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Games like Down is Relative

If Down is Relative is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darkness Ritual: Impasse, At the Dream End 2 - Beyond Gods and Venineth — 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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About Down is Relative: A first-person story-based puzzle game with an emphasis on subverting your current familiarity to gravity. The perfect game for those that enjoy interesting twists and unique puzzle elements.

2024StrategyIndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Bret Swearengen
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Players who liked Down is Relative also play

Steam players who put hours into Down is Relative 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. Darkness Ritual: Impasse

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    You witnessed a dark ritual taking place and nothing will go wrong from now on. You are stuck in an unknown place, can getting out of here and solving the secrets save you from this impasse?

    2024IndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. At the Dream End 2 - Beyond Gods

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    How does one confront the unfathomable horror of knowing too much, of peering into the abyss and finding a reflection of their own insignificance? Story-driven point-and-click adventure game with tons of lore and intriguing concepts about the universe, bio-experiments, and life itself.

    2023IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Venineth

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lifeless Planet Premier Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...

    2014ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Down is Relative.

    Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

    2026StrategyIndie34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Fermi Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Down is Relative.

    The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation18.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Lifeless Moon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bionic Bay

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Down is Relative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Down is Relative.

    A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Down is Relative at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Down is Relative.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Down is Relative.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Down is Relative.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Down is Relative.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Down is Relative.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Down is Relative on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 Down is Relative.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Down is Relative.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Down is Relative.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Down is Relative.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Down is Relative

How much does Down is Relative cost?
Down is Relative is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Down is Relative?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Down is Relative are Darkness Ritual: Impasse, At the Dream End 2 - Beyond Gods, Venineth.
Who developed Down is Relative?
Down is Relative was developed by Bret Swearengen.

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 Down is Relative.

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