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Games like Project Runner

If Project Runner is your kind of game, the closest matches are 人类保存计划 Human Save Plan, Ary and the Secret of Seasons and Redemption of Liuyin — 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 Project Runner: Project Runner is a Survival Game where the protagonist is trapped in a maze with the main objective is to scape the maze.

2021ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPGCasual10.99 USDWindowsby HecThoor Entertainment
Project Runner — Steam game cover

Players who liked Project Runner also play

Steam players who put hours into Project Runner 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.

  1. 人类保存计划 Human Save Plan

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Project Runner.

    This is a Diablo like RPG treasure brushing game, with fully customized equipment, collecting affixes, and editing your own exclusive equipment

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Ary and the Secret of Seasons

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Redemption of Liuyin

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    This is a 3D ancient style fantasy, multi ending action role-playing game. As the third installment of the Ryukyu Hidden series and the Ryukyu Hidden Nine Absolute Reincarnation Chapter, the game is designed with the principle of promoting offense and hesitation to defeat in its combat system.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure18.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Omno

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Runner.

    Experience the epic conflict of Kain and Raziel in original form or with remastered graphics.

    2024ActionAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Kyn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    In a world where Viking mythology collides with magic, explore the world of KYN in a fast paced role playing strategy game that combines party based combat with exploration and progression.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Project Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is a cute and clever action RPG featuring real-time combat, 3D graphics, 90+ items, mini-games, multiple endings, a rocking soundtrack, 35+ hours of playtime, tons of fully voiced characters by an all-star cast of voice actors, and more!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Runner at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Runner.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Runner.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Project Runner.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Project Runner.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Runner.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    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 ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Project Runner on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Project Runner.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Project Runner.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Runner.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Project Runner.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Runner.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Runner.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Runner.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Project Runner

How much does Project Runner cost?
Project Runner is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Project Runner?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Runner are 人类保存计划 Human Save Plan, Ary and the Secret of Seasons, Redemption of Liuyin.
Who developed Project Runner?
Project Runner was developed by HecThoor Entertainment.

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 Project Runner.

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