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Games like DEAD END

If DEAD END is your kind of game, the closest matches are Delivered on Time, Emberfly and Eerie Dossier:the Haunted Apartment — 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.

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About DEAD END: Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.

2024IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDWindowsby PHANTOM PIXEL
DEAD END — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into DEAD END 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. Delivered on Time

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    Delivered on Time is a first-person horror game themed around food delivery. As an elite delivery pro, nothing—not ghosts, hauntings, or even supernatural battles—will stop you from getting the food to the customer's door… on time!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Emberfly

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with DEAD END.

    Emberfly is a horror game set in Korea. One day, you wake up at school. The outside is dark, and no one seems to be around. Relying on the flashlight in your hand, you must find a way to escape from this dream that feels real but isn't.

    2025Indie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Eerie Dossier:the Haunted Apartment

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    "Eerie Dossier:the Haunted Apartment"is a walking simulation game that combines horror and horror elements.You will be trapped in an infinite loop of corridors and rooms, searching for opportunities to escape from this place while also discovering its secrets

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation2.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Backrooms Origins

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    The Backrooms Origins is a first person exploration and psychological horror game about famous creepypasta the backrooms. Explore levels of backrooms and try to keep your sanity.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Anomaly Road

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    "Anomaly Road" is an escape game set on a mountain road in Japan, combining horror, driving, and strange occurrences. While driving, you suddenly realize you've gotten lost on a road deep in the mountains. As you turn a corner with a bad feeling, what awaits you...?

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Lonely Christmas

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.49 USDSteam ↗
  7. Subway Exorcist Girl

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. April 24th

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for DEAD END fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    The main character is an experienced journalist who always strives to uncover the truth. He manages to gain access to the house, which is guarded by the police.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with DEAD END.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with DEAD END.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with DEAD END.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEAD END.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEAD END.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with DEAD END.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEAD END on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEAD END.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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. Shares Indie with DEAD END.

    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 DEAD END.

    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. Shares Indie with DEAD END.

    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 Indie and Adventure with DEAD END.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 DEAD END.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEAD END.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about DEAD END

How much does DEAD END cost?
DEAD END is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to DEAD END?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DEAD END are Delivered on Time, Emberfly, Eerie Dossier:the Haunted Apartment.
Who developed DEAD END?
DEAD END was developed by PHANTOM PIXEL.

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 DEAD END.

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