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Games like Rainbow Gate

If Rainbow Gate is your kind of game, the closest matches are ILL, Head Worms and Resident Evil 7 Biohazard — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Rainbow Gate: Rainbow Gate is a survival horror game set in an abandoned toy factory and amusement park that was once full of joy, but has now become a deadly trap. You are trapped in a twisted game, forced to find a way to escape from the lurking shadows and relentless Animatronics before it’s too late.

2026ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby 7EVIL Studio
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Steam players who put hours into Rainbow Gate 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. ILL

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Rainbow Gate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rainbow Gate.

    A realistic first-person action horror game that takes you into a dark fort overtaken by a mysterious entity. Unpredictable monsters, a visceral dismemberment system, and realistic physics create an atmosphere of relentless terror.

    2027ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Head Worms

    WHY THIS

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

    Fear and anxiety ravage your mind in Head Worms, a survival horror filled with perpetual terror and disorienting challenges.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a stressful mood with Rainbow Gate.

    Third-strongest match for Rainbow Gate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rainbow Gate.

    Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Resident Evil 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Rainbow Gate.

    Ranked #4 for Rainbow Gate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rainbow Gate.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Follia - Dear father

    WHY THIS

    Shares chase sequences, stealth and an atmospheric mood with Rainbow Gate.

    Ranked #5 for Rainbow Gate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    Follia – Dear Father is a stealth survival horror that captures the genre’s essence in the halls and rooms of a university campus. Marcus goes in search of his parents, but instead finds himself struggling for his life against deadly horrors that creep around every corner.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Beast Inside

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Rainbow Gate.

    Ranked #6 for Rainbow Gate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Psychopathy Assessment

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Rainbow Gate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.

    2024ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. EBOLA 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Rainbow Gate.

    Ranked #8 for Rainbow Gate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    EBOLA 3 - is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rainbow Gate.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rainbow Gate.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rainbow Gate.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Rainbow Gate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 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 Rainbow Gate.

    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 Action and Adventure with Rainbow Gate.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rainbow Gate.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rainbow Gate.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rainbow Gate.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Rainbow Gate.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rainbow Gate.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rainbow Gate

Does Rainbow Gate run on Steam Deck?
Rainbow Gate 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 Rainbow Gate cost?
Rainbow Gate is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Rainbow Gate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rainbow Gate are ILL, Head Worms, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.
Who developed Rainbow Gate?
Rainbow Gate was developed by 7EVIL Studio.

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 Rainbow Gate.

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