Games like El Paso, Elsewhere
If El Paso, Elsewhere is your kind of game, the closest matches are Resident Evil 4, Phantom House and Resident Evil Requiem — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and melancholic. 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 →El Paso, Elsewhere is a challenging solo action game released in 2023 that centers on third-person bullet-time combat and narrative-driven gameplay. Set in a reality-shifting motel, the game combines interactive storytelling with psychedelic level design where players face supernatural threats including werewolves and vampires. The experience integrates soundtrack elements throughout gameplay while delivering a story that players describe as exploring complex emotional and thematic territory. Reviewers highlight how the voice acting brings characters to life, and the level design offers experiences that players note feel unique and memorable. The game holds a 91% positive rating from over 1200 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck, with a Metacritic score of 78 and a price of $19.99.
About El Paso, Elsewhere: STAKES. GUNS. SLOW-MO. Fight werewolves and vampires in a reality-shifting motel. Dive through barricades to escape the grasp of evil puppets. Destroy the villain you loved. A new, third-person love letter to classic shooters. Neo-noir never looked so good.
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Steam players who put hours into El Paso, Elsewhere 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.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Top pick for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Phantom House
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Phantom House is a third-person survival horror game that plunges you into an abandoned house once home to dark rituals. Explore eerie halls, face unspeakable horrors, and rely on your wits and weapon to survive the unknown.
Resident Evil Requiem
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Third-strongest match for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Ranked #5 for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
The Evil Within 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Fear the Timeloop - Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Ranked #7 for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for El Paso, Elsewhere fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time combat and an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Reviewers of El Paso, Elsewhere cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time combat and an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Reviewers of El Paso, Elsewhere cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Akane
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Reviewers of El Paso, Elsewhere cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Reviewers of El Paso, Elsewhere cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Persona 3 Reload
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Reviewers of El Paso, Elsewhere cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
Kill The Crows
WHY THIS
Reviewers of El Paso, Elsewhere cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
"Kill The Crows" is a fast-paced top-down arena shooter set in the twisted western world. A gunslinger burning with vengeance steps into the ruins of a forsaken town, ready to face death. Prepare for one-shot, one-kill gunfights using classic revolvers and fanning techniques.
Nightmare
WHY THIS
Reviewers of El Paso, Elsewhere cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Nightmare is a FPS horror game about paranormal events that a police officer encounters in an abandoned house. With its tense atmosphere, it offers the player both excitement and an intense fear experience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below El Paso, Elsewhere at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under El Paso, Elsewhere on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Paso, Elsewhere on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Paso, Elsewhere on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under El Paso, Elsewhere on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Paso, Elsewhere on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under El Paso, Elsewhere on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
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.
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.
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 El Paso, Elsewhere.
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 with El Paso, Elsewhere.
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.
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 with El Paso, Elsewhere.
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 El Paso, Elsewhere.
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.
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 El Paso, Elsewhere.
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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More from Strange Scaffold
Other recommendable Steam games by Strange Scaffold, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
I Am Your Beast
WHY THIS
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Hunt the military-industrial complex across stylish comic book micro-sandboxes in this fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere.
CLICKOLDING
WHY THIS
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere.
The man in the corner of your hotel room wants you to click something. He wants to watch you click it.
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere.
Buy, sell, and trade organs in a strange and evolving universe. Dive into the quivering innards of alien capitalism in the sci-fi body horror market tycoon game you didn't know you needed.
Dread X Collection
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights. The Dread X Collection is a series of small games created by some of the most talented indie devs around, all with the same mission: create the P.T. for the horror project of their dreams.
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere.
Buy low, sell high, and short an entire universe of babies in this arcade stock market sim set in the world of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator.
Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
WHY THIS
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere.
MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.
Life Eater
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere.
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Another title from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere.
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is an open-world comedy adventure game. Talk to stock photo dogs. Solve their problems. Catch your flight. And call it Dog Airport Game when you get tired of saying the full title, like I did three months ago.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
The Evil Within 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with El Paso, Elsewhere.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Frequently asked about El Paso, Elsewhere
- Is El Paso, Elsewhere verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — El Paso, Elsewhere is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does El Paso, Elsewhere cost?
- El Paso, Elsewhere is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to El Paso, Elsewhere?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside El Paso, Elsewhere are Resident Evil 4, Phantom House, Resident Evil Requiem.
- Who developed El Paso, Elsewhere?
- El Paso, Elsewhere was developed by Strange Scaffold.
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