Games like LIMINAL SHIFT
If LIMINAL SHIFT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms: Rogue 0, Liminal Universe and FLOORS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, eerie and immersive. 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 LIMINAL SHIFT: Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
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Backrooms: Rogue 0
WHY THIS
Top pick for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
A routine expedition into the Backrooms goes silent. You are the last call. Now trapped in endless corridors that loop into themselves, you’ll soon realize you are not alone. Something moves heremany things—and none of them can be fought. Your only hope is to stay unseen. Never trust what you see.
Liminal Universe
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking, environmental storytelling, exploration and an atmospheric mood with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Second-strongest match for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.
FLOORS
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Embark on a procedural liminal journey filled with eerie, unfriendly faces. Walk, explore, and descend to the first floor to escape. No monsters will chase you, but they can watch and appear when you aren't looking. This can evoke a fear of an endless labyrinth and create a sense of anxiety.
TAPE GLITCH
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
A first-person psychological horror game where VHS tapes pull you into corrupted memories inside a flooded liminal complex.
Exorcist 2: Crow Magic
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Are you ready to witness the adventure of the Exorcist, a master of magic and exorcism, and exorcise the most powerful dark being, the crow demon?
Whispering Fog
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
Sorrow Asylum
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Sorrow Asylum is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.
Cherophobia
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for LIMINAL SHIFT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.
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POOLS
WHY THIS
Shares environmental exploration, environmental storytelling, psychological and an atmospheric mood with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Reviewers of LIMINAL SHIFT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
The Backrooms
WHY THIS
Reviewers of LIMINAL SHIFT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Rogue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Reviewers of LIMINAL SHIFT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
Liminalcore
WHY THIS
Shares maze navigation, environmental exploration and atmospheric with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Reviewers of LIMINAL SHIFT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below LIMINAL SHIFT at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with LIMINAL SHIFT.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 LIMINAL SHIFT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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 Indie with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with LIMINAL SHIFT.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIMINAL SHIFT.
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.
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Frequently asked about LIMINAL SHIFT
- Does LIMINAL SHIFT run on Steam Deck?
- LIMINAL SHIFT 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 LIMINAL SHIFT cost?
- LIMINAL SHIFT is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to LIMINAL SHIFT?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside LIMINAL SHIFT are Backrooms: Rogue 0, Liminal Universe, FLOORS.
- Who developed LIMINAL SHIFT?
- LIMINAL SHIFT was developed by NextPhase Studios.
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