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Games like Surrounded

If Surrounded is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Devourer: Hunted Souls, The Escape: Together and Backrooms: Collision Not Found — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, stressful and tense. 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 Surrounded: A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.

2023IndieEarly Access8.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Nightmare Studios
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Steam players who put hours into Surrounded 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. The Devourer: Hunted Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Surrounded.

    Top pick for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Surrounded.

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Escape: Together

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Surrounded.

    Second-strongest match for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Surrounded.

    The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Backrooms: Collision Not Found

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    A 1-4 player co-op horror experience. Navigate hyper-realistic Backrooms levels and liminal spaces, survive unique entities, and uncover the dark mystery behind those levels. Extreme visual fidelity meets psychological dread.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. ESCAPE Protocol: Online

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Surrounded.

    In this co-op horror game, escape an unknown realm where reality is shattered and dimensions collide. Solve puzzles, avoid deadly entities, and uncover the hidden saboteur.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. SILENT BREATH

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Surrounded.

    Ranked #5 for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Surrounded.

    Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. CRYO

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Surrounded.

    Ranked #6 for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Surrounded.

    CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Inside the Backrooms

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Surrounded.

    Ranked #7 for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Surrounded.

    Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

    2022IndieAdventureEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. EXOME

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Surrounded.

    Ranked #8 for Surrounded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Surrounded.

    EXOME is a co-op sci-fi survival shooter that blends wave-based survival with open-world exploration. Battle hordes of aliens, upgrade your arsenal, and uncover the hidden truths of the deep forest. Will you face it alone or bring your friends along?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    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 ~44% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Surrounded on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrounded.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Surrounded.

    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.

    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 Surrounded.

    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 with Surrounded.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Surrounded.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. 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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Surrounded

Does Surrounded run on Steam Deck?
Surrounded is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Surrounded cost?
Surrounded is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Surrounded have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Surrounded supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Surrounded?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Surrounded are The Devourer: Hunted Souls, The Escape: Together, Backrooms: Collision Not Found.
Who developed Surrounded?
Surrounded was developed by Nightmare Studios.

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 Surrounded.

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