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Games like Partum Artifex

If Partum Artifex is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soviet Village, Refuted Wind and Clink — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 Partum Artifex: A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.

2023Adventure14.99 USDWindowsby DalaKoala Games
Partum Artifex — Steam game cover
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Minimal jump scares with well placed tensionPuzzles require deductive reasoning and common senseRewarding curiosity and attention to detailAtmosphericContemplativeImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Partum Artifex 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. Soviet Village

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.

    2025IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Refuted Wind

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    Mysterious murders are happening in the area where Dave lives. In an attempt to draw attention to these horrific events, he decides to make a short film. As his project becomes known, frightening events begin to happen around him.

    2024IndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Clink

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Whispering Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Partum Artifex.

    Ranked #5 for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.

    2022IndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Luto

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Partum Artifex.

    Ranked #6 for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. V696

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    V696 is a first-person horror-thriller game. It contains a cult subject of veiled beings. Even if everything seems clear at first glance, it has a gripping story that will throw you a curve.

    2022ActionAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Whisperer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Partum Artifex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    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 ↗
  5. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    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 ↗
  8. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~87% under Partum Artifex on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    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 ↗

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.

    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 Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Partum Artifex.

    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.

    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.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Partum Artifex

How much does Partum Artifex cost?
Partum Artifex is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Partum Artifex?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Partum Artifex are Soviet Village, Refuted Wind, Clink.
Who developed Partum Artifex?
Partum Artifex was developed by DalaKoala 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 Partum Artifex.

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