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Games like Security Booth: Director's Cut

If Security Booth: Director's Cut is your kind of game, the closest matches are No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut, Chasing Static and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiple endings drive replayability, atmospheric and retro. 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 Security Booth: Director's Cut: The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.

2022Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Kyle Horwood
Security Booth: Director's Cut — Steam game cover
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Lore unfolds through tapes and notesMultiple endings drive replayabilityNo jump scares tension from atmosphereAtmosphericRetroTense

Players who liked Security Booth: Director's Cut also play

Steam players who put hours into Security Booth: Director's Cut 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. No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Top pick for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

    2020IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Chasing Static

    WHY THIS

    Shares collectible hunting, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Second-strongest match for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Third-strongest match for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paratopic

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Ranked #4 for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

    2018IndieAdventure3.29 USDSteam ↗
  5. Inside Depth 6

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Ranked #5 for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mundaun

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Ranked #6 for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Norwood Suite

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Ranked #7 for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Ranked #8 for Security Booth: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Security Booth: Director's Cut

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Papers, Please

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Reviewers of Security Booth: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Half-Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Reviewers of Security Booth: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

    1998Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Stranger Things 3: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Reviewers of Security Booth: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!

    2019ActionAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Feeble Files

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Security Booth: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    An epic space adventure which sees our hero Feeble undertaking acts of betrayal, intrigue, revolution, and even a bit of cross dressing, in an attempt to right his previous wrongs and save the universe from a fate worse than life.

    2021Adventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Stranger Things VR

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Security Booth: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Experience the world of Stranger Things from the never-before-seen perspective of Vecna as he explores unknown realities, forms the hive mind, and enacts his plan for revenge against Eleven and Hawkins.

    2024ActionAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Toilet Paper Please

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Security Booth: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    In Toilet Paper, please! you are a Toilet Paper Roll who wants to collect all the pieces of toilet paper in the world. Face more the 100 levels in this classic but challenging avoid and collect game.

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Security Booth: Director's Cut at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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 ~60% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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 ~70% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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 ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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 ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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 ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    "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 ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Security Booth: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 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 Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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 Security Booth: Director's Cut.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Security Booth: Director's Cut.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

    2020IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mundaun

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Security Booth: Director's Cut.

    An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Security Booth: Director's Cut

Does Security Booth: Director's Cut run on Steam Deck?
Security Booth: Director's Cut 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 Security Booth: Director's Cut cost?
Security Booth: Director's Cut is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Security Booth: Director's Cut?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Security Booth: Director's Cut are No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut, Chasing Static, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Who developed Security Booth: Director's Cut?
Security Booth: Director's Cut was developed by Kyle Horwood and published by Cloud Colony Games.

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 Security Booth: Director's Cut.

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