Games like The Stairwell
If The Stairwell is your kind of game, the closest matches are Corridor 13, Anomaly Report and The Door Factory — 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 The Stairwell: You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.
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Corridor 13
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Top pick for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
A psychological horror walking simulator set in an abandoned school corridor. Detect subtle changes, make the right decisions, and reach Corridor 13 before the corridor keeps you.
Anomaly Report
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
Welcome to the company.Your task is to detect and report any strange occurrences happening around you.If you successfully complete all reports for 8 days without mistakes, you will achieve your goal.Observe carefully and endure until the end.
The Door Factory
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
The Door Factory is a first-person horror game where you inspect mysterious doors before they are sent into production. Step inside, observe the environment, spot anomalies, and decide whether each door should be approved or reported.
The Street 10
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Ranked #4 for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
Caught in an infinite alley, look for Street 10 to find your way out.
Simulation 9
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Ranked #5 for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Stairwell.
You wake up in an endless hallway with no memory of anything. A voice calls out to you and explains that after your death, your mind was placed into a computer simulation. Unfortunately, bugs are starting to appear, and you’ll have to report them to fix the simulation.
The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember
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Ranked #6 for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Stairwell.
<The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember> is a horror game based on a true incident. Dreams distort memories, blending the main character’s guilt into horror. Spatial distortion, unique design, and unsettling sounds induce psychological unease, inviting you into the ‘Aesthetics of Discomfort’.
Twisted Gallery 异馆
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Ranked #7 for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Sasaeng | 사생
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Ranked #8 for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Stairwell at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~76% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stairwell.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~53% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~64% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stairwell.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~53% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Stairwell.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~76% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~53% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
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?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~53% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Stairwell.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~53% under The Stairwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Stairwell.
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".
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 The Stairwell.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Stairwell.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Stairwell.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Stairwell.
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 The Stairwell.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about The Stairwell
- How much does The Stairwell cost?
- The Stairwell is listed on Steam at 4.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Stairwell?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Stairwell are Corridor 13, Anomaly Report, The Door Factory.
- Who developed The Stairwell?
- The Stairwell was developed by Hidden Palace.
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 Stairwell.
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