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Games like Retrocausality

If Retrocausality is your kind of game, the closest matches are NCH: Chronos Rebirth, Pegasus: Broken Wings and FutaPunk 🌚 β€” 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 β€” not a generic popularity list.

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About Retrocausality: Now if the grandfather paradox isn't a thing, does that mean that we can we kick grandpa down the stairs? Retrocausality is a kinetic novel where you encounter paradoxes, causal loops, and inversions. The story follows our cast who survive an anomaly only to find themselves in a temporal war.

2023IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Thanatos
Retrocausality β€” Steam game cover

Players who liked Retrocausality also play

Steam players who put hours into Retrocausality also tend to own these titles β€” 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. NCH: Chronos Rebirth

    WHY THIS

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

    A sci-fi narrative visual novel focused on historical intervention, espionage, mind games, and tactical choices. You will play as a life scientist sent from the future, holding the key to the fate of two timelines. You must decide which future deserves to exist.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSteam β†—
  2. Pegasus: Broken Wings

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Retrocausality fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    Follow a new set of events involving Pegasus-5 crew with them being stuck in a city under curfew after a terrorist attack and getting entangled in a massive conspiracy. Stick close to your allies, build romantic relations, and make important choices.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  3. FutaPunk 🌚

    WHY THIS

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

    Bad Punk Bonny is a cyber data runner, hunting down dark & dangerous secrets other people need from the shadows. But when it comes to down-time, she takes her hunting much more seriously & knows exactly where to find the tightest and dirtiest little holes around. When Bonny plays, she plays to win!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam β†—
  4. Elysium

    WHY THIS

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

    In this cyberpunk-themed linear visual novel, you take on the role of Jill the bartender during a 14-day time loop. While crafting drinks for customers is part of your job, the true challenge lies in unraveling the dark secrets hidden beneath this neon-lit world.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam β†—
  5. PROTOTYPEεŽŸεž‹

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Retrocausality fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Retrocausality.

    A cinematic techno-thriller about the fate of the intermediate links of progress.

    2023IndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  6. Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation

    WHY THIS

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

    It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDSteam β†—
  7. G String

    WHY THIS

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

    Slip into the Standard Issue Biosuit as Myo Hyori, a gifted Korean teenage girl who must face the perils of the future. Survive many hazards, explore a seemingly endless metropolis and beyond as the world around you implodes and history marches towards its inevitable conclusion.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam β†—
  8. Gemini Rue

    WHY THIS

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

    Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

    2011IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    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 β†—
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Retrocausality.

    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 β†—
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Retrocausality.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Retrocausality.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Retrocausality.

    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 β†—
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Retrocausality on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—

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 β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Retrocausality.

    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 β†—
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Retrocausality.

    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 β†—
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Retrocausality.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    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 β†—
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Retrocausality.

    β€˜goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retrocausality.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—

Frequently asked about Retrocausality

How much does Retrocausality cost?
Retrocausality is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Retrocausality?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Retrocausality are NCH: Chronos Rebirth, Pegasus: Broken Wings, FutaPunk 🌚.
Who developed Retrocausality?
Retrocausality was developed by Thanatos.

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 Retrocausality.

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