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Games like HOUND: AUTOMATON

If HOUND: AUTOMATON is your kind of game, the closest matches are SCP: Breakout, Specimen 13 and Screamcorp — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, funny and intense. 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 HOUND: AUTOMATON: In this hyper-realistic multiplayer horror game, one player starts as The Hound, while up to 15 players are human survivors trying to hide. Navigate through hyper-realistic environments, and experience the ultimate survival horror experience in multiplayer.

2024Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Uuvana Studios
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Steam players who put hours into HOUND: AUTOMATON 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. SCP: Breakout

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    SCP: Breakout is a survival horror game set in the world of the SCP Foundation, In the game, you play as a Class-D a prisoner of the Foundation who has been given an extremely rare and lucky chance to break free from your cell escape a secret facility. your chances aren't looking very good...

    2021ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Specimen 13

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    In Specimen 13 you play as one of five survivors (or a traitor) who find themselves as unwilling subjects in an experiment set on a mysterious island. Alternatively, play as the Specimen and prevent the survivors from escaping through the underground elevator.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Screamcorp

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    Bottle up real players' screams with your friends. You work as monsters and step through real players' bedrooms. And if they scream, you win. Every kid is a REAL PLAYER. If they scream into their mic, THEY lose. An asymmetric monster to victim screaming game with voice chat as the lose condition.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Monstrum 2 Beta

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    Ranked #4 for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    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.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  5. HorrorBox

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    HorrorBox is a Multiplayer Horror Game dripping with an eery cinematic experience set in the 80s. Utilize tools and work together to survive either PvE or PvP fright nights...

    2022IndieEarly Access5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. CASE 2: Animatronics Survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    CASE 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. The other three are survivors. How did this happen? You’ll have to find out!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. In Silence

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    Ranked #7 for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.

    2021Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for HOUND: AUTOMATON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    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 ↗
  4. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    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 ↗
  8. Half-Life: Opposing Force

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under HOUND: AUTOMATON on Steam right now. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

    1999Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    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 ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HOUND: AUTOMATON.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about HOUND: AUTOMATON

Does HOUND: AUTOMATON run on Steam Deck?
HOUND: AUTOMATON is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does HOUND: AUTOMATON cost?
HOUND: AUTOMATON is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does HOUND: AUTOMATON have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — HOUND: AUTOMATON supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to HOUND: AUTOMATON?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HOUND: AUTOMATON are SCP: Breakout, Specimen 13, Screamcorp.
Who developed HOUND: AUTOMATON?
HOUND: AUTOMATON was developed by Uuvana Studios.

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