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Games like Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

If Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? is your kind of game, the closest matches are Them, Stuff to do and Eternal Haunt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative puzzle design, atmospheric and brutal. 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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?: An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 80Windowsby Stately Snail
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? — Steam game cover
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Players who liked Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? also play

Steam players who put hours into Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? 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. Them

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Stuff to do

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    A puzzle horror game inspired by the works of David Lynch and Harlan Ellison. Three developers disappeared inside their own game. Now you are stuck in it as well. Find them and discover what happened. Do stuff. Check your pulse. Escape the rabbit hole.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Haunt

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    A first-person atmospheric survival horror game set in Old Japan. Explore the claustrophobic labyrinth of Yuki-Onna's home, stay warm, scavenge for items and avoid her ten ghost children. Puzzle solutions and haunting scares shift, making every playthrough unique. Can you endure the relentless cold?

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Deepscape Inc

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    A 2 to 4 player co-op horror game. You wake up marked with an ID number you can't see on your own back. Only your fellow inmates can read it. Find each other, share your numbers, reach your validation rooms, and get out before whatever roams the halls finds you first.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. The Mirror's Curse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    A bite-sized puzzle escape room exploring mirror mechanics from a fresh angle. Solve puzzles. Avoid the Keeper. Try not to stare too long.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. CLeM

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Ranked #6 for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cursed Baby

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    The once #1 horror game on the Horror list of Itch is back! Join now and use a variety of repair tools to experience life as a handyman in a haunted house, uncover the terrifying past of this old house and face the terrifying demon baby head-on!

    2024IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Victor's Video Vault

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    It's 1995. The video store is alive. When the last customer leaves, the final rental rewrites reality.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 ~67% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Action with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Action with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 ↗

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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Stately Snail

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

  1. One More Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Another title from Stately Snail, the studio behind Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    One More Dungeon is a first person shooter roguelike with procedurally generated levels and pixel-art graphics.

    2015ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Access Denied

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Another title from Stately Snail, the studio behind Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. Shares Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Access Denied is a puzzle game in the world where for storage of personal data are used special device in the form of protected boxes. Imagine yourself in the role of the professional cracker of such devices and test your skills for 36 different levels.

    2016IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Access Denied: Escape

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory based puzzles, puzzle solving, puzzle and an atmospheric mood with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Another title from Stately Snail, the studio behind Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. Shares Indie and Adventure with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.

    2023IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. One More Dungeon 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Another title from Stately Snail, the studio behind Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    One More Dungeon 2 is a First Person Dungeon Crawler Roguelite where you play as a human being captured by Giant Sentient Snails

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shadow of Loot Box

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stately Snail, the studio behind Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. Shares Action and Indie with Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

    Shadow of Loot Box is a first-person shooter about micropayments, loot boxes, cut content and everything we "love" in modern video games.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

Is Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? cost?
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Is this Game Trying to Kill Me??
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? are Them, Stuff to do, Eternal Haunt.
Who developed Is this Game Trying to Kill Me??
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? was developed by Stately Snail.

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 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?.

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