Games like Songs of Rats
If Songs of Rats is your kind of game, the closest matches are Scropia, Saga · The Circle and Thoughtless — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and contemplative. 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 Songs of Rats: The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Players who liked Songs of Rats also play
Steam players who put hours into Songs of Rats 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.
Saga · The Circle
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Songs of Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Songs of Rats.
The Holy Sword has been drawn. Now gather the Knights of the Round Table to rebuild the kingdom. Explore and investigate war-torn Britain, and fight in tactical battles where stealing turns matters. In this Literary CRPG, every choice shapes your values, your allies, and the fate of Britain itself.
Thoughtless
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Songs of Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Songs of Rats.
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
The Sych story
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Songs of Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Songs of Rats.
Live a couple of days in the life of an ordinary omezhka owl. This is a visual novel about each of us, and no one in particular. Make your choice and decide the fate of Slavka Sychov.
Cosdarica's Journey at the End of the World
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Songs of Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Songs of Rats.
Human civilization had finally burned out its last spark. The survivors chose to gather together, shutting themselves within safe zones to await death. But Cosdarica did not. Neither did I.
Firelore: Short Tales
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Songs of Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Songs of Rats.
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
BETA-SIXDOUZE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Songs of Rats.
Ranked #8 for Songs of Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Songs of Rats.
A gargantuan rose looms in the night sky, poised to strike at any moment. Enter Yosuke, a combat pilot on an unlikely mission: to take to the stars with the mysterious Hanaco and contain Earth's greatest threat! But will this mismatched duo find common ground in time? And who is Hanaco, really...?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Songs of Rats
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Mass Effect (2007)
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Songs of Rats.
Reviewers of Songs of Rats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Songs of Rats.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Mini Metro
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Songs of Rats.
Reviewers of Songs of Rats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Metro Exodus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Songs of Rats.
Reviewers of Songs of Rats cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Dead Space
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Songs of Rats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Songs of Rats.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Alien
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Songs of Rats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Songs of Rats at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
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 ~67% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Songs of Rats.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Songs of Rats.
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?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Songs of Rats.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
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 ~67% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Songs of Rats on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Songs of Rats.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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 with Songs of Rats.
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 Songs of Rats.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Songs of Rats.
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 with Songs of Rats.
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 Songs of Rats.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Songs of Rats.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Songs of Rats
- How much does Songs of Rats cost?
- Songs of Rats is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Songs of Rats?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Songs of Rats are Scropia, Saga · The Circle, Thoughtless.
- Who developed Songs of Rats?
- Songs of Rats was developed by Tesseract Games and published by Salient 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 Songs of Rats.
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