Games like The Stairwell
If The Stairwell is your kind of game, the closest matches are Late Shift, Twisted Gallery 异馆 and Sasaeng | 사생 — 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.
Players who liked The Stairwell also play
Steam players who put hours into The Stairwell 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.
Late Shift
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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.
Experience Mark’s story through found footage as he becomes stuck in a loop whilst working the late shift at the cinema. Spot the anomalies and survive the night. Ensure that every room is checked...thoroughly.
Twisted Gallery 异馆
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match 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
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match 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.
Route8
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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.
"You're lost on Route 8. You must find a way to escape. This eerie road is terrifying.""Night falls, the phone rings. Who are you? You find yourself driving along Route 8, repeating endlessly."
Clink
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Ranked #5 for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Lonely Christmas
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Stairwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stairwell.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
Floor 9
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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.
In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.
One Last Clip
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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.
You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful!
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
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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 Late Shift, Twisted Gallery 异馆, Sasaeng | 사생.
- Who developed The Stairwell?
- The Stairwell was developed by Hidden Palace.
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