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Games like Missing Persons

If Missing Persons is your kind of game, the closest matches are Waking Dreams, Nulla Via and 觀塘 | Kwun Tong — 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.

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About Missing Persons: Missing Persons is a horror-survival game that you play as Calvin to survive against the scientist who kidnapped you to run tests on you.

2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDWindowsby Virtual World Interactive LLC
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Players who liked Missing Persons also play

Steam players who put hours into Missing Persons 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. Waking Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

    A survival horror game that blends exploration, puzzles, resource management and combat.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Nulla Via

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

    NULLA VIA is a WW2 psychological horror set in a preserved, abandoned war town. Explore silent ruins, bunkers, and mass graves where life was erased. Shadows cannot be killed by bullets alone. Use your camera, your weapons, and your sanity to survive. This town was never rebuilt for a reason.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. 觀塘 | Kwun Tong

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

    Made in Hong Kong. By Unreal Engine 5.5.4. Escape from Kwun Tong.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Loop Below

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

    Trapped in a looping, claustrophobic bunker, you must detect subtle anomalies before they consume you. Watch every shadow. Memorize every detail. No weapons. No escape. Just your scanner, your instincts — and the creeping dread that something is terribly wrong.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Arrogation: Unlight of Day

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Missing Persons.

    Arrogation: Unlight of Day is a psychological horror game set in World War II. You will play as a lone reporter searching for his lost family in an abandoned village from 80s China. Beyond darkness, you will find nightmarish creatures and secrets from the long lost Imperial Japanese Army.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Walking Evil

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

    The Walking Evil takes you to the great classic of the survival horror of the 90s, where you guide the main character with a fixed system of cameras, which enhances the feeling of being in a real horror movie.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Propagation: Paradise Hotel

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Missing Persons.

    Trapped inside the Paradise Hotel, you are desperate to find your sister. Explore dark surroundings, gather resources, and survive terrifying encounters. This intense single-player VR survival horror game with great storytelling will get your adrenaline pumping.

    2023ActionAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Backrooms Project

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Missing Persons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Missing Persons at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Missing Persons.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Missing Persons.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Missing Persons.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Action with Missing Persons.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Missing Persons.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Action with Missing Persons.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Missing Persons on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Missing Persons.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Missing Persons.

    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 Action and Adventure with Missing Persons.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Missing Persons.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Missing Persons.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Missing Persons.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Missing Persons.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Missing Persons

How much does Missing Persons cost?
Missing Persons is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Missing Persons?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Missing Persons are Waking Dreams, Nulla Via, 觀塘 | Kwun Tong.
Who developed Missing Persons?
Missing Persons was developed by Virtual World Interactive LLC.

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 Missing Persons.

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