 Building 847.
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 Adventure with Building 847.
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 Indie with Building 847.
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 and Adventure with Building 847.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Building 847.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Metamorphosis
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery. Also there's a wizard.
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
A twisted psychological thriller and an original story set in the SCP universe. As an employee of the SCP Foundation, test artificially created paranormal events, solve puzzles, interact with anomalies, and uncover the secrets of the Replication Division.
Observer: System Redux
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Building 847.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Frequently asked about Building 847
- How much does Building 847 cost?
- Building 847 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Building 847?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Building 847 are Metamorphosis, Bohemian Killing, Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County.
- Who developed Building 847?
- Building 847 was developed by Luis G. Bento.
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 Building 847.
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