Games like Dead Format
If Dead Format is your kind of game, the closest matches are Redemption, Haunted Bloodlines and Resident Evil Village — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, eerie and nostalgic. 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 Dead Format: Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
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Steam players who put hours into Dead Format 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.
Redemption
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Top pick for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
A first-person action horror game set in a military research facility infested with dangerous creatures, navigate your escape while battling to stay alive in this enigmatic location.
Haunted Bloodlines
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Every family has secrets. This house knows yours. Haunted Bloodlines is a first-person psychological horror game where the halls shift, the walls breathe, and the mansion has been waiting for you your whole life.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Format.
Third-strongest match for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Among Ashes
WHY THIS
Shares stealth, survival management and atmospheric with Dead Format.
Ranked #4 for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Leenie Boog
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Ranked #5 for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
The war. Light versus darkness. It has been going on for thousands of years. One night, the Thousand-Year War suddenly knocked on your window. You will have to meet an uninvited guest.
Outlast 2
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Ranked #6 for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Massacre At The Mirage
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Shares puzzle solving, atmospheric and an eerie mood with Dead Format.
Ranked #7 for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a stressful mood with Dead Format.
Ranked #8 for Dead Format fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
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Resident Evil
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Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Format.
Reviewers of Dead Format cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead Format.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a stressful mood with Dead Format.
Reviewers of Dead Format cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
The Thing from Nowhere
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Reviewers of Dead Format cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".
The Thing: Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares atmospheric with Dead Format.
Reviewers of Dead Format cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead Format.
The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Format at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~41% under Dead Format on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Format.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~41% under Dead Format on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~41% under Dead Format on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~41% under Dead Format on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~71% under Dead Format on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Format.
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!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~59% under Dead Format on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Format.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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.
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 with Dead Format.
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 Action with Dead Format.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Format.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Format.
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
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Format.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Among Ashes
WHY THIS
Shares stealth, survival management and atmospheric with Dead Format.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a stressful mood with Dead Format.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dead Format.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Frequently asked about Dead Format
- Does Dead Format run on Steam Deck?
- Dead Format 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 Dead Format cost?
- Dead Format is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead Format?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Format are Redemption, Haunted Bloodlines, Resident Evil Village.
- Who developed Dead Format?
- Dead Format was developed by Katanalevy and published by Oro 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 Dead Format.
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