Games like SIMULACRA 3
If SIMULACRA 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are SIMULACRA 2, Case Files: Behind Closed Doors and Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative 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 SIMULACRA 3: The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, SIMULACRA.
Players who liked SIMULACRA 3 also play
Steam players who put hours into SIMULACRA 3 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.
SIMULACRA 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SIMULACRA 3.
Top pick for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SIMULACRA 3.
Second-strongest match for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Unknown Number: A First Person Talker
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
An innovative voice-controlled adventure game, played through a series of interactive 'phone calls'. Join the heist and save the world... using nothing but your voice. Will you answer the call? *WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS FLASHING LIGHTS*
Ghostpunk
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.
Lift: The Last Days of The Westwind
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
An interactive VR narrative adventure in which you operate a fully interactive elevator, meet fascinating characters, and make decisions that change their lives, and the fate of the hotel forever.
The Spectre Files: Deathstalker
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.
VSCS-II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SIMULACRA 3.
Ranked #8 for SIMULACRA 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
VSCS-II is a retro-styled narrative game about privacy and security. Using an upgraded '80s operating system, navigate an underground network to make connections, unearth conspiracies, and ultimately decide the fate of the dark web.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below SIMULACRA 3 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
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.
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 Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3.
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 SIMULACRA 3.
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 Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SIMULACRA 3.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about SIMULACRA 3
- Does SIMULACRA 3 run on Steam Deck?
- SIMULACRA 3 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 SIMULACRA 3 cost?
- SIMULACRA 3 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to SIMULACRA 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SIMULACRA 3 are SIMULACRA 2, Case Files: Behind Closed Doors, Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams.
- Who developed SIMULACRA 3?
- SIMULACRA 3 was developed by Kaigan Games and published by Neon Doctrine.
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