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Games like The Old City: Leviathan

If The Old City: Leviathan is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dear Esther, Homesick and Kairo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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 The Old City: Leviathan: The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

2014IndieAdventure5.99 USDMetacritic 62Windowsby PostMod Softworks
The Old City: Leviathan — Steam game cover
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Dense philosophical diaries drive the storyHaunting soundtrack enhances the moodMultiple playthroughs reveal hidden layersAtmosphericContemplativeMysterious

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Steam players who put hours into The Old City: Leviathan 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. Dear Esther

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Top pick for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2012IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Homesick

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Second-strongest match for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Kairo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Third-strongest match for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

    2013IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Jung's Labyrinth

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Ranked #4 for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Scanner Sombre

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Ranked #5 for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

    2017IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Empathy: Path of Whispers

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Ranked #6 for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

    2017IndieAdventure3.59 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Ranked #7 for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

    2014IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Metamorphosis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Ranked #8 for The Old City: Leviathan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Old City: Leviathan at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    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 ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    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 ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    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 ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Old City: Leviathan.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Old City: Leviathan on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 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 with The Old City: Leviathan.

    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 Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Old City: Leviathan.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Old City: Leviathan.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 The Old City: Leviathan.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 The Old City: Leviathan.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Old City: Leviathan

How much does The Old City: Leviathan cost?
The Old City: Leviathan is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Old City: Leviathan?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Old City: Leviathan are Dear Esther, Homesick, Kairo.
Who developed The Old City: Leviathan?
The Old City: Leviathan was developed by PostMod Softworks.

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 Old City: Leviathan.

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