Games like Monstrum
If Monstrum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legend of Dungeon, 4089: Ghost Within and TOXICANT — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its monsters have distinct behaviors, dark and stressful. 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 →Monstrum is a 2015 first-person indie survival horror game set aboard a derelict cargo ship. Players navigate procedurally generated levels where teleportation mechanics allow AI-driven monsters to hunt unpredictably. Players note that the three predators exhibit distinct behaviors, requiring adaptive strategies. Players describe the experience as dark, stressful, and tense, with randomized item locations increasing replay value. The game is available on Steam for $17.99 USD and runs verified on Steam Deck, holding an 89% positive rating from 1,281 reviews.
About Monstrum: Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Players who liked Monstrum also play
Steam players who put hours into Monstrum 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.
Legend of Dungeon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Monstrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
4089: Ghost Within
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a tense mood with Monstrum.
Second-strongest match for Monstrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Sneak & battle your way through a procedurally generated mothership in this stealth action RPG! Supports user content & the Oculus Rift!
The Persistence
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Monstrum.
Ranked #4 for Monstrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a stressful mood with Monstrum.
Ranked #5 for Monstrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Immortal Redneck
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a dark mood with Monstrum.
Ranked #6 for Monstrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.
Eldritch
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Monstrum.
Ranked #7 for Monstrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Dunjungle
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Monstrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monstrum at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Monstrum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monstrum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monstrum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Monstrum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Monstrum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monstrum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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 Monstrum.
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.
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 Monstrum.
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 Indie with Monstrum.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
‘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 with Monstrum.
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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More from Team Junkfish
Other recommendable Steam games by Team Junkfish, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Monstrum 2
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a stressful mood with Monstrum.
Another title from Team Junkfish, the studio behind Monstrum. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Monstrum 2 is a survival horror game for 2-5 players, set inside the procedurally-generated sea labyrinth - Sparrowlock. Join a team of prisoners evading the terrors within whilst figuring out how to escape, or become one of the deadly monstrosities whose only goal is to hunt them down.
Attack of the Earthlings
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Monstrum.
Another title from Team Junkfish, the studio behind Monstrum. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.
Monstrum 2 Beta
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Monstrum.
Another title from Team Junkfish, the studio behind Monstrum. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Monstrum 2 is a survival horror game for 2-5 players, set inside the procedurally-generated sea labyrinth - Sparrowlock. Join a team of prisoners evading the terrors within whilst figuring out how to escape, or become one of the deadly monstrosities whose only goal is to hunt them down.
Bootleg Steamer
WHY THIS
Another title from Team Junkfish, the studio behind Monstrum. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
In this rogue-like game, you embark on your journey as a captain during the tumultuous American Prohibition. Overcome challenges like inclement weather, relentless Coast Guard pursuit, shrewd Mafia dealings, and your own financial pitfalls, all while ensuring your path to wealth remains unhindered.
Wilderdark
WHY THIS
Another title from Team Junkfish, the studio behind Monstrum. Shares Indie with Monstrum.
Something dangerous is lurking in the wilderness. Wilderdark is a first-person survival horror game where you must navigate a strange island inhabited by ectoparasitic dinosaurs and organisms. You must remain vigilant to stealthily obtain evidence, samples, and craft tools to survive.
Frequently asked about Monstrum
- Is Monstrum verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Monstrum 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 Monstrum cost?
- Monstrum is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Monstrum?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monstrum are Legend of Dungeon, 4089: Ghost Within, TOXICANT.
- Who developed Monstrum?
- Monstrum was developed by Team Junkfish and published by Junkfish Limited.
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