Games like Miasmata
If Miasmata is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Forest, The Long Dark and Grounded — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Miasmata: Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.
Players who liked Miasmata also play
Steam players who put hours into Miasmata 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.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Top pick for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Second-strongest match for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Grounded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Third-strongest match for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Miasmata.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Subnautica: Below Zero
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Ranked #4 for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Ranked #5 for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Salt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Ranked #6 for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Betrayer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Ranked #7 for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
FarSky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Ranked #8 for Miasmata fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
FarSky is a short survival game in the depths of the Ocean. Collect all the pieces of your submarine and reach back the surface.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Miasmata at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Miasmata.
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 ~67% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Action with Miasmata.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Action with Miasmata.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Miasmata.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Miasmata on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Miasmata.
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.
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 Miasmata.
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 Action and Adventure with Miasmata.
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 Action and Indie with Miasmata.
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 Miasmata.
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 Miasmata.
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 Action and Indie with Miasmata.
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 Miasmata.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Grounded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Miasmata.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Subnautica: Below Zero
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Betrayer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Miasmata.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
Frequently asked about Miasmata
- Does Miasmata run on Steam Deck?
- Miasmata is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Miasmata cost?
- Miasmata is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Miasmata?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Miasmata are The Forest, The Long Dark, Grounded.
- Who developed Miasmata?
- Miasmata was developed by IonFx and published by IonFX 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 Miasmata.
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