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Games like Lempo

If Lempo is your kind of game, the closest matches are Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Nightmare Side: The Game and The Black Within — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration feels genuinely rewarding, atmospheric and eerie. 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 Lempo: Find your way back home before Metsänpeitto, an otherworldly plane of existence, consumes you. Lempo is a psychological horror game inspired by Finnish mythology with an emphasis on exploration.

2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby One Trick Entertainment
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Steam players who put hours into Lempo 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. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lempo.

    Top pick for Lempo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    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 ↗
  2. Nightmare Side: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration based progression, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lempo.

    Second-strongest match for Lempo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Lempo.

    Indonesian horror game set in Ardan Radio station from Bandung. Don't listen to Nightmare Side alone, or you'll invite the darkness.

    2024Adventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Black Within

    WHY THIS

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

    "The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror game that takes players on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale where greed, fear, and change intertwine.

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Overnight Screening

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Lempo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    The story unfolds through the eyes of a first-person protagonist. While working part-time at an old movie theater, the protagonist begins to experience strange and unexplainable events. You must survive the presence that lurks within the theater and uncover hidden clues to reach a meaningful ending.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. NineHells

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Lempo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Kholat

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Lempo.

    Ranked #6 for Lempo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.

    2015IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Garten of Banban 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an eerie mood with Lempo.

    Ranked #7 for Lempo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    Continue the story of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve deeper into the bizarre establishment where the place was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents, all while uncovering the truth behind the place…

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Garten of Banban 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental interaction and an atmospheric mood with Lempo.

    Ranked #8 for Lempo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    Embrace the horrors of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve even deeper into the depths of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents and continue the search for your child…

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Lempo

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. Subnautica

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lempo.

    Reviewers of Lempo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

    2018IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Visage

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lempo.

    Reviewers of Lempo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. AMNESIA

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lempo.

    Reviewers of Lempo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.

    2022IndieAdventureEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lempo.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lempo.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Lempo.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lempo.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lempo.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Lempo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lempo.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Lempo.

    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 Lempo.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Lempo.

    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 and Adventure with Lempo.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Lempo

Does Lempo run on Steam Deck?
Lempo 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 Lempo cost?
Lempo is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Lempo?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lempo are Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Nightmare Side: The Game, The Black Within.
Who developed Lempo?
Lempo was developed by One Trick Entertainment and published by PID Games, Gamersky Games, Dear Villagers.

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 Lempo.

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