Games like Tantalus
If Tantalus is your kind of game, the closest matches are 嗜憶 Swallow, BACKROOMS and The Queens Gondola — 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 Tantalus: You are a patrol staff aboard the spaceship 'Tantalus'. Explore a spaceship filled with mystery, uncover anomalies, and report them to the control AI.
Players who liked Tantalus also play
Steam players who put hours into Tantalus 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.
嗜憶 Swallow
WHY THIS
Top pick for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Swallow is a first-person psychological horror game with a heavy focus on story and exploration. Based on a true story, describe an unsolved case that took place on an isolated island of 20th century England. Players take control of a lighthouse keeper to uncover the truth.
BACKROOMS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
'BACKROOMS' is an immersive first-person exploration horror game. Wander through the endless liminal spaces made with procedural generation, try to survive, and find an escape.
The Queens Gondola
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Stuck on the Queen’s royal aircraft, you have been trapped in a mystical loop fueled by dark magic. Armed with nothing but your wits, keep an eye out for anomalies, and you might just find an escape.
Liminal Exit
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
What Happened to Lily?
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
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.
Moons of Madness
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
BLACKSHARD
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tantalus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tantalus at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tantalus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tantalus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tantalus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tantalus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tantalus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tantalus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tantalus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 Tantalus.
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.
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 Indie with Tantalus.
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. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tantalus.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Tantalus
- How much does Tantalus cost?
- Tantalus is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tantalus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tantalus are 嗜憶 Swallow, BACKROOMS, The Queens Gondola.
- Who developed Tantalus?
- Tantalus was developed by Team Anomaly.
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 Tantalus.
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