Games like The Experiment
If The Experiment is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms: The Phobolore, Scary Maze Game and Backrooms Cycle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emergent bugs become features, atmospheric and dark. 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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Players who liked The Experiment also play
Steam players who put hours into The Experiment 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.
Backrooms: The Phobolore
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Experiment.
Backrooms: The Phobolore is a cooperative multiplayer online horror game for 1-4 players. In this game you will take control of a character who woke up in an unknown place and does not remember anything, your task will be to pass the game levels trying to remember who you are...
Scary Maze Game
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Experiment.
You and up to 5 friends need to find the exit of a maze, beware of the monster that lurks in the shadows.
Backrooms Cycle
WHY THIS
Shares resource collection, survival management and atmospheric with The Experiment.
Third-strongest match for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
Backrooms Cycle is an immersive exploration RPG/FPS horror set in the backrooms. You will explore and scavenge, build up your arsenal and gain powerful perks. Decide if you want to rescue fellow scientists, build an outpost in the poolrooms or just care about yourself.
Lunch Lady
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Experiment.
Ranked #4 for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!
Agonize
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Experiment.
Ranked #5 for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
The Outlast Trials
WHY THIS
Shares co op survival and an atmospheric mood with The Experiment.
Ranked #6 for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
MIMESIS
WHY THIS
Shares stealth avoidance, stealth and atmospheric with The Experiment.
Ranked #7 for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.
Paranormal Cleanup
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Experiment.
Ranked #8 for The Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Experiment at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Experiment.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Experiment.
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 ~50% under The Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Experiment.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Experiment.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Experiment.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
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 The Experiment.
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 The Experiment.
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 The Experiment.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Experiment.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 The Experiment.
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 The Experiment.
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 The Experiment.
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 The Experiment.
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.).
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Other recommendable Steam games by Carrot Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Scary Maze Game
WHY THIS
Another title from Carrot Studios, the studio behind The Experiment. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Experiment.
You and up to 5 friends need to find the exit of a maze, beware of the monster that lurks in the shadows.
Cargo Duty
WHY THIS
Another title from Carrot Studios, the studio behind The Experiment. Shares Indie and Casual with The Experiment.
Your crew is on a mission to collect cargo. As you are going from moon to moon, there are creatures who will try and stop you. How long will you survive ?
The Bunker
WHY THIS
Another title from Carrot Studios, the studio behind The Experiment. Shares Action and Indie with The Experiment.
Go throughout an abandoned bunker with your friends collecting all the notepads. Beware of the zombies that lurk within.
Frequently asked about The Experiment
- How much does The Experiment cost?
- The Experiment is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Experiment have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Experiment supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Experiment?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Experiment are Backrooms: The Phobolore, Scary Maze Game, Backrooms Cycle.
- Who developed The Experiment?
- The Experiment was developed by Carrot Studios.
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 The Experiment.
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