Games like Stranded
If Stranded is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rusts Of Corruption, Murder and Tacoma — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and eerie. 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 Stranded: A minimal point and click adventure, designed to take the player on a short but memorable journey.
Players who liked Stranded also play
Steam players who put hours into Stranded 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.
Rusts Of Corruption
WHY THIS
Top pick for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
Murder
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
From the designer and artists behind "Stranded" comes a short story about the intersection of morality and sentience, in a cyberpunk future where both have become commodities.
Tacoma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Third-strongest match for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Ranked #4 for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
The Station
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Ranked #5 for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Crystal Shard Adventure Bundle
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Three short and intriguing adventure games from the makers of Heroine's Quest, spanning several genres and styles.
De-Void
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Ranked #7 for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.
THE IMPOSSIBLE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Ranked #8 for Stranded fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Stranded
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The Dig®
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Reviewers of Stranded cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Stranded.
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.
Proteus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Reviewers of Stranded cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
Waking Mars
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Reviewers of Stranded cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Murder
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Stranded cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
From the designer and artists behind "Stranded" comes a short story about the intersection of morality and sentience, in a cyberpunk future where both have become commodities.
DIG THE GROUND
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Stranded cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Dig the Ground is a unique Match3 puzzler in which you have to match gems of the same color and use all sorts of tools to clear the ground tiles beneath you.
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 Stranded.
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 Stranded.
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 Stranded.
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 Stranded.
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 with Stranded.
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 Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tacoma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
THE IMPOSSIBLE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stranded.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.
Frequently asked about Stranded
- How much does Stranded cost?
- Stranded is listed on Steam at 0.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Stranded?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stranded are Rusts Of Corruption, Murder, Tacoma.
- Who developed Stranded?
- Stranded was developed by Peter Moorhead and published by Curve 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 Stranded.
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