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Games like Deserter

If Deserter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Survive the Fall, Gone Rogue and Suspect None — 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.

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About Deserter: An immersive isometric stealth RPG about a thief surviving in a decaying totalitarian city. Plan every move, evade traps, and pull off daring heists right under the Party's nose.

2027ActionRPGWindowsby AskaLot Games
Deserter — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Deserter 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. Survive the Fall

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Gone Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Deserter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Deserter.

    Gone Rogue is a tactical stealth game with RPG elements. Get into the role of a thief from the city slums. Lurking in the shadows, sneak unnoticed past enemies, get behind any locked doors, and carry off rich loot.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG4.94 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Suspect None

    WHY THIS

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

    Suspect None is a top-down open-world game where you explore the city by day and plan and pull off heists at night. Follow the story and take part in activities around the city.

    2027ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Veil of Remorse

    WHY THIS

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

    Veil of Remorse is a retro-inspired arcade bullethell where you steer a ship through a corrupted solar system, build synergies through the roguelike-structure of upgrades, and appease to the hunger of the void. Will you break through the mist and leave?

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  5. PAYDAY 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Deserter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Deserter.

    PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. We Happy Few

    WHY THIS

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

    From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Thief

    WHY THIS

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

    Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.

    2014ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. PAYDAY 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Deserter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Deserter.

    PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

    2013ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Deserter

What games are most similar to Deserter?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deserter are Survive the Fall, Gone Rogue, Suspect None.
Who developed Deserter?
Deserter was developed by AskaLot 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 Deserter.

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