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Games like You Shouldn't Be Here

If You Shouldn't Be Here is your kind of game, the closest matches are How to #### a Man, Room 337 and You know my name? — 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 You Shouldn't Be Here: This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

2025IndieAdventure1.99 USDWindowsby Doomster Entertainment
You Shouldn't Be Here — Steam game cover

Players who liked You Shouldn't Be Here also play

Steam players who put hours into You Shouldn't Be Here 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. How to #### a Man

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Axelle spends most of her life inside her room : watching anime, scrolling on forums online and playing video games. She desperately wants a boyfriend. You are her conscience, help her attain that goal.

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Room 337

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. You know my name?

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dream of a Nightmarish Runaway

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Wanna join our nightmarish dream?

    2024IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Syutyaku Gakuen

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....

    2025IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. I Am Here, I Won't Disappear. I Am Here, I Won't...

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. DownSouth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    DownSouth is a moral-dilemma platformer RPG where your choices affect your sanity, and your sanity affects how you play.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. 骸心 Mainbody

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for You Shouldn't Be Here fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.

    2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below You Shouldn't Be Here at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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 ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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 ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    "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 ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under You Shouldn't Be Here on Steam right now. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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 You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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 with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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 Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Doomster Entertainment

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

  1. This Strange Realm Of Mine

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Doomster Entertainment, the studio behind You Shouldn't Be Here. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Koala Kids

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Doomster Entertainment, the studio behind You Shouldn't Be Here. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Koala Kids is a puzzle-platformer game, in the style of retro games like Lode Runner. Includes Hot-seat Coop and Level Editor.

    2015Indie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. 3DRPG

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Doomster Entertainment, the studio behind You Shouldn't Be Here. Shares Indie and Adventure with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    3DRPG is a voxelized old-school RPG where you explore a Randomly Generated world filled with random dungeons, towns and people! Every character in the game is recruitable. Hunt for prey or go fishing for food. Search for treasure in dungeons and fight monsters on the way!

    2016IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Oh No! Bugs!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Doomster Entertainment, the studio behind You Shouldn't Be Here. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Oh No! Bugs! Is a casual arcade game where you squash bugs by pushing blocks. Play solo or with friends, locally or online!

    2016IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. S.U.M. - Slay Uncool Monsters

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Doomster Entertainment, the studio behind You Shouldn't Be Here. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    In S.U.M. you'll put your Quick-Math skills to test! Fight very Uncool Monsters using Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division. Level up and progress in the Campaign(s), or show your prowess in Endless Mode with Leaderboards.

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Koala Kids Golf

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Doomster Entertainment, the studio behind You Shouldn't Be Here. Shares Indie with You Shouldn't Be Here.

    Control your Koala and collect treasure while avoiding dangers in this non-traditional Golf Game. Play through Challenges or with friends, Local or Online!

    2023SportsIndieCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about You Shouldn't Be Here

How much does You Shouldn't Be Here cost?
You Shouldn't Be Here is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to You Shouldn't Be Here?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside You Shouldn't Be Here are How to #### a Man, Room 337, You know my name?.
Who developed You Shouldn't Be Here?
You Shouldn't Be Here was developed by Doomster Entertainment.

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 You Shouldn't Be Here.

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