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Games like Abnormality

If Abnormality is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dark Past, Gluua and The Hauntings — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character customization enhances immersion, atmospheric and immersive. 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 Abnormality: Explore abandoned locations, collect paranormal evidence, and survive the wrath of the former residents still haunting them. Team up with up to 3 friends to investigate by day, and hide for your life by night. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a desperate struggle to stay alive.

2024ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Nightmare Studios
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Players who liked Abnormality also play

Steam players who put hours into Abnormality 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. Dark Past

    WHY THIS

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

    Dark Past is based on psychological horror by paranormal activity occurring during your investigations. Play solo or up to 4 players to try and solve the mystery of what entity is left behind.

    2022ActionIndieEarly Access5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Gluua

    WHY THIS

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

    first-person 1-4 multiplayer horror game. The game will allow players to take on the role of a spirit liberator who will be able to freely choose missions based on the difficulty and readiness they like or want to do. Players will encounter the supernatural and find the truth in that place.

    2024IndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Hauntings

    WHY THIS

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

    The Hauntings is a 1-4 player online co-op investigation and exorcism game. Using a wide range of paranormal investigation equipment your group must try and successfully discover the source of the haunting and proceed to remove the threat from the area!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Footage

    WHY THIS

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

    Unravel a spiritual entity, learn its behavior, manage your anxiety, loot for medicine, and exorcise its presence.

    2024ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Horror Simulator VR

    WHY THIS

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

    The First Multiplayer Horror VR game inspired by Phasmophobia. Play with friends, laugh & run! Work together to solve puzzles, explore creepy places & survive scary chases with cool power-ups & customized avatars.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

    Shares evidence collection and an atmospheric mood with Abnormality.

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

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Demonsomnia

    WHY THIS

    Shares evidence collection, investigation and atmospheric with Abnormality.

    Ranked #7 for Abnormality fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Abnormality.

    Demonsomnia is a CO-OP multiplayer bodycam horror game focused on the impact of nuclear reactions. Radiation has spread everywhere, so put on your gas mask. Your goal is to activate the nuclear reactor device and escape without being caught by mutants.

    2024ActionEarly Access13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. LockYourDoor

    WHY THIS

    Shares survival management, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Abnormality.

    Ranked #8 for Abnormality fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Abnormality.

    Challenging co-op horror (1-4 players). You are looking for your missing friend Darvin. Do whatever it takes to stay alive. Only the patient and the clever will succeed.

    2025ActionAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Abnormality

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

    Shares evidence collection and an atmospheric mood with Abnormality.

    Reviewers of Abnormality cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Abnormality.

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Demonologist

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Abnormality.

    Reviewers of Abnormality cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Abnormality.

    Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. This is a Ghost

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Abnormality.

    Reviewers of Abnormality cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    This is a Ghost is a ghost-hunting psychological horror game. Using your equipment, track down paranormal activity and gather evidence to identify the entity, then banish it from this world! Solo and online co-op play for up to 4 players. 👻

    2024Simulation16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Abnormality.

    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 ~50% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abnormality.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Action with Abnormality.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Abnormality.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Abnormality.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abnormality.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abnormality.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Abnormality on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abnormality.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Abnormality.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Abnormality

Does Abnormality run on Steam Deck?
Abnormality 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 Abnormality cost?
Abnormality is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Abnormality have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Abnormality supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Abnormality?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Abnormality are Dark Past, Gluua, The Hauntings.
Who developed Abnormality?
Abnormality was developed by Nightmare 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 Abnormality.

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