Games like OUTLIER
If OUTLIER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Until You Fall, Dead Hook and In Death — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. 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 OUTLIER: OUTLIER is an adventure roguelite VR game featuring FPS and RPG elements. Control and mix various abilities, utilise an array of weapons, and explore breathtaking worlds, making for a diverse and progressive gameplay experience.
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Until You Fall
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Top pick for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Fantasy and synthwave collide in this physically active VR sword fighting game. Grow stronger as you battle through an awesome neon environment and strike down magic-infused monstrosities in this hack-and-slash roguelite. Fight. Fall. Rise Again.
Dead Hook
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Dead Hook is an explosive mix of rogue-like and shooter genre with brutal combat and captivating storytelling. Explore the elder planet Resaract and take on the role of Adam Stone, a mercenary, smuggler, thief, and devoted husband.
In Death
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Third-strongest match for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Created exclusively for VR, In Death is a Roguelite Shooter set in the godless afterlife. Battle through procedurally generated levels and dungeons in intense ranged combat, coupled with a unique locomotion system perfectly attuned to your fighting style.
VAR: Exterminate
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Ranked #4 for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
The fight is here, humanity’s fate is in your hands! Match up different offensive and defensive upgrades between waves and fend off the onslaught of zombies. Level up and strengthen core abilities and progress to new areas where strains of the virus have evolved.
COMPOUND
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with OUTLIER.
Ranked #5 for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
COMPOUND is a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Download the demo below!
Sublevel Zero Redux
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Ranked #6 for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.
Astral Ascent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Ranked #7 for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
Wizard of Legend
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with OUTLIER.
Ranked #8 for OUTLIER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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Risk of Rain 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with OUTLIER.
Reviewers of OUTLIER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with OUTLIER.
Reviewers of OUTLIER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with OUTLIER.
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.
STRIDE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Reviewers of OUTLIER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with OUTLIER.
STRIDE is a high-octane parkour adventure in virtual reality. Fight for your life as you hurtle through the rooftops of a futuristic metropolis. Step into the shoes of a master freerunner as you vault, swing, and shoot your way through this action-packed adventure. Multiplayer now available!
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with OUTLIER.
Reviewers of OUTLIER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Hades
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with OUTLIER.
Reviewers of OUTLIER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
AGAINST
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Reviewers of OUTLIER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
AGAINST is a combat rhythm VR game that will immerse you in a dark comics story. Follow the beat to shoot and slice your way through evil henchmen of Dr. Vice. Empowering music is your only way out from these crime-ridden streets.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with OUTLIER.
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 OUTLIER.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 OUTLIER.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Other recommendable Steam games by Joy Way, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
STRIDE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Another title from Joy Way, the studio behind OUTLIER. Shares Action and Adventure with OUTLIER.
STRIDE is a high-octane parkour adventure in virtual reality. Fight for your life as you hurtle through the rooftops of a futuristic metropolis. Step into the shoes of a master freerunner as you vault, swing, and shoot your way through this action-packed adventure. Multiplayer now available!
AGAINST
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with OUTLIER.
Another title from Joy Way, the studio behind OUTLIER. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
AGAINST is a combat rhythm VR game that will immerse you in a dark comics story. Follow the beat to shoot and slice your way through evil henchmen of Dr. Vice. Empowering music is your only way out from these crime-ridden streets.
STRIDE: Fates
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with OUTLIER.
Another title from Joy Way, the studio behind OUTLIER. Shares Action and Adventure with OUTLIER.
Step into the shoes of a parkour spec-ops officer. Traverse your way through the rooftops and basements of dystopian Airon City - from slums to affluent skyscrapers. Deal with power shifts in gangs, dirty family feuds, corporate secrets, forbidden tech, and other obstacles to understand your past.
Brain vs Zombies
WHY THIS
Another title from Joy Way, the studio behind OUTLIER. Shares Indie with OUTLIER.
Brain vs Zombies is a puzzle VR shooter that challenges you to kill each level’s zombies on a limited number of bullets. Enjoy figuring out the increasingly complex mechanisms for triggering zombie death in a world of realistic physics.
Time Hacker
WHY THIS
Another title from Joy Way, the studio behind OUTLIER. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Time Hacker is an addictive VR game where your creative ability is what gets you through the levels. Your only weapon is the power to stop time. That means, like Marvel’s Quicksilver, you can enjoy playing with the scene while your enemies are effectively frozen.
Dead Hook
WHY THIS
Another title from Joy Way, the studio behind OUTLIER. Shares Action and Indie with OUTLIER.
Dead Hook is an explosive mix of rogue-like and shooter genre with brutal combat and captivating storytelling. Explore the elder planet Resaract and take on the role of Adam Stone, a mercenary, smuggler, thief, and devoted husband.
Frequently asked about OUTLIER
- What games are most similar to OUTLIER?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside OUTLIER are Until You Fall, Dead Hook, In Death.
- Who developed OUTLIER?
- OUTLIER was developed by Joy Way and published by Joy Way .
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 OUTLIER.
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