Games like Parasite
If Parasite is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, Elin and Sword of the Stars: The Pit — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Parasite.
Top pick for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Parasite.
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
Elin
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Parasite.
Second-strongest match for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
Successor to the roguelike RPG "Elona". Adventure, survival, crafting, home-building, myths passed down, and stories of humans and Elea spun. What scars will you leave on the land of Ylva?
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Parasite.
Third-strongest match for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
UnReal World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Parasite.
Ranked #4 for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Wayward
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Parasite.
Ranked #5 for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Parasite.
Ranked #6 for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Tales of Maj'Eyal
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Parasite.
Ranked #7 for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
The Doors of Trithius
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Parasite.
Ranked #8 for Parasite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Parasite at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Parasite.
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 ~50% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Parasite.
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 ~50% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Parasite.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Parasite.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Parasite.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Parasite on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Parasite.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Parasite.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Parasite.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Parasite.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Parasite.
A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.
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Frequently asked about Parasite
- Does Parasite run on Steam Deck?
- Parasite 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 Parasite cost?
- Parasite is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Parasite?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Parasite are Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, Elin, Sword of the Stars: The Pit.
- Who developed Parasite?
- Parasite was developed by StarInfidel.
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 Parasite.
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