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Games like Project Songbird

Below are 20 hand-picked alternatives to Project Songbird for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Project Songbird also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, more from FYRE Games. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Project Songbird: Project Songbird is a cinematic first-person narrative horror game set in the Appalachian forest. Take on the role of Dakota, a musician who must record their new album in a remote log cabin amidst a writer's block. Take caution, however. These woods were never empty...

2026ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby FYRE Games, Conner Rush
Project Songbird — Steam game cover
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Timore Redo — Steam game cover

    Timore Redo

    Top pick for Project Songbird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Songbird.

    Timore Redo is a psychological horror game about sadness.

    2022ActionIndie18.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Dead Take — Steam game cover

    Dead Take

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

    Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    NIGHTSLINK — Steam game cover

    NIGHTSLINK

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

    You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Silent Nights — Steam game cover

    Silent Nights

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

    Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation1.19 USDSteam ↗
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    Heart attack — Steam game cover

    Heart attack

    Ranked #5 for Project Songbird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    There are ghosts in the dark, in order to survive you need to light your way, but all the items for this are limited.

    2023ActionAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    In My Head — Steam game cover

    In My Head

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

    You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — Steam game cover

    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    Ranked #7 for Project Songbird fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Songbird.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    The Exit 8 — Steam game cover

    The Exit 8

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

    You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Project Songbird

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

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    Firewatch — Steam game cover

    Firewatch

    Reviewers of Project Songbird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Life is Strange 2 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange 2

    Reviewers of Project Songbird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Project Songbird.

    After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.

    2018AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Blair Witch — Steam game cover

    Blair Witch

    Reviewers of Project Songbird cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

    2019IndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

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    NIGHTSLINK — Steam game cover

    NIGHTSLINK

    Priced ~73% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Silent Nights — Steam game cover

    Silent Nights

    Priced ~92% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation1.19 USDSteam ↗
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    Heart attack — Steam game cover

    Heart attack

    Priced ~93% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    There are ghosts in the dark, in order to survive you need to light your way, but all the items for this are limited.

    2023ActionAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    In My Head — Steam game cover

    In My Head

    Priced ~87% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
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    The Exit 8 — Steam game cover

    The Exit 8

    Priced ~73% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from FYRE Games

Other recommendable Steam games by FYRE Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

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    Dread X Collection 5 — Steam game cover

    Dread X Collection 5

    Another title from FYRE Games, the studio behind Project Songbird. Shares Action and Indie with Project Songbird.

    A horror anthology in the Dread X Collection series. Featuring 12 new games from up-and-comers along with veterans, all wrapped up in an old, run down party venue that may be hiding more than it's letting on...

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Into The Unknown — Steam game cover

    Into The Unknown

    Another title from FYRE Games, the studio behind Project Songbird. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Welcome To The Dreamscape — Steam game cover

    Welcome To The Dreamscape

    Another title from FYRE Games, the studio behind Project Songbird. Shares Action and Indie with Project Songbird.

    The Future is here, but are you ready?... Stepping into the shoes of a silent amnesiac, you must traverse through the virtual worlds of your own dreams, finding clues that may lead you to the answers of your mysterious past, but not all is as it seems...

    2018ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
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    Ten Deadly Games: Jamsepticeye — Steam game cover

    Ten Deadly Games: Jamsepticeye

    Another title from FYRE Games, the studio behind Project Songbird. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    Ten Deadly Games is a collection of games from different developers based around the same theme - "Death is an Opportunity." These ten deadly games were all created in a week for the Jamsepticeye game jam.

    2025ActionAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Project Songbird

Does Project Songbird run on Steam Deck?
Project Songbird 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 Project Songbird cost?
Project Songbird is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Project Songbird?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Songbird are Timore Redo, Dead Take, NIGHTSLINK.
Who developed Project Songbird?
Project Songbird was developed by FYRE Games, Conner Rush and published by FYRE Games.

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 Project Songbird.

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