Games like NETGHOST
If NETGHOST is your kind of game, the closest matches are Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel, The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux and AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative — 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 NETGHOST: Netghost is a Crime Drama visual novel with a mystery-driven story full of intrigue, twists and turns. The story follows Ian Newfield, a cyber security engineer who transforms into a cold-blooded criminal in his struggle to protect the company he works for and aid his ailing sister.
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Steam players who put hours into NETGHOST 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.
Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Top pick for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
You are Juno, a teenage girl getting evidence to clear her brother's name. Choose who helps you solve the mystery. With multiple endings, some scenes are flashbacks to the past. Your actions there may even change who committed the crime, with what, and where!
The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
Unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Druhyus' favorite celebrity playboy, Walker Kahmenos. Join investigative journalist Verity Lux, in this interactive fiction title and follow leads, conduct interviews, and submit your findings as you seek out the truth - before it's too late.
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Ichth.ys
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!
Silent Signals
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
Silent Signals is a screen-based detective game where you solve dark cyber mysteries as an ethical hacker. Dive into isolated systems, decrypt secrets, and uncover the truth.
Hacknet
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Hacker Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
Else Heart.Break()
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for NETGHOST fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NETGHOST at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
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 ~62% under NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
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 ~52% under NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
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 ~62% under NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
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 NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under NETGHOST on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 NETGHOST.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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 NETGHOST.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
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Frequently asked about NETGHOST
- Does NETGHOST work on Steam Deck?
- NETGHOST is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does NETGHOST cost?
- NETGHOST is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to NETGHOST?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NETGHOST are Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel, The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux, AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative.
- Who developed NETGHOST?
- NETGHOST was developed by DRAGONFIRE STUDIOS.
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 NETGHOST.
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