Games like MIMESIS
If MIMESIS is your kind of game, the closest matches are SANTA, Lethal Company and Murky Divers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and dark. 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 →MIMESIS is an early-access horror game developed and published by ReLU Games, Inc., with KRAFTON, Inc. publishing, released in 2025 at $9.99. This four-player online co-op survival experience tasks teams with identifying AI-controlled mimics that impersonate squad members, using eerily convincing voice lines to blend in. Players engage with social deduction mechanics alongside environmental interaction, resource scarcity, and permadeath. Reviewers highlight that the extraction-style gameplay creates high-stakes co-op where trust becomes the core mechanic, and identifying mimics produces constant paranoia. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, and punishing, with sessions designed for focused, sit-down play. The game is verified on Steam Deck and holds a 79% positive rating from 1,794 Steam reviews.
About MIMESIS: 4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.
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Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with MIMESIS.
Second-strongest match for MIMESIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Murky Divers
WHY THIS
Shares stealth and atmospheric with MIMESIS.
Third-strongest match for MIMESIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
Scary Ferry
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for MIMESIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with MIMESIS.
Scary Ferry is a co-op horror game where you and your friends face monsters, traps, and treacherous waters. Complete challenging missions, explore dangerous dungeons, and uncover ISM's secrets.
HALLS
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for MIMESIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
HALLS is a co-op survival horror game set in a liminal space for 1-6 players. You end up stranded inside of the backrooms. Explore to gather resources, protect your base and craft gear to hunt giant bosses. Will you be able to find a way out of this space in between worlds?
Superalignment
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for MIMESIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with MIMESIS.
In a future where rogue robots control orbital nuclear stations, you’re hired to reclaim energy cells. In this 1 - 4 player horror extraction game you need to complete contracts, evade deadly robots, buy tools to improve your odds, and coordinate with your team to escape alive.
Bunker Invaders
WHY THIS
Shares stealth and atmospheric with MIMESIS.
Ranked #7 for MIMESIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
A co-op horror game where you must scavenge for loot and maintain the bunker to keep it standing
Backrooms: Escape Together
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with MIMESIS.
Ranked #8 for MIMESIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below MIMESIS at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with MIMESIS.
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 ~50% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Action with MIMESIS.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with MIMESIS.
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 ~50% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with MIMESIS.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
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 ~70% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under MIMESIS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 MIMESIS.
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 Action and Adventure with MIMESIS.
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 Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
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 MIMESIS.
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 MIMESIS.
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 Action and Indie with MIMESIS.
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 MIMESIS.
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 MIMESIS
- Is MIMESIS verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — MIMESIS is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does MIMESIS cost?
- MIMESIS is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does MIMESIS have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — MIMESIS supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to MIMESIS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MIMESIS are SANTA, Lethal Company, Murky Divers.
- Who developed MIMESIS?
- MIMESIS was developed by ReLU Games, Inc. and published by ReLU Games, Inc., KRAFTON, Inc..
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