Games like Category 6
If Category 6 is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Forest, The Highrise and The Long Dark — 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 Category 6: Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Players who liked Category 6 also play
Steam players who put hours into Category 6 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.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Top pick for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
The Highrise
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Urge
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
KeepUp Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
PolyZ
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Category 6 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Category 6.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Category 6 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Category 6.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Category 6.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Category 6.
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Category 6.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Category 6.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Category 6.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Category 6 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Category 6.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 Category 6.
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. Shares Adventure with Category 6.
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 Category 6.
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 Category 6.
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 Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
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 Category 6.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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More from Crafty Game Lab
Other recommendable Steam games by Crafty Game Lab, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
President Pig
WHY THIS
Another title from Crafty Game Lab, the studio behind Category 6. Shares Indie with Category 6.
Old school turn based political RPG with loads of crude humor and action. President Drumph is an evil dictator who has taken over the world and you must join The Resistance and stop him before everyone is doomed.
Humanity Lost
WHY THIS
Another title from Crafty Game Lab, the studio behind Category 6. Shares Adventure with Category 6.
Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
Gander National Park
WHY THIS
Another title from Crafty Game Lab, the studio behind Category 6. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
Get lost in the vast wilderness of Gander National Park. In this hiking simulator you can explore and unravel the park's mysteries, or just enjoy a relaxing hike. Make friends and help other hikers while earning karma points to determine your hike's ending.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Category 6.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Category 6.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Frequently asked about Category 6
- How much does Category 6 cost?
- Category 6 is listed on Steam at 12.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Category 6?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Category 6 are The Forest, The Highrise, The Long Dark.
- Who developed Category 6?
- Category 6 was developed by Crafty Game 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 Category 6.
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