Games like Cryptic Route
If Cryptic Route is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abandoned Souls, Witch's Doll and Silent Nights — 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 Cryptic Route: "Cryptic Route" begins with the protagonist driving through a rainy night forest. Relying on navigation, each choice influences the outcome of the journey. The multiple ending system offers various results, immersing players into a tale of mystery and horror.
Players who liked Cryptic Route also play
Steam players who put hours into Cryptic Route 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.
Abandoned Souls
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Witch's Doll
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Silent Nights
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Hollow Cocoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Clink
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
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?
Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
Summer of '58
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Butcher of the North
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cryptic Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
You never received any New Year's gifts. This year, you decided to take what is yours. After tracking Santa down by his IP address, you head to his lair to take what is rightfully yours.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cryptic Route at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route.
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 Cryptic Route.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cryptic Route.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryptic Route.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Cryptic Route
- How much does Cryptic Route cost?
- Cryptic Route is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cryptic Route?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cryptic Route are Abandoned Souls, Witch's Doll, Silent Nights.
- Who developed Cryptic Route?
- Cryptic Route was developed by Callmerat and published by Callmerat Games.
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 Cryptic Route.
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