Games like Alone in the crowd
If Alone in the crowd is your kind of game, the closest matches are Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation, Sarawak and Subsurface Circular — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its replayability via multiple endings, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Alone in the crowd: Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character.
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Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Top pick for Alone in the crowd fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Subsurface Circular
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Third-strongest match for Alone in the crowd fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Ranked #4 for Alone in the crowd fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Expelled!
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Ranked #5 for Alone in the crowd fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Ranked #6 for Alone in the crowd fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Uncover the Smoking Gun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Ranked #7 for Alone in the crowd fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Alone in the crowd fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Alone in the crowd
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Papers, Please
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Reviewers of Alone in the crowd cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Not Tonight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Reviewers of Alone in the crowd cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
Mind Scanners
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Reviewers of Alone in the crowd cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Beholder
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Reviewers of Alone in the crowd cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alone in the crowd at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
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 ~57% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alone in the crowd.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alone in the crowd.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Alone in the crowd on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
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 with Alone in the crowd.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Alone in the crowd.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Alone in the crowd.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Expelled!
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alone in the crowd.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone in the crowd.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Frequently asked about Alone in the crowd
- Does Alone in the crowd run on Steam Deck?
- Alone in the crowd 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 Alone in the crowd cost?
- Alone in the crowd is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alone in the crowd?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alone in the crowd are Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation, Sarawak, Subsurface Circular.
- Who developed Alone in the crowd?
- Alone in the crowd was developed by Machine Nun.
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 Alone in the crowd.
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