Games like Loophole
If Loophole is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chronigma, Chronescher and Astro Loopers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Loophole: A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.
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Steam players who put hours into Loophole 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.
Chronigma
WHY THIS
Shares time manipulation, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Loophole.
Top pick for Loophole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?
Chronescher
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Loophole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.
Astro Loopers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Loophole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
What if you could rewind time — and team up with your past self? Astro Loopers is a Sokoban-style puzzle game set in a cosmic universe, where every move echoes through time. Your past characters repeat their actions as time loops stack up — coordinate them to solve increasingly mind-bending stages.
Pipeworks Puzzle
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Loophole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Pipeworks puzzle adds a new twist to the classic sliding-tile puzzle! Connect pipes as you move them in a grid-based arena to match the blueprint. You can only move the pieces into empty tiles, so plan your next move carefully.
Freeway Fiasco
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Loophole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Freeway Fiasco is a time-bending puzzle game. Control multiple cars, one at a time in a shared timeline. Your choices can set off a ripple effect with surprising interactions - past, present and future.
Perplexicube
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Loophole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Perplexicube is a challenging isometric puzzler where you must work together with your past and future selves. You'll have to think ahead as you create loops backwards in time to set your futures selves up for success.
Parcel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Loophole.
Ranked #8 for Loophole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Parcel is a brain-twisting puzzle game where unique character abilities are used in unison to solve interlocking laser conundrums. Switch between members of your colorful team of postpeople and make your way through over 120 futuristic mind-benders!
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Patrick's Parabox
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Loophole.
A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole 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.
The Talos Principle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Loophole.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Stephen's Sausage Roll
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Loophole.
A simple 3d puzzle game.
The Swapper
WHY THIS
Shares environmental interaction and an atmospheric mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Loophole.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Blue Prince
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
Baba Is You
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Loophole.
Reviewers of Loophole cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Loophole at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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 ~50% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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 ~50% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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 ~70% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Loophole on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 Loophole.
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 Loophole.
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 Loophole.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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.
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Frequently asked about Loophole
- Is Loophole verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Loophole is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Loophole cost?
- Loophole is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Loophole?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Loophole are Chronigma, Chronescher, Astro Loopers.
- Who developed Loophole?
- Loophole was developed by Levi Pinkert.
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 Loophole.
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