Games like EMERGE
If EMERGE is your kind of game, the closest matches are JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time, The Uncertain: Light At The End and Doki Doki AI Interrogation — 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.
Get personalized picks →About EMERGE: Uncover a beautiful story through a different kind of jigsaw puzzle where you piece together Maya's lost memories. Watch as her empty room transforms into a cosy, meaningful space filled with treasured keepsakes as you uncover her beautiful life.
Players who liked EMERGE also play
Steam players who put hours into EMERGE 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.
JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time
WHY THIS
Top pick for EMERGE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
Embark on an interstellar trip and deploy to a mythic ocean planet in a low-flying jett in this cinematic science fiction action adventure with immersive sim elements from Superbrothers, known for Sword & Sworcery EP.
The Uncertain: Light At The End
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for EMERGE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots.
Doki Doki AI Interrogation
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for EMERGE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
Old Skies
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for EMERGE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Harold Halibut
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for EMERGE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Monolith
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for EMERGE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
The Gardens Between
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for EMERGE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below EMERGE at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under EMERGE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
Embark on an interstellar trip and deploy to a mythic ocean planet in a low-flying jett in this cinematic science fiction action adventure with immersive sim elements from Superbrothers, known for Sword & Sworcery EP.
Old Skies
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Harold Halibut
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with EMERGE.
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Monolith
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
The Gardens Between
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with EMERGE.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Frequently asked about EMERGE
- How much does EMERGE cost?
- EMERGE is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to EMERGE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside EMERGE are JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time, The Uncertain: Light At The End, Doki Doki AI Interrogation.
- Who developed EMERGE?
- EMERGE was developed by Krish Shrikumar.
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 EMERGE.
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