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Games like Auditorium

If Auditorium is your kind of game, the closest matches are FRACT OSC, Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians and Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its intuitive yet challenging progression, chill 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 Auditorium: Turn light into sound in this multi-award winning game from the creators of Fractal!

2012IndieCasual6.99 USDWindowsby Cipher Prime Studios
Auditorium — Steam game cover
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Feels like a relaxing palette cleanserIntuitive yet challenging progressionManipulate light streams to compose musicChillContemplativeHypnotic

Players who liked Auditorium also play

Steam players who put hours into Auditorium 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. FRACT OSC

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Auditorium.

    Top pick for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Auditorium.

    Second-strongest match for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    Awakened from his slumber, Beatbuddy journeys through lush hand-painted environments on a quest to save his companions and his own immortality. Beatbuddy interacts with the living breathing environment that pulses to the beat of an original soundtrack, aiding him as he unlocks new paths and solves puzzles.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!

    2016IndieAdventureFree To Play4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. AudioSurf

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Auditorium.

    Ranked #4 for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.

    2008Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Thin Silence

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Auditorium.

    Ranked #5 for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    The Thin Silence explores depression, self-doubt, struggles, and trials. Amongst the darkness, the game features that sound, that thin silence, which calls to us in our darkest hours.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. LUMINES REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Auditorium.

    Ranked #6 for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    The critically-acclaimed puzzle game produced by legendary creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi comes to PC.

    2018ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. WORLD OF ART JIGSAW PUZZLES

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Auditorium.

    Ranked #7 for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    Welcome to WORLD OF ART - Learn with JIGSAW PUZZLES! Explore over 1600+ artworks, solve puzzles, test your knowledge with quizzes, and enhance your mind while enjoying classical music. New paintings added for free regularly!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Audiosurf 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Auditorium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    Ride your music in more ways than ever before. Audiosurf 2 is the music game for your entire music collection. Hundreds of mods/skins on Workshop. Free demo available.

    2015Indie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    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 ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    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 ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Auditorium.

    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 ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Auditorium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

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

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Coloring Game 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Coloring Game 2 is a sequel of the existing color-by-number game which so many users have liked. The sequel features new options and images.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Plan

    WHY THIS

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

    A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Viridi

    WHY THIS

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

    Nurture a small pot of succulents that grow in real time. Viridi is a safe haven, a place you can return to for a moment of peace and quiet whenever you need it.

    2015IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Cipher Prime Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Cipher Prime Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Splice

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Auditorium.

    Another title from Cipher Prime Studios, the studio behind Auditorium. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").

    2012IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fractal: Make Blooms Not War

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Auditorium.

    Another title from Cipher Prime Studios, the studio behind Auditorium. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    Push, Combo, and Chain your way through a pulsing technicolor dreamscape all the while expanding your consciousness at 130 BPM.

    2011IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Intake

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Auditorium.

    Another title from Cipher Prime Studios, the studio behind Auditorium. Shares Indie with Auditorium.

    Intake is the new retro-futuristic drugstep arcade shooter from Cipher Prime. In this polychromatic love child of Dr. Mario and Ikaruga, you battle a never-ending barrage of pills, pushing your skill and reflexes to the limit to avoid a lethal dosage.

    2013ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Auditorium.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    Awakened from his slumber, Beatbuddy journeys through lush hand-painted environments on a quest to save his companions and his own immortality. Beatbuddy interacts with the living breathing environment that pulses to the beat of an original soundtrack, aiding him as he unlocks new paths and solves puzzles.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!

    2016IndieAdventureFree To Play4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. LUMINES REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Auditorium.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    The critically-acclaimed puzzle game produced by legendary creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi comes to PC.

    2018ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. WORLD OF ART JIGSAW PUZZLES

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Auditorium.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Auditorium.

    Welcome to WORLD OF ART - Learn with JIGSAW PUZZLES! Explore over 1600+ artworks, solve puzzles, test your knowledge with quizzes, and enhance your mind while enjoying classical music. New paintings added for free regularly!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Auditorium

How much does Auditorium cost?
Auditorium is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Auditorium?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Auditorium are FRACT OSC, Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians, Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure.
Who developed Auditorium?
Auditorium was developed by Cipher Prime Studios.

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 Auditorium.

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