Games like The Paddock
If The Paddock is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eclipse: Anomaly Research, Writer. Chapter 1 and Phantom Asylum VR — 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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Eclipse: Anomaly Research
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Paddock.
Investigate a haunted swamp as Ivy Summers, a field agent facing reality-breaking anomalies and a deadly creature. Monitor cameras, report the paranormal, survive the hunt, and uncover the swamp’s dark secret before the time loop resets everything.
Writer. Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Paddock.
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
Phantom Asylum VR
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
"Phantom Asylum" is a VR horror experience set in an abandoned mental hospital haunted by restless phantoms. Navigate its twisted corridors, where every step could lead you deeper into madness. Can you survive the asylum's secrets, or will you become another ghost trapped within its walls?
KaraDedeler 1989
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
Journalist Mustafa, who heard the news of the "jinn" raid in one of the remote villages of Turkey in 1988, immediately got in his car to investigate the incident and set off.
Angels Cove
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
You are called to a secluded house on a remote island to conduct a paranormal investigation. However, you find the island and the house abandoned. Or are they?
Restaurant at the end of time
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Paddock.
With the universe on the brink, what better way to spend your last moments than by running a restaurant? Handle chaotic orders, manipulate menus, and gamble with fate. Just watch out for those cursed letters—they might ruin your final feast. Good luck!
Is Guilty
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Paddock.
A psychological horror job simulator. Serve coffee at a lonely drive-thru. But when a mysterious email arrives, your shift changes. Watch the cars. Check the plates. Someone in line is hiding a dark secret, and something else is watching you from the dark.
Tempus Triad
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Paddock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
In Tempus Triad, dive into an ancient first-person horror scenario where a scientist is thrust into an era where huge predators dominate the land.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Paddock at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Paddock.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Paddock.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Paddock.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Paddock on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Paddock.
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.
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 and Casual with The Paddock.
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 The Paddock.
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 with The Paddock.
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 and Simulation with The Paddock.
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 with The Paddock.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Paddock.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about The Paddock
- How much does The Paddock cost?
- The Paddock is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Paddock?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Paddock are Eclipse: Anomaly Research, Writer. Chapter 1, Phantom Asylum VR.
- Who developed The Paddock?
- The Paddock was developed by Josh Devlin.
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 The Paddock.
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