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Games like Imaginary Friend Asylum

If Imaginary Friend Asylum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ovation, DEATH BURGER and Night Grove — 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 Imaginary Friend Asylum: A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.

2024ActionIndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDWindowsby Nightmare Emporium
Imaginary Friend Asylum — Steam game cover

Players who liked Imaginary Friend Asylum also play

Steam players who put hours into Imaginary Friend Asylum 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. Ovation

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Imaginary Friend Asylum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    Once a celebrated opera singer, Rachel returns to the stage where she lost her son. As she works through the night, routine tasks unravel into hallucinations and memories as a restless presence awakens.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. DEATH BURGER

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Imaginary Friend Asylum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    A cheerful man excitedly arrives at a popular burger shop in town. However, it turns out to be a terrifying facility controlled by the evil Emperor "Pattypatine"! Ravenous, rampaging burgers are everywhere... Fight back with the shining fries, the "Potato Saber"!

    2025ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Night Grove

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Imaginary Friend Asylum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    This is a first-person indie horror game. A young deliveryman took an unusual order that led him to Night Grove. This place has a dubious reputation among the townspeople, because for many years it has been sent to live with people that society has long since abandoned.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Victim Complex: Part 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.

    2024ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hermit Computer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Imaginary Friend Asylum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    Hermit Computer is a horror-puzzle game set in 2001. Deep within the Hermit Kingdom, you play as an outsider tasked with extracting critical intelligence using a secretive state-controlled computer operating system.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. SARA

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Imaginary Friend Asylum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    A psychological horror game where you complete night shift tasks, investigate hidden clues, and survive increasingly disturbing paranormal encounters across five terrifying nights.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. A Plague Tale: Requiem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Imaginary Friend Asylum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.

    2022ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. INPUT6

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Imaginary Friend Asylum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    INPUT6 is a short, fast-paced, first-person horror game. Search through the abandoned robot factory avoiding malfunctioning robot by instantly switching between playing in separate sections of the facility. Figure out what led to the company's collapse. Be quick! You don’t have much time.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Action with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Imaginary Friend Asylum on Steam right now. Shares Action with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 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 Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    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 Action and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 and Simulation with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    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 Action and Indie with Imaginary Friend Asylum.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Imaginary Friend Asylum

How much does Imaginary Friend Asylum cost?
Imaginary Friend Asylum is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Imaginary Friend Asylum?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Imaginary Friend Asylum are Ovation, DEATH BURGER, Night Grove.
Who developed Imaginary Friend Asylum?
Imaginary Friend Asylum was developed by Nightmare Emporium.

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 Imaginary Friend Asylum.

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