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Games like GUTTER: The Cursed

If GUTTER: The Cursed is your kind of game, the closest matches are Convict Team Tactics, Lakeview Valley and Methods: The Canada Files — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, dark and grim. 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 GUTTER: The Cursed: In a lawless, post-apocalyptic, hyper-industrialized gutter, where desperate people, demons, and robots compete in a ruthless power struggle, how long can your character survive?

2022AdventureRPG4.99 USDWindowsby Asocial Guarantee
GUTTER: The Cursed — Steam game cover
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Players who liked GUTTER: The Cursed also play

Steam players who put hours into GUTTER: The Cursed 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. Convict Team Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a grim mood with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Top pick for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Turn-based tactics. 20 dangerous convicts. Suicide missions.

    2024StrategyAdventureRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Lakeview Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares a bleak mood with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Second-strongest match for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Murder rpg set in the small town of Lakeview Valley. Become the most popular home-owner or succumb to your dark desires. The choice is yours.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Methods: The Canada Files

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Oyabu Clinic Deathcare Corporation

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Ranked #4 for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Alchemy with patients' lives and health insurance! A quack doctor simulation game. DON'T imitate any of this!

    2023IndieSimulationRPG8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Ranked #5 for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    A BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Reigns: Her Majesty

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Ranked #6 for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.

    2017IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.

    2019IndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Afterparty

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for GUTTER: The Cursed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to GUTTER: The Cursed

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Fallout 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Reviewers of GUTTER: The Cursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Charlotte

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of GUTTER: The Cursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Charlotte is a horror-puzzle walking sim based on the short story, The Yellow Wall-paper.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  3. BLACK SOULS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a grim mood with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Reviewers of GUTTER: The Cursed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG11.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GUTTER: The Cursed at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    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 GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    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 GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    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 GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    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. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    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 ↗
  6. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TOEM: A Photo Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GUTTER: The Cursed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with GUTTER: The Cursed.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about GUTTER: The Cursed

How much does GUTTER: The Cursed cost?
GUTTER: The Cursed is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to GUTTER: The Cursed?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GUTTER: The Cursed are Convict Team Tactics, Lakeview Valley, Methods: The Canada Files.
Who developed GUTTER: The Cursed?
GUTTER: The Cursed was developed by Asocial Guarantee.

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 GUTTER: The Cursed.

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