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Games like Surrogate

If Surrogate is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Song Out of Space, It Could Happen to You and BRAVO — 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 Surrogate: Visit a surreal world and help a blue girl navigate the perils of paranoia and the intrusion of mysterious beings in her life...

2023Indie0.99 USDWindowsby Brandon McQuay
Surrogate — Steam game cover

Players who liked Surrogate also play

Steam players who put hours into Surrogate 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. The Song Out of Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Two federal agents investigate a strange homicide case in this Lovecraftian visual novel.

    2022IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. It Could Happen to You

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Surrogate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Your peaceful holiday is interrupted when the small village you’re visiting in becomes terrorized by strange lights on the sky and enigmatic men in black. Some villagers have gone missing, everyone is afraid. Dive into a thrilling adventure with branching narrative and a unique visual style.

    2024AdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. BRAVO

    WHY THIS

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

    A 20‑minute playable thriller that will blow your mind.

    2026IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. World Without Reason

    WHY THIS

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

    A certain feeling of dread pervades a small southeastern island nation still recovering from its gruesome past. Miss Audacity finds herself caught in the center of a serial murder case spanning 8 years. Help her as she tries to remember the past in order to save her sister, her friends, and herself.

    2024IndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Dark Side of the Moon: An Interactive FMV Thriller

    WHY THIS

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

    When his 2 young children vanish mysteriously throughout the night, it's up to single-dad Dean Hamilton to do what any good dad would do: Go to the end of the universe and bring them back home in this thrilling FMV/Interactive Movie.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Transient: Extended Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Scarlet Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Surrogate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

    WHY THIS

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

    YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    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!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    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?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Surrogate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Surrogate.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 Surrogate.

    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. 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 Surrogate.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

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

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Surrogate.

    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 Surrogate

How much does Surrogate cost?
Surrogate is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Surrogate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Surrogate are The Song Out of Space, It Could Happen to You, BRAVO.
Who developed Surrogate?
Surrogate was developed by Brandon McQuay and published by Dreamwraith Arts, Brandon McQuay.

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 Surrogate.

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