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Games like Santo Island Incident

If Santo Island Incident is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Hospital, Hotel of Shadows and Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration is consistently rewarded, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Santo Island Incident: MYSTERY - EXPLORING - PUZZLE - Overgrowth took over the whole Santo Island and facility as a result of an unknown incident. Your mission is to find out the source of the incident and solve what's happened at Santo Island.

2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDWindowsby Çınar's Art
Santo Island Incident — Steam game cover
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Cozy puzzle solving with a methodical paceElectrical charges manipulate doors to progressExploration is consistently rewardedAtmosphericContemplativeMysterious

Players who liked Santo Island Incident also play

Steam players who put hours into Santo Island Incident 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. The Last Hospital

    WHY THIS

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

    Every decision made influences humanity's fate, with USMLE level medical questions woven into patient care, revealing the mysteries of a dying world.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Hotel of Shadows

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Santo Island Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Santo Island Incident.

    Hotel of Shadows is an immersive detective game where you step into the shoes of a rookie investigator in a mysterious hotel. You must find all stoles items and gather them to identify theft. There are 3 investigations where player have to find different, stolen items.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Aurora Hills: Chapter 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

    Third-strongest match for Santo Island Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!

    2026Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Telling Lies

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

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

    Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Strange Horticulture

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

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

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Santo Island Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

    2016ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

    Ranked #7 for Santo Island Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths. In this mysterious Escape room, you will have to solve puzzles to find the hidden vault with the treasure. But you will find much more...

    2025Adventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

    Ranked #8 for Santo Island Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.

    2026Adventure39.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Santo Island Incident.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Santo Island Incident.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Santo Island Incident.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Santo Island Incident.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Santo Island Incident.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Santo Island Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Santo Island Incident.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 Santo Island Incident.

    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 Santo Island Incident.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Santo Island Incident.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Santo Island Incident.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Aurora Hills: Chapter 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!

    2026Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Strange Horticulture

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

    2016ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Santo Island Incident.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Santo Island Incident.

    Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths. In this mysterious Escape room, you will have to solve puzzles to find the hidden vault with the treasure. But you will find much more...

    2025Adventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Santo Island Incident

How much does Santo Island Incident cost?
Santo Island Incident is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Santo Island Incident?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Santo Island Incident are The Last Hospital, Hotel of Shadows, Aurora Hills: Chapter 2.
Who developed Santo Island Incident?
Santo Island Incident was developed by Çınar's Art.

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 Santo Island Incident.

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