Games like El Virus
If El Virus is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Isle of No Return, Legacy of Mind and PermaNight — 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.
Get personalized picks →About El Virus: El Virus is a first-person Survival Horror video game where the protagonist (Yara) wakes up alone surrounded by dangerous monsters created by a new strain of COVID-19. In addition to surviving, she must find her beloved pet, Nala, and her partner, Denki.
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Steam players who put hours into El Virus 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.
The Isle of No Return
WHY THIS
Top pick for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with El Virus.
The Isle of No Return takes you to a forgotten prison island, where a dark experiment has unleashed unimaginable horrors. Explore, survive and uncover hidden secrets as you face bloodthirsty creatures in an environment where every step may be your last.
Legacy of Mind
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
A first-person horror RPG where nightmare and reality have merged. Hunt nightmare-born Umbrae and journey across forsaken lands where the strongest beasts claim dominion. Face Monarchs in brutal soulslike FPS combat and confront the mind that first gave flesh to the fear that hunts...
PermaNight
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
Survive in a world full of darkness. Gain resources. Kill entities. Repeat. But beware, there might be entities lurking around...
STAR TALE: Odyssey One
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
This is not a rescue mission. No one is coming. This is survival. You awaken alone aboard an infested colony ship carrying the last survivors of humanity. Restore critical systems, manage oxygen, and confront hostile organisms while the AI guiding you seems to be hiding something.
Resident Fear 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
Take part in heart-stopping first-person action with waves of ravenous zombies. Use your weapons wisely, keep your ammo count at bay, and stay focused—all decisions are literally matters of life and death.
The Death Tree
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
The Death Tree is an ambiental, first-person, horror hunting short game with 'Smooth Movement'. Set in a nightmarish dark forest that involves action and "jump scares" through a tension and intrigue atmosphere. Hunt creepy monsters,ruthlessly creatures and witches.
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
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Ranked #7 for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with El Virus.
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.
Resident Evil Requiem
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for El Virus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with El Virus.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below El Virus at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Virus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Virus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with El Virus.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Virus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with El Virus.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under El Virus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Virus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
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!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Virus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with El Virus.
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.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under El Virus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 El Virus.
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. Shares Action and Adventure with El Virus.
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 Action and Indie with El Virus.
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 and Adventure with El Virus.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with El Virus.
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 El Virus.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Virus.
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.).
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Frequently asked about El Virus
- How much does El Virus cost?
- El Virus is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to El Virus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside El Virus are The Isle of No Return, Legacy of Mind, PermaNight.
- Who developed El Virus?
- El Virus was developed by Byakko Studios.
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 El Virus.
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