Games like I Want to Believe
If I Want to Believe is your kind of game, the closest matches are zomboDRIVE: Apocalyptic Road Trip, Sandalwood Simulator and We Need To Cook - Drug Empire Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and funny. 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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zomboDRIVE: Apocalyptic Road Trip
WHY THIS
Top pick for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
Get in the car and go on a dangerous adventure in the post-apocalyptic world
Sandalwood Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
Sandalwood Simulator is a sandalwood smuggling game where players cut and transport valuable sandalwood to the black market while avoiding constant danger. Outsmart police checkpoints, survive sudden raids, and defend yourself against rival gangs determined to stop, capture, or eliminate you.
We Need To Cook - Drug Empire Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
We need to cook! You are a drug-designing genius, living a bland existence in a middle-class neighborhood in Utah. You decide you want more out of life, so you buy a beat-up RV, drive it into the desert, and cook drugs. Make immense profits! (Made by one dude, hope you enjoy)
A Liminal Place Remastered
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
A Liminal Place RMSTER is a solitary game, and relaxing on some levels. ALPR Uses Body-Cam, Analog Horror and Found Footage style. Including realistic Liminal Spaces, and "Backrooms" levels.
Frigore
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
Frigore takes place in 1995 on a post winter Soviet nation. An indie survival horror game now revamped.
Farm Station
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
Farm Station – Develop and innovate the farm, make repairs, and take care of customer service. Remember that your pets and workers help you. Order and sell a diverse assortment, from seeds to huge harvesters! Watch out for robbers, they take advantage of inattention moment for sure!
Route 66 Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
Have you ever dreamed about leaving everything behind and setting out on an great road trip across the United States? Get a budget, build your car and make your dream come true! Try to survive on the most famous road in the world!
Dude Simulator 5
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for I Want to Believe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
Dude Simulator 5 is an open world sandbox game. Your goal is to become president! However, it will not be so easy to do this, which means that many adventures await you on your way.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below I Want to Believe at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under I Want to Believe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Want to Believe.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under I Want to Believe on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under I Want to Believe on Steam right now. Shares Action with I Want to Believe.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under I Want to Believe on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under I Want to Believe on Steam right now. Shares Action with I Want to Believe.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
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 I Want to Believe.
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 I Want to Believe.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with I Want to Believe.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Want to Believe.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with I Want to Believe.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Want to Believe.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Frequently asked about I Want to Believe
- Does I Want to Believe run on Steam Deck?
- I Want to Believe 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 I Want to Believe cost?
- I Want to Believe is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to I Want to Believe?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I Want to Believe are zomboDRIVE: Apocalyptic Road Trip, Sandalwood Simulator, We Need To Cook - Drug Empire Simulator.
- Who developed I Want to Believe?
- I Want to Believe was developed by Fang's Lab.
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 I Want to Believe.
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