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Games like Anomaly Escape

If Anomaly Escape is your kind of game, the closest matches are Axion Strike, Nexus 5X and Paperback Vol. 2 — 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 Anomaly Escape: In Anomaly Escape, you're on a spaceship with activated self-destruct. Navigate Corridors 0-10, watch for anomalies, solve puzzles. In multiplayer, teamwork is crucial for survival and saving the ship. Beware: failure means restarting from Corridor 0.

2024IndieCasual2.99 USDWindowsby Z-Tech Studio
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Players who liked Anomaly Escape also play

Steam players who put hours into Anomaly Escape 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. Axion Strike

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    Axion Strike is a fast-paced cartoon FPS where chaos meets color! Jump into vibrant arenas, master unique weapons, and outsmart your rivals in explosive multiplayer battles full of style, action, and personality.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Nexus 5X

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

    eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Paperback Vol. 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    Word-building meets deck-building in the unique game Paperback Vol. 2

    2022StrategyCasual3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Star Words - The Board Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    "Star Words - The board game" is a collection of local multiplayer word games. Defeat monstrous aliens with your friends in a cooperative adventure or challenge each other in space battles in front of a single device in a galaxy of words!

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. The Answer Is 42

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    The answer to life, the universe, and everything. Connect the numbers. Fill the board. You will find out.

    2019IndieCasual1.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Beyonders

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

    Beyonders follows a 5-person co-op elite space crew (including one dog!) sent across the solar system to investigate anomalies, recover lost assets, and survive extreme environments. Using the scientific method and cooperative engineering, players complete missions. "Could it be aliens? Never!"

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Cargo Duty

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    Your crew is on a mission to collect cargo. As you are going from moon to moon, there are creatures who will try and stop you. How long will you survive ?

    2024IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Zeppelin: Escape Room

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Anomaly Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    Escape the impending death by restarting Zeppelin systems and fleeing the dying planet. Cooperative Escape Room game to challenge yourself and your friends. Get out of confinement, solve amazing and challenging mysteries before the timer runs out!

    2022AdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Anomaly Escape at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomaly Escape on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Anomaly Escape.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Anomaly Escape.

    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 Anomaly Escape.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anomaly Escape.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Anomaly Escape

How much does Anomaly Escape cost?
Anomaly Escape is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Anomaly Escape have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Anomaly Escape supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Anomaly Escape?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anomaly Escape are Axion Strike, Nexus 5X, Paperback Vol. 2.
Who developed Anomaly Escape?
Anomaly Escape was developed by Z-Tech Studio.

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 Anomaly Escape.

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