Games like Back Then
If Back Then is your kind of game, the closest matches are Portrait of a Torn, Luto and What Remains of Edith Finch — 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 Back Then: Back Then is a first-person narrative game taking place in the mind of Thomas Eilian, an elderly writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Players who liked Back Then also play
Steam players who put hours into Back Then 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.
Portrait of a Torn
WHY THIS
Top pick for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Luto
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
The Beginner's Guide
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Quern - Undying Thoughts
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Back Then.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Dear Esther
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Anamorphine
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Back Then fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Back Then at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Back Then.
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 ~62% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Back Then.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Back Then.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Back Then.
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 ~62% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Back Then.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Back Then.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Back Then on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back Then.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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 Back Then.
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 Back Then.
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 Back Then.
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 Back Then.
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 Back Then.
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 Back Then.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Back Then.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Back Then
- How much does Back Then cost?
- Back Then is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Back Then?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Back Then are Portrait of a Torn, Luto, What Remains of Edith Finch.
- Who developed Back Then?
- Back Then was developed by Octopus Embrace and published by Octopus Embrace, Gammera Nest.
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 Back Then.
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