Games like Recurrence
If Recurrence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Echograph, SOMA and Dead of Darkness — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Recurrence: "Something is broken... and it keeps repeating."A classic survival horror set in a cyberpunk world corrupted by a strange signal. Solve puzzles, face terrifying creatures, and try to escape a nightmare that seems endless
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Echograph
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Top pick for Recurrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
photograph ghosts, crack environmental puzzles, manage limited resources, and unravel the mystery behind a generational family curse in this classic survival horror experience.
SOMA
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Second-strongest match for Recurrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Dead of Darkness
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Third-strongest match for Recurrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Tormented Souls
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Ranked #4 for Recurrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Recurrence.
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Tormented Souls 2
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Ranked #5 for Recurrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Recurrence.
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
Necrophosis
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Ranked #6 for Recurrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Ranked #8 for Recurrence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Recurrence.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Recurrence.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recurrence.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Recurrence.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Recurrence.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recurrence.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Dead of Darkness
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Recurrence.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Tormented Souls
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Recurrence.
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Frequently asked about Recurrence
- What games are most similar to Recurrence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Recurrence are Echograph, SOMA, Dead of Darkness.
- Who developed Recurrence?
- Recurrence was developed by Equinox Interactive.
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 Recurrence.
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