Games like Terminal 81
If Terminal 81 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Only Humans On Board, Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel and Liminal Department — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its choices genuinely impact characters, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Terminal 81: Thanks to the financial crisis of 2008, Lorena migrated to Terminal 81 to work, but what seemed like a simple Latin American neighborhood, it was a dangerous region dominated by a mysterious criminal organization that carries out murders, kidnappings and human trafficking.
Players who liked Terminal 81 also play
Steam players who put hours into Terminal 81 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.
Only Humans On Board
WHY THIS
Top pick for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
Buy supplies and manage your resources. Serve passengers quickly from your trolley, but stay alert! something feels wrong. Some passengers are only pretending to be human...
Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Terminal 81.
Second-strongest match for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Liminal Department
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
Trapped in what seems to be an endless hospital department. Carefully observe your surroundings in each loop to escape the Liminal Department
Clown House: Lunacy
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
A narrative horror experience where violence is a trap. Unravel the secrets of a derelict mansion and its uncanny clown residents. Solve puzzles. Observe the clowns, deduct their needs and what angers them to survive. And never harm the residents of the Clown House. It has eyes.
Clifton
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Terminal 81.
You’re on holiday on a tropical island with your friends, but you find your tour guide DEAD on the beach, and someone on the island wants you to be next. Work together, search for materials and weapons to defend yourselves, build a raft and escape. Will you make it out alive?
Nowhere
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Terminal 81.
Nowhere is a Nordic inspired Narrative Mystery/Horror game. Telling the tale of what happened to the Norse Gods after Ragnarok when their worship ended. Nowhere features a unique blend of realistic detective gameplay and survival horror in Nordic aesthetics.
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Terminal 81.
Ranked #7 for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Terminal 81.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Tostchu
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Terminal 81.
Ranked #8 for Terminal 81 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Terminal 81.
A slow-burn atmospheric horror game about managing a toast shop in a desolate location in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Make toasts for customers, cash in, buy more ingredients, and witness strange events unfolding.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Terminal 81 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Terminal 81.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Terminal 81.
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 ~72% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Terminal 81.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Terminal 81.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Terminal 81.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Terminal 81.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Terminal 81 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Terminal 81.
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?
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 and Casual with Terminal 81.
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 Terminal 81.
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 Terminal 81.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Terminal 81.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Terminal 81.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Terminal 81.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Terminal 81.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Terminal 81.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from David Pateti
Other recommendable Steam games by David Pateti, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Chacara
WHY THIS
Another title from David Pateti, the studio behind Terminal 81. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
Hitting the highway immediately after finishing a crazy party was definitely not a good idea... Now you are stranded on the road, luckily, there is a cozy country house nearby, what could go wrong?
Crime Passional
WHY THIS
Another title from David Pateti, the studio behind Terminal 81. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
You thought that after leaving that abusive relationship, your life would slowly start to improve, but a cold night in early 2006, the nightmare returned. Your ex-boyfriend came back and wants to take you with him, by force if necessary.
Mortisomem
WHY THIS
Another title from David Pateti, the studio behind Terminal 81. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
Donald Barnes is a successful merchant who one day on his way home, starts being stalked by a dangerous demon from the Colonial Times. Now he has to find a way back home or finally defeat Mortisomem.
Acre Crisis
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Terminal 81.
Another title from David Pateti, the studio behind Terminal 81. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
In 1992, a brigade of the Brazilian Military Police ventured into the remote Acre region to investigate mysterious deaths caused by wild animals. Upon arrival, the soldiers found themselves cornered and must now escape from a group of hungry dinosaurs
Terminal 81R
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative, inventory management and atmospheric with Terminal 81.
Another title from David Pateti, the studio behind Terminal 81. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
In 2016, a young Uruguayan travels to the neighborhood of 'Terminal 81' a place marked by violence, inequality, and vice, where a dangerous human trafficking network operates. Determined to find his sister, the young man ventures into the perilous and dark world of Terminal 81.
Fatimopolis
WHY THIS
Another title from David Pateti, the studio behind Terminal 81. Shares Action and Indie with Terminal 81.
Just after the start of the new year in 2005, Lucas receives a call from his boss asking him to make a few deliveries in Fatimopolis, a mysterious small town that, overnight, lost all of its inhabitants.
Frequently asked about Terminal 81
- Does Terminal 81 run on Steam Deck?
- Terminal 81 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 Terminal 81 cost?
- Terminal 81 is listed on Steam at 3.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Terminal 81?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Terminal 81 are Only Humans On Board, Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel, Liminal Department.
- Who developed Terminal 81?
- Terminal 81 was developed by David Pateti.
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