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Games like 1954 Alcatraz

If 1954 Alcatraz is your kind of game, the closest matches are Still Life, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout and The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative 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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About 1954 Alcatraz: 1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe's doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe's ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the stolen money. Who will get their hands on the dough?

2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Daedalic Entertainment, Irresponsible Games
1954 Alcatraz — Steam game cover
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Character switching puzzles requiring coordination between protagonistsDual protagonists with distinct objectivesHand drawn 1950s backgrounds and atmospheric soundtrackAtmosphericContemplativeDark

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Steam players who put hours into 1954 Alcatraz 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. Still Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Top pick for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Still Life 2 also now available!

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Second-strongest match for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Third-strongest match for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.

    2013AdventureSteam ↗
  4. The Dark Eye: Memoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Ranked #4 for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Ranked #5 for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Ranked #6 for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Parallel Experiment

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Ranked #7 for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Two detectives, one deadly experiment, a race against time. Each player only has one half of the puzzle. In this 2-player co-op puzzle game you can survive the parallel experiment only by working together.

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Richard & Alice

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Ranked #8 for 1954 Alcatraz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.

    2014IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 1954 Alcatraz at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under 1954 Alcatraz on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 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 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  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 with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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 Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 1954 Alcatraz.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Daedalic Entertainment

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

  1. Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Deponia: The Complete Journey

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

    2014Adventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blackguards

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Deponia Doomsday

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Night of the Rabbit

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 1954 Alcatraz.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Chaos on Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind 1954 Alcatraz. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1954 Alcatraz.

    With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about 1954 Alcatraz

Does 1954 Alcatraz run on Steam Deck?
1954 Alcatraz 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 1954 Alcatraz cost?
1954 Alcatraz is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to 1954 Alcatraz?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 1954 Alcatraz are Still Life, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief.
Who developed 1954 Alcatraz?
1954 Alcatraz was developed by Daedalic Entertainment, Irresponsible Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment.

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