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Games like Infestation: Origins

  • 13 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Infestation: Origins also play

The closest matches to Infestation: Origins: Backrooms: Extractions, Bunker Invaders, Zort, UNDERWARD, and Escape Toon Kingdom. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares survival management and co op multiplayer with Infestation: Origins.

    • $6.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares wave based combat with Infestation: Origins.

    • $6.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2024
  3. Rank 03

    Why this

    Shares co op multiplayer with Infestation: Origins.

    • $4.00 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • 2024
  1. Rank 04

    UNDERWARD

    • $9.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  2. Rank 07

    Ghost Janitors

    Why this: Shares co op multiplayer and resource management with Infestation: Origins.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2025

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Infestation: Origins

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Backrooms: Extractions

    Shares survival management and co op multiplayer with Infestation: Origins.

    • 71% of 227 reviews
  2. 2
    Bunker Invaders

    Shares wave based combat with Infestation: Origins.

    • 85% of 72 reviews
  3. 3
    Zort

    Shares co op multiplayer with Infestation: Origins.

    • 92% of 3,767 reviews
  4. 4
    UNDERWARD

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 74% of 74 reviews
  5. 5
    Escape Toon Kingdom

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 74% of 153 reviews
  6. 6
    Sketchy's Contract

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 85% of 1,334 reviews
  7. 7
    Ghost Janitors

    Shares co op multiplayer and resource management with Infestation: Origins.

    • 87% of 457 reviews
  8. 8
    Spectral Scream

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 78% of 131 reviews
  9. 9
    Species: Unknown

    Shares wave based combat and co op multiplayer with Infestation: Origins.

    • 95% of 3,668 reviews
  10. 10
    Murky Divers

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 87% of 2,182 reviews
  11. 11
    PONE

    Genres: Action, Adventure, Early Access

    • 75% of 164 reviews
  12. 12
    Deathground

    Shares co op survival with Infestation: Origins.

    • 61% of 578 reviews
  13. 13
    Bureau of Contacts

    Shares survival management with Infestation: Origins.

    • 88% of 328 reviews
  14. 14
    Paranormal Cleanup

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 624 reviews
  15. 15
    NO BACKUP

    Genres: Action, Indie, Early Access

    • 69% of 834 reviews
  16. 16
    The Other Side

    Shares wave based combat and skill progression with Infestation: Origins.

    • 90% of 473 reviews
  17. 17
    Backroom Company

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 73% of 79 reviews
  18. 18
    Forsake: Urban horror

    Genres: Indie

    • 85% of 94 reviews
  19. 19
    Forsaken Frontiers

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 81% of 309 reviews
  20. 20
    Eresys

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 77% of 130 reviews
  21. 21
    DEATH IN UNISON

    Shares co op survival and co op multiplayer with Infestation: Origins.

    • 97% of 532 reviews
  22. 22
    Nuclear Nightmare

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 83% of 8,674 reviews
  23. 23
    Panic In The Woods

    Genres: Action, Casual

    • 67% of 52 reviews
  24. 24
    Emissary Zero

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer

    • 88% of 1,113 reviews
Infestation: Origins — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2025
  • Developer: Nightmare Forge Games
  • Price: $7.99checked Nov 7
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 73% of 79 reviews
  • Genres: Action
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Creepy crawlies and horror atmosphere
  • Enemies like mothman and steamboat willie feel genuinely terrifying
  • Fighting iconic creatures like mothman and steamboat willie
  • Atmospheric
  • Eerie
  • Funny

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Cheaper alternatives

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

  • The Experiment

    Why this: Shares co op survival and survival management with Infestation: Origins.

    • $1.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2024
  • Together After Dark

    Why this: Shares survival management and co op multiplayer with Infestation: Origins.

    • $2.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2025
  • Unsafe Express

    Why this: Shares co op survival and resource management with Infestation: Origins.

    • $4.79 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2024

About Infestation: Origins

The closest matches to Infestation: Origins: Backrooms: Extractions, Bunker Invaders, Zort, UNDERWARD, and Escape Toon Kingdom. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Infestation: Origins is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms: Extractions, Bunker Invaders and Zort — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, eerie and funny, and single out its character progression and co op multiplayer. 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.

About Infestation: Origins: A co-op horror in which you're an exterminator treating sinister infestations caused by twisted versions of classic characters and urban legends.

Is Infestation: Origins worth buying?

  • 73% of 79 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $7.99 (checked Nov 7).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 3 h before their negative review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“After about an hour and a half i finally beat the first level. This game definitely did not live up to any sort of hype. The only scary thing to me was how I thought this game could be good. Very disappointing it was only recognized for…”
2 h played
“This game was interesting and had a lot of potential, but once the pockets were filled, promises were broken and the game was silently taken out of early access without notice after not having any updates for 9 months. This could have been…”
4 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Backrooms: Extractions, Bunker Invaders, Zort

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Frequently asked about Infestation: Origins

Can I run it?

Does Infestation: Origins run on Steam Deck?

Infestation: Origins 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 Infestation: Origins cost?

Infestation: Origins is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

Does Infestation: Origins have multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — Infestation: Origins supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).

What games are most similar to Infestation: Origins?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Infestation: Origins are Backrooms: Extractions, Bunker Invaders, Zort.

Who developed Infestation: Origins?

Infestation: Origins was developed by Nightmare Forge Games.