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Games like Anomalum

If Anomalum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Where the Walls Breathe, Whispering Fog and What Happened to Lily? — 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 Anomalum: You are trapped in an endless nightmare. Carefully observe your surroundings and look for anomalies while checking the clock to track your progress and escape from Anomalum.

2024IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDWindowsby Leonn Camayo
Anomalum — Steam game cover

Players who liked Anomalum also play

Steam players who put hours into Anomalum 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. Where the Walls Breathe

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Anomalum.

    Where the Walls Breathe is a first-person psychological horror experience with a strong focus on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Whispering Fog

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. His Last Film

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    What happened during the filming? Stan doesn't remember. Explore the decaying depths of an abandoned subway station, piece together a fragmented reality, and discover the horrifying truth behind his last film. Some memories are better left unmade.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Backrooms: Into the Hole

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    Discover an in-between space inspired by the Backrooms series. Make your way forward by jumping into holes, find alternative paths, and survive in this labyrinthine dimension. Play solo or in co-op mode and choose your path to the exit… if there is one.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation0.89 USDSteam ↗
  6. Liminal Universe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.80 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Spaces Between

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    A place built from things you almost remember... Inspired by the original unsettling feeling of the Backrooms, Spaces Between is a psychological liminal horror game about loneliness, memory, and losing yourself in impossible places.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Dead of Night: Supermarket

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Anomalum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.

    2025IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Anomalum at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    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 ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Anomalum.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anomalum.

    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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anomalum.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anomalum.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anomalum.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Anomalum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anomalum.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Anomalum.

    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 Anomalum.

    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 Indie with Anomalum.

    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 and Adventure with Anomalum.

    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 Simulation with Anomalum.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.

    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. 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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Anomalum

How much does Anomalum cost?
Anomalum is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Anomalum?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anomalum are Where the Walls Breathe, Whispering Fog, What Happened to Lily?.
Who developed Anomalum?
Anomalum was developed by Leonn Camayo and published by Andes Interactive.

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 Anomalum.

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