Games like Cradle
If Cradle is your kind of game, the closest matches are Firewatch, Jazzpunk: Director's Cut and The Station — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 Cradle: Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
Players who liked Cradle also play
Steam players who put hours into Cradle 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.
Firewatch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Top pick for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
The Station
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Third-strongest match for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Cloudpunk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Ranked #4 for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.
Tacoma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Ranked #5 for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Cyberpunk 2077
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Ranked #6 for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
>observer_
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Ranked #7 for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Quadrilateral Cowboy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Ranked #8 for Cradle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Cradle
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Pathologic 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cradle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Reviewers of Cradle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Gone Home
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Reviewers of Cradle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cradle.
Reviewers of Cradle cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Reviewers of Cradle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Cradle.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
Stalker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cradle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
Tacoma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Reviewers of Cradle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cradle at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cradle.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cradle.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cradle.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cradle.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cradle.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cradle.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Cradle on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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 Cradle.
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. Shares Adventure with Cradle.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cradle.
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 and Adventure with Cradle.
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 with Cradle.
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 and Adventure with Cradle.
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 Cradle.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Firewatch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
Cloudpunk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.
Tacoma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Cyberpunk 2077
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cradle.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
Frequently asked about Cradle
- How much does Cradle cost?
- Cradle is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cradle?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cradle are Firewatch, Jazzpunk: Director's Cut, The Station.
- Who developed Cradle?
- Cradle was developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals.
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 Cradle.
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