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Games like The Anomaly Experiment

If The Anomaly Experiment is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Traces: Genesis, Welcome To Lakewood 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 The Anomaly Experiment: Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.

2025IndieAdventure3.49 USDWindowsby Authogin
The Anomaly Experiment — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Anomaly Experiment also play

Steam players who put hours into The Anomaly Experiment 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. Lost Traces: Genesis

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Anomaly Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  2. Welcome To Lakewood

    WHY THIS

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

    Investigate the sleepy town of Lakewood as you follow the trail of numerous missing person cases and the mysterious cause of the disappearances. Unravel the secret of Lakewood and try to survive its tightening grip.

    2021IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Paranormal Snap Shot

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Blackwood Lodge: The Siblings

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Anomaly Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Uncover the dark secrets of Blackwood Lodge in this atmospheric psychological horror game. As John Wilson, use your lighter to brave the dark, explore fractured spirit memories, and solve puzzles to piece together a tragic crime, all while evading a terrifying supernatural stalker.

    IndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Confabulation: Homestead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Anomaly Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Unwelcome Guest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Anomaly Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    You find yourself in a house that the owners have long since abandoned. But something lurks in the shadows, watching your every move. Explore the rooms, solve the mysteries, and find a way to banish the evil... Before it gets to you.

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Confabulation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Anomaly Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Gordian Rooms 2: A curious island

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Anomaly Experiment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Your adventure continues in Gordian Rooms 2...                  The escape island game where you venture further into the mysteries of the Gordian Society! Challenge your wits and conquer every puzzle on the Isle of Lye!

    2024IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Anomaly Experiment at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    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 ~43% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    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 ~57% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    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 ~72% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    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. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Anomaly Experiment.

    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 ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under The Anomaly Experiment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Anomaly Experiment.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 The Anomaly Experiment.

    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 Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Anomaly Experiment.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 The Anomaly Experiment.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 The Anomaly Experiment.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗

More from Authogin

Other recommendable Steam games by Authogin, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Buried

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Authogin, the studio behind The Anomaly Experiment. Shares Indie with The Anomaly Experiment.

    You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?

    2023Indie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Confabulation

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Authogin, the studio behind The Anomaly Experiment. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Confabulation: Homestead

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Authogin, the studio behind The Anomaly Experiment. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Gravedigger

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Authogin, the studio behind The Anomaly Experiment. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Anomaly Experiment

How much does The Anomaly Experiment cost?
The Anomaly Experiment is listed on Steam at 3.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Anomaly Experiment?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Anomaly Experiment are Lost Traces: Genesis, Welcome To Lakewood, Paranormal Snap Shot.
Who developed The Anomaly Experiment?
The Anomaly Experiment was developed by Authogin.

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 The Anomaly Experiment.

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