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Games like Project Songbird

If Project Songbird is your kind of game, the closest matches are House Of Horror: Outside Is Better, The Dive and Delirium — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 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
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Alternating tension and calm pacing keeps horror freshEmotionally resonant story about creative burnout and artistic pressureEmotional writing quality is exceptionalAtmosphericContemplativeDark

Players who liked Project Songbird also play

Steam players who put hours into Project Songbird 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. House Of Horror: Outside Is Better

    WHY THIS

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

    House of Horror: Outside Is Better is a first-person psychological survival horror game with FPS mechanics. Explore a facility consumed by madness, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive using your wits and a dynamo-powered flashlight, where every shadow can become a deadly threat.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Dive

    WHY THIS

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

    Linear underwater horror game about a search dive that quickly turns into fight for survival after an encounter with hellish creature.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Delirium

    WHY THIS

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

    Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.

    2025Adventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Timore Redo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 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 ↗
  5. It's Always Happy at Chubby's

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the night shift at Chubby’s, a 24/7 burger joint in the 90s. It's in the middle of nowhere, so you'll be mostly entirely alone. Just keep the store clean and occasionally serve the drive-thru counter. But whatever you do... always follow the rules.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. NIGHTSLINK

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 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 ↗
  7. Heart attack

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 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 ↗
  8. Dead Take

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving, exploration and atmospheric with Project Songbird.

    Ranked #8 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 ↗

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.

  1. Firewatch

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Project Songbird.

    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 ↗
  2. Blair Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Project Songbird.

    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 ↗
  3. Life is Strange Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares a melancholic mood with Project Songbird.

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

    Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Songbird.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Songbird.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Songbird.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Songbird.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Songbird.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Project Songbird on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

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

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 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 Project Songbird.

    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 Action and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    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 Action and Indie with Project Songbird.

    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 Project Songbird.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Project Songbird.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Songbird.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Songbird.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from FYRE Games

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

  1. Dread X Collection 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Project Songbird.

    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 ↗
  2. Into The Unknown

    WHY THIS

    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 ↗
  3. Welcome To The Dreamscape

    WHY THIS

    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...

    2018ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ten Deadly Games: Jamsepticeye

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Project Songbird.

    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 House Of Horror: Outside Is Better, The Dive, Delirium.
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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