Games like The Bad Son
If The Bad Son is your kind of game, the closest matches are Whispers of West Grove, Dead of Darkness and Cat in the Box — 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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Whispers of West Grove
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Top pick for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
A heart-pounding adventure taking place in the twisted town of West Grove. Play as a patient trapped in a world where dream and reality begin to blur. Use light to solve puzzles, reveal hidden items, and transform objects to explore in a way like never before.
Dead of Darkness
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Cat in the Box
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Causality
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Ranked #4 for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Causality is a survival horror game. You must rescue 3 students trapped in a school full of mysterious psychic phenomena, and uncover the secrets behind therein. The real story behind the school, and the causal relationship of the events, is all in your hands.
Evil Tonight
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Ranked #5 for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Silvia never runs from evil—she makes it her business. Eccentric yet warm-hearted, this seasoned modern exorcist has mastered the art of confronting the supernatural, turning haunted places into tangible nightmares. But on this fateful night, nothing goes as planned.
Maid of Sker
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Ranked #6 for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
The Night of the Scissors
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Ranked #7 for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Dread X Collection 2
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Ranked #8 for The Bad Son fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Bad Son at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~50% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~58% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Superflight
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Priced ~50% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Post Void
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Priced ~50% under The Bad Son on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Bad Son.
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.
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Frequently asked about The Bad Son
- How much does The Bad Son cost?
- The Bad Son is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Bad Son?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Bad Son are Whispers of West Grove, Dead of Darkness, Cat in the Box.
- Who developed The Bad Son?
- The Bad Son was developed by Víctor Atobas and published by Zoozobra 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 The Bad Son.
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