Games like Buried
If Buried is your kind of game, the closest matches are Finnish Cottage 8, The 5th Door and Limoria — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Buried: You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?
Players who liked Buried also play
Steam players who put hours into Buried 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.
Finnish Cottage 8
WHY THIS
Top pick for Buried fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Buried.
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
The 5th Door
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Buried fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Buried.
You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There's ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.
Limoria
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Buried fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Buried.
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Clink
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Buried fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Buried.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Subliminal
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Buried fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Buried.
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Buried fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Buried.
You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.
Fatal Midnight
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Buried fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Buried.
During the night, Dan is awakened by unusual sounds coming from deep inside the house. Concerned about his sister's condition, he decides to check on her. Upon entering her room, he discovers that she has disappeared. Fear grips him, and he starts rushing around the house looking for her.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Buried at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Buried on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buried.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Buried on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buried.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Buried on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buried.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Buried on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buried.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Buried on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buried.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
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 with Buried.
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.
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 Indie with Buried.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buried.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buried.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Buried.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buried.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Authogin
Other recommendable Steam games by Authogin, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Confabulation
WHY THIS
Another title from Authogin, the studio behind Buried. Shares Indie with Buried.
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Confabulation: Homestead
WHY THIS
Another title from Authogin, the studio behind Buried. Shares Indie with Buried.
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
The Gravedigger
WHY THIS
Another title from Authogin, the studio behind Buried. Shares Indie with Buried.
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
The Anomaly Experiment
WHY THIS
Another title from Authogin, the studio behind Buried. Shares Indie with Buried.
Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.
Frequently asked about Buried
- Does Buried run on Steam Deck?
- Buried 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 Buried cost?
- Buried is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Buried?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Buried are Finnish Cottage 8, The 5th Door, Limoria.
- Who developed Buried?
- Buried was developed by Authogin.
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 Buried.
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