Games like The Awakening Program
If The Awakening Program is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lightmatter, Gloomy Juncture and ASTRAL — 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 The Awakening Program: A man with an incurable disease is cryogenically frozen until a cure is found. Upon waking, he enters a simulated reality to preserve his brain.
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Steam players who put hours into The Awakening Program 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.
Lightmatter
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
Gloomy Juncture
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
A neo-noir psychological thriller with a point & click core. Set in the 90s, the story unfolds in a decaying and morally bankrupt urban setting. Step into the shoes of a mundane janitor on the verge of a breakdown and find yourself entangled in the aftermath of a pivotal gunshot.
ASTRAL
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
The future came. You'd think that means the apex of the progress and science, but no. After the epidemic spread all over the world in 2022, 95% of the whole population mutated into horrible creatures without any moral values or humanity and started hunting everything that moves. The planet became empty.
Creaks
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Obduction
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
The Franz Kafka Videogame
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Awakening Program fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Awakening Program at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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 ~63% under The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Awakening Program.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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 The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Awakening Program.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Awakening Program on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Awakening Program.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Awakening Program.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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 with The Awakening Program.
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 and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
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 The Awakening Program.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
Creaks
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
The Franz Kafka Videogame
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Awakening Program.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Frequently asked about The Awakening Program
- How much does The Awakening Program cost?
- The Awakening Program is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Awakening Program?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Awakening Program are Lightmatter, Gloomy Juncture, ASTRAL.
- Who developed The Awakening Program?
- The Awakening Program was developed by Serio Studio.
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