Games like Transcripted
Below are 19 hand-picked alternatives to Transcripted for fans of action, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Transcripted also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Alkemi. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Transcripted: After 3 years, Transcripted the illegitimate son of Zuma and Geometry Wars is finally back on Steam. Discover now this unique mix of twin stick shooter and match-3 with its twisted mechanics and original story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Transcripted at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Action with Transcripted.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Transcripted.
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.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Transcripted.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Transcripted.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Transcripted.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Transcripted on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Floating Point
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Transcripted.
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.
Trick & Treat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Transcripted.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Transformice
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Transcripted.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Transcripted.
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
BEEP
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Transcripted.
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
Bendy: Secrets of the Machine
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
Some things are better left forgotten.
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Foretales
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Transcripted.
Another title from Alkemi, the studio behind Transcripted.
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
An Ankou
WHY THIS
Shares upgrade system and an atmospheric mood with Transcripted.
Another title from Alkemi, the studio behind Transcripted. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
Death is not the end. You’ve been chosen as the Ankou, a servant of Death who aids lost souls using the tools of your old trade. Roam haunted lands to find resources, craft weapons, and slay hordes of demons in this action-exploration roguelike.
Drifting Lands
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Transcripted.
Another title from Alkemi, the studio behind Transcripted. Shares Action and Indie with Transcripted.
Drifting Lands is an hybrid of classical horizontal shoot'em'up with a lot of strong gameplay elements coming straight from the action-RPG genre. If you want an original diablo-like game or you want a different kind of shoot'em'up, you're in the right place!
Frequently asked about Transcripted
- How much does Transcripted cost?
- Transcripted is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Transcripted?
- Transcripted was developed by Alkemi.
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