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Games like Desperate Travelers

If Desperate Travelers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms: Emergency Exit, Scary Ferry and Cave Diving With Friends — 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 Desperate Travelers: Desperate Travelers is a multiplayer adventure game in which the protagonist will have to try on the spacesuit of a space traveler. Explore different planets, uncover the secrets of the ruins lying on them and be careful. Mutants, robots and terrible monsters will stand in your way.

2025Adventure5.99 USDWindowsby Microlab
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Steam players who put hours into Desperate Travelers 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. Backrooms: Emergency Exit

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Backrooms: Emergency Exit is an Online-Coop Horror experience for 1–4 players. Survive in the face of horrifying entities and dangerous hazards. Uncover the mysteries and secrets hidden deep within the Backrooms to find the exit. And most importantly: Stay alive.

    2026IndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. Scary Ferry

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    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.

    ActionAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  3. Cave Diving With Friends

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Cave Diving With Friends is a chaotic co-op adventure for up to four players. Squeeze through cramped passages, explore unpredictable caves, gather valuable loot and try not to lose your friends, or yourself in the darkness and dangers of the caves.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. SCP

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Infiltrate breached SCP facilities in this tactical co-op horror extraction shooter. Survive surreal anomalies, recover forbidden intel, and escape.. or lose everything. The deeper you go, the stranger and deadlier it gets.

    ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  5. Camp Wombo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Co-op survival horror game. Four friends must gather resources and repair their vehicle while surviving deadly creatures in a constantly changing forest.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie1.19 USDSteam ↗
  6. FEEDERS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    2079. The sun exploded. The rich fled underground. You were sent to the top, where the sky burns. They call you Penthouse Rats. Descend into ruins crawling with smart, unique creatures. Make noise, one hunts you. Stay silent, another finds you. 1-4 player co-op horror.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. SAVE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    SAVE is a coop survival horror game. The player plays as a PMC operative contracted by Miskatonic University, and embarks on a nightmarish mission to uncover the hidden secrets of the 6,000-ton vessel, “SENARA”.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dead 4 Now: Extraction

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Desperate Travelers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    A 4v1 asymmetrical horror where survivors escape by solving shifting puzzles. Use always-on proximity voice to manage sanity, but speak too loudly and the monster will find you.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    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 ↗
  5. Sally Face - Episode One

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

    2016IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Refunct

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Downwell

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Desperate Travelers on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Desperate Travelers.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Desperate Travelers

How much does Desperate Travelers cost?
Desperate Travelers is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Desperate Travelers have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Desperate Travelers supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Desperate Travelers?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Desperate Travelers are Backrooms: Emergency Exit, Scary Ferry, Cave Diving With Friends.
Who developed Desperate Travelers?
Desperate Travelers was developed by Microlab.

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 Desperate Travelers.

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