Games like Subject 13
If Subject 13 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Syberia, Syberia II and Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and mysterious. 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 Subject 13: Play as Franklin Fargo, a quiet physics professor who has led a bitter existence ever since his fiancée died in a holdup in which he was supposed to be the victim. One morning, he wakes up in the middle of an abandoned scientific facility. His only link with the outside world is a voice that calls him "Subject 13".
Players who liked Subject 13 also play
Steam players who put hours into Subject 13 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.
Syberia
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Top pick for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Subject 13.
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Syberia II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Second-strongest match for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Subject 13.
Having searched Eastern and Western Europe for a missing heir, Kate Walker finally completed her long and arduous journey, obtaining the signature of Hans Voralberg and closing the automaton factory buyout.
Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares inventory puzzles and hint system with Subject 13.
Third-strongest match for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Ranked #4 for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Myst
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Ranked #5 for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Obduction
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Ranked #6 for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Heaven's Vault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Ranked #7 for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Whispering Willows
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Ranked #8 for Subject 13 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Subject 13
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.
Still Life
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Reviewers of Subject 13 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Subject 13.
Still Life 2 also now available!
The Room
WHY THIS
Shares hint system and an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Reviewers of Subject 13 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Myst
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Reviewers of Subject 13 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Subject 13 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subject 13 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Subject 13.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Subject 13.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
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.
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More from Paul Cuisset
Other recommendable Steam games by Paul Cuisset, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Flashback 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Another title from Paul Cuisset, the studio behind Subject 13. Shares Adventure with Subject 13.
Immerse yourself in an action-packed cyberpunk universe where the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance. The Morphs are preparing their final attack, determined to enslave every civilization in the Solar System — and it's your mission to fight back!
DarkStone Restoration
WHY THIS
Another title from Paul Cuisset, the studio behind Subject 13.
Darkstone Restoration brings the classic action RPG back to modern PCs with improved stability, compatibility, controls, readability, and quality-of-life improvements — while preserving the spirit of the original game.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Syberia
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Subject 13.
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Syberia II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Subject 13.
Having searched Eastern and Western Europe for a missing heir, Kate Walker finally completed her long and arduous journey, obtaining the signature of Hans Voralberg and closing the automaton factory buyout.
Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares inventory puzzles and hint system with Subject 13.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!
Myst
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Heaven's Vault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subject 13.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subject 13.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Frequently asked about Subject 13
- Does Subject 13 run on Steam Deck?
- Subject 13 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 Subject 13 cost?
- Subject 13 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Subject 13?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Subject 13 are Syberia, Syberia II, Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure.
- Who developed Subject 13?
- Subject 13 was developed by Paul Cuisset and published by Microids.
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