Games like The Thing: Remastered
If The Thing: Remastered is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Space, Dead Space™ 2 and Aliens: Fireteam Elite — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic tension and atmosphere, atmospheric and challenging. 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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Dead Space
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Top pick for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Dead Space™ 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Second-strongest match for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
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Shares a tense mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Third-strongest match for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Dead Space (2008)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Ranked #4 for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
Clawed
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Ranked #5 for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Embark on a covert mission to the dinosaur theme park Prehistoria, where you must explore the park's grounds to scavenge resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way through diverse biomes, underground tunnels and deadly enclosures. But beware, you are not the apex predator here.
From Hell
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Ranked #6 for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
From Hell is a third-person action survival horror. Explore an ancient manor in the late 1960s, fight ghouls and all kinds of monsters from the mythical underworld. Survive, craft items, solve puzzles and unlock secrets in the hunt for secret of your missing old friend.
The Edge Of The World Z (Will Shock You) حافه العالم زيد
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Ranked #7 for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
THIRD PERSON SHOOTER GAME (ZOMBIE AND SCI FI stories)COLLECT WEAPONS AND FRIENDS TO FIGHT , SURVIVE AND SAVE THE WORLD. THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY ENEMIES , COMPLETE MISSION AND LOT OF LEVELS(FROM EASY TO HARD) THIS GAME CONTAIN ARENA AND SPECIAL STORY ) .
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Ranked #8 for The Thing: Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
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Max Payne
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Reviewers of The Thing: Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Resident Evil
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Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Reviewers of The Thing: Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil 0
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Reviewers of The Thing: Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story.
Prey
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Reviewers of The Thing: Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Resident Evil 2
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Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Reviewers of The Thing: Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Alien
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Reviewers of The Thing: Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Thing: Remastered at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under The Thing: Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under The Thing: Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under The Thing: Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under The Thing: Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~67% under The Thing: Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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Priced ~50% under The Thing: Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
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.).
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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More from Nightdive Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Nightdive Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DOOM + DOOM II
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Shares a nostalgic mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Quake
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Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
System Shock
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Quake II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
DOOM 64
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.
Blood™ Fresh Supply
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Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Battle an army of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds, and an insatiable host of horrors in your quest to defeat the evil Tchernobog. Squirm through 42 loathesome levels filled with more atmosphere than a Lovecraftian mausoleum.
System Shock® 2 (1999)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
Turok
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Shares a retro mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Another title from Nightdive Studios, the studio behind The Thing: Remastered. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Dead Space (2008)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thing: Remastered.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with The Thing: Remastered.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
Frequently asked about The Thing: Remastered
- Is The Thing: Remastered verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Thing: Remastered is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Thing: Remastered cost?
- The Thing: Remastered is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Thing: Remastered?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Thing: Remastered are Dead Space, Dead Space™ 2, Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
- Who developed The Thing: Remastered?
- The Thing: Remastered was developed by Nightdive Studios, Computer Artworks and published by Nightdive Studios, Atari.
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