Games like The Scam
If The Scam is your kind of game, the closest matches are Drift Survivor, Quoin and Just Click The Button — 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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Players who liked The Scam also play
Steam players who put hours into The Scam 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.
Drift Survivor
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Scam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
Paying Tribute to Classic Arcade Shooting Games. Drift Survivor is an addictive and fast-paced arcade shooting game that combines "drifting" with a "bullet hell" gameplay style!
Quoin
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Scam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
Quoin is a top-down game where you shoot enemies collect coins and upgrade your stats. With a wide choice of weapons to use each serving a different role, Quoin will keep you captivated with different enemy types, weapons, and play styles.
Just Click The Button
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Scam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Scam.
In "Just Click The Button," you do indeed, click on a button. The more you click, the more the game evolves. Select new abilities that align with your playstyle. Decide whether to attempt to beat the game after reaching a certain threshold or play indefinitely!
Silent Survivor: Under The Crisis
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Scam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
Get ready for chaos! In Silent Survivor, you control unique heroes fighting off relentless hordes in intense survival arenas. Your goal? Last as long as possible — and that takes more than brute strength.
THE DREADFUL SPACE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Scam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
A fast-paced space war game packed with intense action! Test your reflexes as you dodge enemy fire and strike back using every powerful resource you can find. The combat is dynamic and relentless, challenging your skills as a true space war pilot.
Impaler Gold
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Scam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Scam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Scam at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
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 The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Scam.
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 The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Scam.
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 The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Scam.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Scam.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Scam.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Scam.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Scam on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Scam.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Scam.
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 The Scam.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Scam.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Scam.
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 Action and Indie with The Scam.
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.
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 The Scam.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Scam.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Impaler Gold
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Scam.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Frequently asked about The Scam
- How much does The Scam cost?
- The Scam is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Scam?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Scam are Drift Survivor, Quoin, Just Click The Button.
- Who developed The Scam?
- The Scam was developed by Sean Marty.
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 Scam.
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