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Games like The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition)

If The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) is your kind of game, the closest matches are Melancholia Maze, Backrooms: Into the Hole and HOW — 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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About The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition): This software is not a game. A cross between a walking sim and a tarot card reading, TSOTG asks you to find 12 evocative dioramas and answer a single question : What do you see? Answer instinctively and receive one of five different endings and a final reading meant to stimulate self-reflection.

2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDWindowsby Somewhat Software
The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) — Steam game cover

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  1. Melancholia Maze

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Backrooms: Into the Hole

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    Discover an in-between space inspired by the Backrooms series. Make your way forward by jumping into holes, find alternative paths, and survive in this labyrinthine dimension. Play solo or in co-op mode and choose your path to the exit… if there is one.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation0.89 USDSteam ↗
  3. HOW

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    A psychological horror game where you play as a prisoner exploring the depths of a large and horrific medical facility. You must survive the many creatures and abominations inside and find all the secrets hidden within the strange new labyrinth.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 人类动物园 Human Zoo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    Beautiful teenagers, dreams, grotesque orgies. When no one in the world is awake anymore, is your sanity an alternative madness? A turn-based surrealist psychological horror game with beautiful L2D combat artwork and a deep, philosophical plot.

    2023IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Static Dread: The Lighthouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Barbotine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Mango

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual2.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. This Is Not Your House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    2024IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition)

How much does The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) cost?
The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition)?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) are Melancholia Maze, Backrooms: Into the Hole, HOW.
Who developed The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition)?
The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition) was developed by Somewhat Software.

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 Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition).

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