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Games like Liminal Department

If Liminal Department is your kind of game, the closest matches are Robot Anomaly, Turning Manor and Paranormal Snap Shot — 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 Liminal Department: Trapped in what seems to be an endless hospital department. Carefully observe your surroundings in each loop to escape the Liminal Department

2025ActionIndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDWindowsby Digital Star Games
Liminal Department — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Liminal Department 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. Robot Anomaly

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    Your job is to inspect all produced robots. Investigate unauthorized hardware modifications and rogue behavior. And escape the building! You are the only human there, but you are not alone.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Turning Manor

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    All you have to do is count the differences and choose an exit. Easy right? Yet strange things start happening as soon as you sign the job contract… It's up to you to uncover what is happening at Turning Manor.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Paranormal Snap Shot

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    Trapped in an endless looping school, can you find your way out by photographing all of the anomalies?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. VHScape

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dead end Exit 8

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Route8

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liminal Department.

    "You're lost on Route 8. You must find a way to escape. This eerie road is terrifying.""Night falls, the phone rings. Who are you? You find yourself driving along Route 8, repeating endlessly."

    2024IndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Gretlow Tapes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Liminal Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Liminal Department at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Liminal Department.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Liminal Department.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Action with Liminal Department.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liminal Department.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Liminal Department on Steam right now. Shares Action with Liminal Department.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Liminal Department.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Liminal Department.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Department.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Department.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Liminal Department.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Liminal Department.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Liminal Department

How much does Liminal Department cost?
Liminal Department is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Liminal Department?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Liminal Department are Robot Anomaly, Turning Manor, Paranormal Snap Shot.
Who developed Liminal Department?
Liminal Department was developed by Digital Star 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 Liminal Department.

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