Games like STRANGER
If STRANGER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hallways, Paranatural and Solicitude Wake-up — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its audio cues guide positioning, anxious and immersive. 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.
Get personalized picks →About STRANGER: STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support
Players who liked STRANGER also play
Steam players who put hours into STRANGER 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.
Hallways
WHY THIS
Top pick for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with STRANGER.
You must survive the night in this immersive survival horror. Utilize your limited power to keep the attacker from getting to you from one of the hallways surrounding you. Can you survive?
Paranatural
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
Welcome to The Unknown, Ghost Hunter! Hauntings are on the rise, and it's your chance to put a stop to them! Team up with fellow ghost hunters or go solo as you identify and exorcise a slew of highly intelligent and sinister entities. Can you survive the Paranatural?
Solicitude Wake-up
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with STRANGER.
Immersive virtual reality horror survival game Solicitude Wake-up takes you to seemingly abandoned research facility. You wake-up in a dark operating room, laying down on operating table. You need to survive and find your way out.
Stifled - Echolocation Horror Mystery
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with STRANGER.
Ranked #4 for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
Stifled is a multi-award winning, Sound-based Stealth Thriller Mystery, where SOUND is the only way you SEE and the enemies HEAR your fear through your microphone input. Microphone input and VR Features are optional.
FOREWARNED
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with STRANGER.
Ranked #5 for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
FOREWARNED is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror. Delve deep into ancient Egyptian ruins with your team of fellow archaeologists. Investigate phenomena, collect treasure, discover lore, survive danger, and banish the evil that lurks within.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with STRANGER.
Ranked #6 for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with STRANGER.
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
MADiSON VR
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with STRANGER.
Ranked #7 for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
MADiSON VR now plunges you even deeper into its immersive and terrifying world. With the utilization of an instant camera in your virtual hands, bridge the gap between our world and the unknown. Snap photos, develop them by yourself to solve puzzles, explore the shadows and above all, survive.
DEVOUR
WHY THIS
Shares time pressure and a tense mood with STRANGER.
Ranked #8 for STRANGER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with STRANGER.
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
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Scrutinized
WHY THIS
Shares time pressure and a tense mood with STRANGER.
Reviewers of STRANGER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with STRANGER.
Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.
Five Nights at Freddy's
WHY THIS
Shares an anxious mood with STRANGER.
Reviewers of STRANGER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with STRANGER.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
T.A.P.
WHY THIS
Reviewers of STRANGER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with STRANGER.
Tower defense is not! Tower Attack! Turret Attacking Platform. Build towers on a rolling ship, improve them, strengthen, build factories, extract resources, Swing skills, earn reputation. You will have 70 types of turrets, 70 skills, 8 active abilities, 5 types of ships. Try a more advanced version of tower defense.
INQUIR P.T.
WHY THIS
Reviewers of STRANGER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
A post-apocalyptic story-based action adventure game. Fully customizable weapons and a high mobility character. Zombie horde mode and full of action, blood, brutality.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below STRANGER at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with STRANGER.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Action with STRANGER.
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.
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with STRANGER.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with STRANGER.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under STRANGER on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with STRANGER.
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.
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. Shares Indie with STRANGER.
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 STRANGER.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with STRANGER.
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. Shares Indie with STRANGER.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with STRANGER.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 STRANGER.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with STRANGER.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with STRANGER.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about STRANGER
- How much does STRANGER cost?
- STRANGER is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to STRANGER?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside STRANGER are Hallways, Paranatural, Solicitude Wake-up.
- Who developed STRANGER?
- STRANGER was developed by Lost Frame Development.
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 STRANGER.
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