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Games like Uncanny Valley

If Uncanny Valley is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sunshine Manor, Quiet Valley 2 and Lamentum — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its choices drastically alter endings, pixel art enhances creepiness and psychological horror lingers. 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 Uncanny Valley: Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.

2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDMetacritic 67Windowsby Tiny Mold
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Steam players who put hours into Uncanny Valley 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. Sunshine Manor

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Sunshine Manor is an 8-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Ada. Dared to spend the night in the haunted Sunshine Manor she encounters ghosts, demons, blood-soaked horror and more in this prequel to 2016's Camp Sunshine.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Quiet Valley 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    A 2.5D indie horror game with a strange reverse-fish-eye presentation. Explore and uncover lore and scares. Contains jumpscares and atmospheric/story-driven elements. Be thorough to unlock both endings if you are a completionist, but watch out behind you.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lamentum

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Third-strongest match for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Flynn: Son of Crimson

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Ranked #4 for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Our valiant hero Flynn possesses the ability to influence a mysterious energy and modify his style of combat, transforming him into a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the golden age of the SNES, Flynn: Son of Crimson is the 2D action adventure that’ll take you right back to the 90s!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dead of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Ranked #5 for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Bunny Graveyard

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Ranked #6 for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Skye and her Handy Pals are looking for a new pal to help them out on her lovely lil' garden! Think you're up for the job, partner?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Maid of Sker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Ranked #8 for Uncanny Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.15 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Uncanny Valley

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Yes, Your Grace

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Reviewers of Uncanny Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uncanny Valley.

    These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Reviewers of Uncanny Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Uncanny Valley.

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Home

    WHY THIS

    Shares item collection, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Reviewers of Uncanny Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uncanny Valley.

    Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Reviewers of Uncanny Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uncanny Valley.

    DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Super Lone Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource scarcity, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Reviewers of Uncanny Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    The masked protagonist must escape the city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Use stealth to scavenge food, or kill everything in your path. Nurture your mental health or descend into madness. How you survive is up to you.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Uncanny Valley at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action with Uncanny Valley.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Uncanny Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Uncanny Valley.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Uncanny Valley.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uncanny Valley.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 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 Uncanny Valley.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Uncanny Valley.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Uncanny Valley.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Lamentum

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dead of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Bunny Graveyard

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    Skye and her Handy Pals are looking for a new pal to help them out on her lovely lil' garden! Think you're up for the job, partner?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Uncanny Valley.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Uncanny Valley.

    During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.15 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Uncanny Valley

How much does Uncanny Valley cost?
Uncanny Valley is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Uncanny Valley?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Uncanny Valley are Sunshine Manor, Quiet Valley 2, Lamentum.
Who developed Uncanny Valley?
Uncanny Valley was developed by Tiny Mold.

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 Uncanny Valley.

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