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Games like Captive: You Are My Idol

If Captive: You Are My Idol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bad Omens: 8th Apartment, The Test: Secrets of the Soul and The Signifier Director's Cut — 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 Captive: You Are My Idol: Aylen is a horror let's player who gets kidnapped. One moment, she was shooting the intro for her next video, and the next, she was waking up her biggest fan's basement. There are only two means for escape: examine & plot in secrecy, or use your words to deceive him. Or willingly accept him. (Don't)

2024ActionIndieRPGCasual4.99 USDWindowsby TheOdie
Captive: You Are My Idol — Steam game cover

Players who liked Captive: You Are My Idol also play

Steam players who put hours into Captive: You Are My Idol 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. Bad Omens: 8th Apartment

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Signifier Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Flower in Us

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 骸心 Mainbody

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.

    2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Heavy Rain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

    2020ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 黑色花与红山羊 / Black Datura & Red Goat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    苏醒之时,他正处于昏暗的木屋之中。自己的身份、过去的经历,全都无法想起。很快,他发觉自己正处于一个异常的空间,到处都是谜题和陷阱,还有一些古怪的居民。在前行的途中,也不断与同样被困在此处的人成为了同伴。道路的前方,是救赎,还是绝望?这是一个围绕着“诅咒”与“救赎”的故事。

    2020IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Captive: You Are My Idol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    This is a horror puzzle RPG first released in 2016. Players control Qiu Xiaoqi as she explores a mysterious room filled with puzzles alongside a white-haired youth. They unravel mechanisms to uncover the truth behind her loss of consciousness. Will the wish be fulfilled? The story is yours to shape!

    2018IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Captive: You Are My Idol at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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 ~60% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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 ~70% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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 ~80% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Action with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Captive: You Are My Idol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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 ↗

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 Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Captive: You Are My Idol.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Captive: You Are My Idol.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Captive: You Are My Idol.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Captive: You Are My Idol

How much does Captive: You Are My Idol cost?
Captive: You Are My Idol is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Captive: You Are My Idol?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Captive: You Are My Idol are Bad Omens: 8th Apartment, The Test: Secrets of the Soul, The Signifier Director's Cut.
Who developed Captive: You Are My Idol?
Captive: You Are My Idol was developed by TheOdie and published by NightmarePugStudios.

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 Captive: You Are My Idol.

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