Games like Pass the Fear
If Pass the Fear is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mafia Hero: Streets of Survival, Age of Sail and Forsworn — 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 Pass the Fear: PASS THE FEAR is a roguelite bullet-hell shooter. A catastrophic Witch’s Disaster strikes without warning, and chaotic magic forms the ancient Wall of Storms. Its corruption spreads relentlessly across the island. As a demon hunter trapped within, you must find a way to escape before dawn breaks.
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Mafia Hero: Streets of Survival
WHY THIS
Top pick for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pass the Fear.
Survivors-like game with ONLINE CO-OP (1–4 PLAYERS). The man who had always played by the rules was dead.! Mafia Hero: Streets of Survival is an online co-op auto-shooter roguelite for up to 4 players. Build your criminal empire, craft powerful builds, and battle massive bosses.
Age of Sail
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pass the Fear.
Fight pirates, hunt rival players, steal their loot, and fight your way home in a fast-paced top-down naval combat game. No safe seas. No guaranteed victories.
Forsworn
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pass the Fear.
Stack game-breaking synergies until your party can slay gods. Command a party of heroes, forge powerful synergies, and level them up across runs in this turn-based tactics roguelite. Battle the gods solo or in co-op, where defeat is just another beginning.
Dungeon Roll
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pass the Fear.
Descend beneath your family estate to uncover the truth about the crusader heroes of your bloodline, re-rolling your path floor by floor through a labyrinth built on real Crusades history. The souls of legendary crusaders grant you boons and the seven deadly sins guard the way down.
Edge Ember
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
Edge Ember is a top-down action Roguelike game. You will play characters of different professions, embark on a threatening journey, challenge forces from all sides, and find the answer to save the city-state and the tribe.
Meow with Pipeline
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pass the Fear.
Meow with Pipeline: a precision pixel platformer with cute cats and challenges. Guide a cat through dangerous pipe networks—run, jump, dodge traps and master tough platforming. Tight controls and skill-based progression make every victory satisfyingly earned.
Tears of Vanfell
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.
Underworld
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Pass the Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
Underworld is a co-op roguelike FPS with waves of monsters, boss fights, and procedurally generated levels. Upgrade your gear, buy weapons, stack buffs, and go deeper into the Underworld to discover its secrets. PC & VR Cross-play.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pass the Fear at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Pass the Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pass the Fear.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Pass the Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Pass the Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pass the Fear.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Pass the Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Pass the Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Pass the Fear.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Pass the Fear.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pass the Fear.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pass the Fear.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pass the Fear.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pass the Fear.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about Pass the Fear
- Does Pass the Fear run on Steam Deck?
- Pass the Fear 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 Pass the Fear cost?
- Pass the Fear is listed on Steam at 17.09 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Pass the Fear have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Pass the Fear supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Pass the Fear?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pass the Fear are Mafia Hero: Streets of Survival, Age of Sail, Forsworn.
- Who developed Pass the Fear?
- Pass the Fear was developed by PlayMud Studio and published by Paras 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 Pass the Fear.
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