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Games like REC: Beyond The Lens

If REC: Beyond The Lens is your kind of game, the closest matches are Prison of Nightmare, V696 and Backrooms [REDACTED] - Chapter 1 — 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 REC: Beyond The Lens: REC: Beyond The Lens is a first-person horror game that tells the story of an unresolved past, with realistic graphics. Explore an unknown location, investigating dark secrets while using a body camera to document every step

2023ActionIndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDWindowsby Samuka Gomes
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Steam players who put hours into REC: Beyond The Lens 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. Prison of Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Prison of Nightmare is a first-person psychological horror game that immerses players in a haunting and oppressive atmosphere. The game revolves around an ancient dark entity, a malevolent spirit that invades the protagonist's dreams, aiming to terrorize and eventually capture their soul.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. V696

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    V696 is a first-person horror-thriller game. It contains a cult subject of veiled beings. Even if everything seems clear at first glance, it has a gripping story that will throw you a curve.

    2022ActionAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Backrooms [REDACTED] - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Backrooms [REDACTED] is a short action-adventure game that plunges you into the infinite cosmic horror inspired by the Backrooms concept.Navigate through the procedurally generated liminal spaces, uncover hidden secrets, while avoiding different entities.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Forget

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Immerse yourself in a living nightmare where every dark corner of the apartment hides terrifying secrets. Wake up without memories, Pursued by an enigmatic presence, and discover the truth about a missing child. Reality or illusion? It's up to you to unravel the inexplicable.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Final Night

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    A nightmarish descent into your worst memories awaits. In "Final Night," you're forced to relive your darkest traumas - now twisted into monstrous, living horrors that hunt you relentlessly. Every shadow hides a piece of your broken past, eager to drag you into the abyss.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Echoes Of The House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Death in the Family

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    "Death in the family" is a horror game about how the dead can confuse, frighten and even kill those they don't like.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. MADiSON VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for REC: Beyond The Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    MADiSON VR now plunges you even deeper into its immersive and terrifying world. With the utilization of an instant camera in your virtual hands, bridge the gap between our world and the unknown. Snap photos, develop them by yourself to solve puzzles, explore the shadows and above all, survive.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below REC: Beyond The Lens at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    "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 REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with REC: Beyond The Lens.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens.

    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 REC: Beyond The Lens.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Samuka Gomes

Other recommendable Steam games by Samuka Gomes, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Fear in The Modern House - CH2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Samuka Gomes, the studio behind REC: Beyond The Lens. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    A psychological horror game, based on horror movie stories, in which you live Josh's life, dubbed and subtitled.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 408 - The Forbidden Room

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Samuka Gomes, the studio behind REC: Beyond The Lens. Shares Indie and Adventure with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    408 - The Forbidden Room is a psychological horror game, inspired by a horror movie story, discover the mysteries behind this Hotel, and try not to be just another victim.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fear in The Modern House - CH3

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Samuka Gomes, the studio behind REC: Beyond The Lens. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Face the challenges behind this supposedly cursed residence, solve puzzles, find hidden objects, and find a way to escape this place without getting caught.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Until Lights Out

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Samuka Gomes, the studio behind REC: Beyond The Lens. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    A beautiful Christmas night that was interrupted, by a haunting and terrible curse. Look for an answer to all this, and maybe you have a chance to survive.

    2022ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dawn Of Hell

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Samuka Gomes, the studio behind REC: Beyond The Lens. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Explore the cursed village and discover the sinister secrets it hides. Survive a terrible night and solve puzzles as you try to escape the curse that plagues the place. Experience tension and fear at every step in this horror game.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Amidst The Haze

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Samuka Gomes, the studio behind REC: Beyond The Lens. Shares Action and Indie with REC: Beyond The Lens.

    Enter a world where survival becomes a lethal game. In "Amidst The Haze", your simple trip to the supermarket turns into a terrifying nightmare when a thick, unfathomable fog engulfs the city, isolating the supermarket as the only safe haven.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about REC: Beyond The Lens

How much does REC: Beyond The Lens cost?
REC: Beyond The Lens is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to REC: Beyond The Lens?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside REC: Beyond The Lens are Prison of Nightmare, V696, Backrooms [REDACTED] - Chapter 1.
Who developed REC: Beyond The Lens?
REC: Beyond The Lens was developed by Samuka Gomes.

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 REC: Beyond The Lens.

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