Games like Aetherial
If Aetherial is your kind of game, the closest matches are SleepWalk, Strange island and Realm of Dread — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Aetherial: A believer. A missing hiker. An ancient forest that swallows people whole. Find what they left behind before dark - before the compass fails, before the silence takes hold, before she finds you. Psychological horror. No combat. No escape.
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SleepWalk
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Top pick for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
Sleepwalk is an indie survival horror game, the story begins with the player waking up in an unknown and dark place, trying to escape and discover hidden secrets with no memory of their arrival.
Strange island
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
A first-person psychological horror focused on atmosphere, exploration, and a slow descent into mystery. You wake up on a remote island with no memory and no answers — who you are or how you got there. But with every answer you find, more questions begin to surface
Realm of Dread
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Third-strongest match for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
Take a step into the Realm of Dread's world of horror and suspense. Explore mysterious locations, fight for survival within the realm of supernatural entities and uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows. This journey through darkness requires courage and intellect. Are you ready?
Secrets of the Silent School
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Ranked #4 for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Aetherial.
Secrets of the Silent School is a first-person horror game where players control a drone to investigate an abandoned Japanese school. Collect data to uncover the truth hidden within its haunted halls, while using your camera to capture and destroy vengeful ghosts.
Where Is Mommy
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Ranked #5 for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aetherial.
Trapped in a bazaar that twists with every turn, you are a lost child searching for your mother. Watch for subtle anomalies in the shifting environment to survive the loop. In this retro-inspired world, nothing is as it seems. Can you find her before the cycle swallows you whole?
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
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Ranked #6 for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Aetherial.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
The Signifier Director's Cut
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Ranked #7 for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aetherial.
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Backrooms: Lost Tape
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Ranked #8 for Aetherial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Aetherial at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~45% under Aetherial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~45% under Aetherial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Aetherial.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~45% under Aetherial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aetherial.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~45% under Aetherial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~45% under Aetherial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~45% under Aetherial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Aetherial.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~45% under Aetherial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 Aetherial.
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 and Adventure with Aetherial.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Aetherial.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aetherial.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Aetherial.
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 Aetherial.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Aetherial.
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 Aetherial
- How much does Aetherial cost?
- Aetherial is listed on Steam at 1.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Aetherial?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aetherial are SleepWalk, Strange island, Realm of Dread.
- Who developed Aetherial?
- Aetherial was developed by Warm Milk Games.
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 Aetherial.
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