Games like The Contact
If The Contact is your kind of game, the closest matches are 5番線おじさん救出編 Platform 5 Dungeons, SEAPORT MAN and 18th Floor — 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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Players who liked The Contact also play
Steam players who put hours into The Contact 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.
5番線おじさん救出編 Platform 5 Dungeons
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Contact.
The long-awaited sequel to Japan’s hit “Nibansen” is here! This new rescue-horror in the “Bansen Series” goes beyond anomaly hunting. Enter massive Senjuku Station (千宿), full of oddities, and save the stranded old man. Now the truth of “Nibansen,” “Sanbansen,” and “Platform 4” is revealed…
SEAPORT MAN
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Contact.
SEAPORT MAN is a short horror game where the protagonist, having escaped from a sunken ship, wanders the sea.
18th Floor
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
You are trapped in a virtual abandoned building created by hackers. Find the escape password, or find the real exit.
Lonely Christmas
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Contact.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
Backmooms
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
You’ve wandered into a strange dimension while shopping.A mysterious monster is chasing you.You must escape."Backmooms" is a first-person adventure game.
What Happened to Lily?
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
Bombing!!: A Graffiti Sandbox
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
Bombing!! is a creative graffiti sandbox where every inch of the environment can be painted.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Contact at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Contact.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Contact.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Contact on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Contact.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Contact on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Contact.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Contact.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Contact on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Contact.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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 and Casual with The Contact.
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.
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 Indie with The Contact.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Contact.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Contact.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Casual with The Contact.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Contact.
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.
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More from UnderDoor
Other recommendable Steam games by UnderDoor, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
傀儡の宿 - Kairai Inn -
WHY THIS
Another title from UnderDoor, the studio behind The Contact. Shares Indie with The Contact.
A score-attack action game where you aim for high scores by subduing dangerous "kairai."
CORPSE58
WHY THIS
Another title from UnderDoor, the studio behind The Contact. Shares Indie with The Contact.
"CORPSE-58" is a slow-motion bullet hell shooting game by UnderDoor. Players become human weapons created through clone and genetic engineering technologies, tasked with destroying former allies turned into 'corpses'.
Fallen Depths
WHY THIS
Another title from UnderDoor, the studio behind The Contact. Shares Indie with The Contact.
"Explore a building that has become a den of monsters and recover crucial documents." Fallen Depths is a roguelike action horror game where you navigate procedurally generated maps and aim to reach the top floor. Use logical strategies to overcome grotesque monsters.
PARALLEL RIFT
WHY THIS
Another title from UnderDoor, the studio behind The Contact. Shares Indie with The Contact.
Parallel Rift is a four-dimensional puzzle game where you navigate through interconnected spaces along the W-axis to reach the goal. Experience an unseen direction in this casual first-person puzzle adventure.
Frequently asked about The Contact
- How much does The Contact cost?
- The Contact is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Contact?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Contact are 5番線おじさん救出編 Platform 5 Dungeons, SEAPORT MAN, 18th Floor.
- Who developed The Contact?
- The Contact was developed by UnderDoor.
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 Contact.
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