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Games like The Other Side

If The Other Side is your kind of game, the closest matches are Paranormal Cleanup, Rituals of Demons and Keep It Running: Together — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and eerie. 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 The Other Side: The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.

2025ActionStrategyIndieAdventureSimulationCasual13.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Vectora Games
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Community driven development and dev responsivenessDeep customization of bases vehicles and charactersDevelopers actively listen to community feedbackAtmosphericContemplativeEerie

Players who liked The Other Side also play

Steam players who put hours into The Other Side 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. Paranormal Cleanup

    WHY THIS

    Shares co op multiplayer and an atmospheric mood with The Other Side.

    Top pick for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

    Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rituals of Demons

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

    A cooperative multiplayer demon-hunting game where you investigate haunted locations, gather evidence to identify the entity, and perform the correct ritual to banish it—before it hunts you.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. Keep It Running: Together

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

    Keep an old haunted factory running at all costs in this horrifying co-op survive-the-night game. Keep the Boss happy and fend off the monsters that haunt the factory and the town as you race to produce and deliver cursed children's toys.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mothman

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with The Other Side.

    A 1-4 player CO-OP horror game, a nightmare from hell, it is your objective to hunt down a sinister demon known as Mothman. Underequipped you must search the landscape for resources. Lay bear traps, stalk from a distance, and stay quiet. You came to hunt, only to be hunted.

    2024ActionSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Last Cleanup

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

    Last Cleanup is a 1–4 player co-op horror game where you and your crew take on dangerous cleaning missions in abandoned locations. Some things lurk in the dark, so work together, finish the checklist, and make it out alive.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. ESCAPE Protocol: Online

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

    In this co-op horror game, escape an unknown realm where reality is shattered and dimensions collide. Solve puzzles, avoid deadly entities, and uncover the hidden saboteur.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Get Out

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Other Side.

    Get Out is a 1-4 player online co-op psychological horror. Complete tasks and puzzles to banish the entities that have you and your team trapped, and make sure to get out, before they get you.

    2024StrategyIndieEarly Access8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Backrooms Project

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Other Side fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Other Side.

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Other Side at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Other Side.

    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 ~64% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

    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 ~50% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with The Other Side.

    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 ~43% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

    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 ~68% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Other Side.

    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. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Other Side.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Other Side.

    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 ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under The Other Side on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Other Side.

    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 ↗

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 and Casual with The Other Side.

    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 The Other Side.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Other Side.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Other Side.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Other Side.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Other Side.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 The Other Side.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 The Other Side.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Other Side

Does The Other Side run on Steam Deck?
The Other Side 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 The Other Side cost?
The Other Side is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Other Side have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Other Side supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Other Side?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Other Side are Paranormal Cleanup, Rituals of Demons, Keep It Running: Together.
Who developed The Other Side?
The Other Side was developed by Vectora Games.

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 The Other Side.

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