Games like Backward poiesis
If Backward poiesis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Paranormal Footages : Supervisor, Clink and Chorus of Carcosa — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Backward poiesis: A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
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Steam players who put hours into Backward poiesis 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.
Paranormal Footages : Supervisor
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Top pick for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Ethan Cole takes on a temporary night shift at the "Ravenhill" warehouse. What begins as a routine package sorting gradually turns into something far more disturbing. Before long, Ethan realizes that some shipments were never meant to be delivered.
Clink
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Chorus of Carcosa
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
The Survey
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Ranked #4 for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
Fuck You Witch
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Ranked #5 for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
Visage
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Ranked #6 for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
CALLUS
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Ranked #7 for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
Silent Still 2
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Ranked #8 for Backward poiesis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Backward poiesis at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backward poiesis.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backward poiesis.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~50% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Backward poiesis.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Backward poiesis.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under Backward poiesis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backward poiesis.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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 Backward poiesis.
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
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backward poiesis.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backward poiesis.
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 Simulation with Backward poiesis.
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 Backward poiesis.
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 Backward poiesis.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Backward poiesis
- How much does Backward poiesis cost?
- Backward poiesis is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Backward poiesis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backward poiesis are Paranormal Footages : Supervisor, Clink, Chorus of Carcosa.
- Who developed Backward poiesis?
- Backward poiesis was developed by sur.
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