Games like Spate
If Spate is your kind of game, the closest matches are ASTRAL, The Old City: Leviathan and Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and melancholic. 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 Spate: Spate is a surreal experience set in a world that seeks to draw the player into its reality. Spate is a dark, brooding, and beautifully crafted emotional journey that is seen through the eyes of a struggling addict.
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ASTRAL
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Top pick for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
The future came. You'd think that means the apex of the progress and science, but no. After the epidemic spread all over the world in 2022, 95% of the whole population mutated into horrible creatures without any moral values or humanity and started hunting everything that moves. The planet became empty.
The Old City: Leviathan
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Second-strongest match for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries
WHY THIS
Shares platforming and an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Third-strongest match for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Are you afraid of the big bad Woolfe? Step into the boots of a vengeful Red Riding Hood in this twisted-fairytale platformer. Defeat deranged fairytale bosses with your trusty axe, explore a gorgeous fantasy universe and piece together the truth behind the mysterious passing of Red’s father.
Daylight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Ranked #4 for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
Year Walk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Ranked #5 for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
NaissanceE
WHY THIS
Shares platforming and an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Ranked #6 for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
FAR: Lone Sails
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Ranked #7 for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
SteamWorld Dig
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Spate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Spate
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Papo & Yo
WHY THIS
Shares platforming and an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Reviewers of Spate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
Trine 2: Complete Story
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Reviewers of Spate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
Machinarium
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Reviewers of Spate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Spate.
Reviewers of Spate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Spate.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Reviewers of Spate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
The Path
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Reviewers of Spate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
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 Spate.
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. Shares Action and Adventure with Spate.
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 Action and Indie with Spate.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Spate.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spate.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries
WHY THIS
Shares platforming and an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Are you afraid of the big bad Woolfe? Step into the boots of a vengeful Red Riding Hood in this twisted-fairytale platformer. Defeat deranged fairytale bosses with your trusty axe, explore a gorgeous fantasy universe and piece together the truth behind the mysterious passing of Red’s father.
FAR: Lone Sails
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
SteamWorld Dig
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Frequently asked about Spate
- What games are most similar to Spate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spate are ASTRAL, The Old City: Leviathan, Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries.
- Who developed Spate?
- Spate was developed by Eric Provan - Ayyo Games and published by Ayyo Games.
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