Games like Project Rot
If Project Rot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hollow Ascent, The Lantern of the Laughless Saint and Lords of the Fallen — 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 Project Rot: Players will interact with their environment, talk to unique characters, and battle in real-time against their own emotions. Dive into the mind of a younger Nicole as she battles to situate herself in the Other-World whilst learning to cope with the separation from her Mom.
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Steam players who put hours into Project Rot 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.
Hollow Ascent
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Top pick for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Rot.
A dark fantasy action-adventure with RPG elements, featuring challenging combat, bosses, exploration, and environmental storytelling. Explore a gothic ruined city, battle undead horrors, and uncover forgotten truths in
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint
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Second-strongest match for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Rot.
A solo or co-op RPG inspired by Morrowind. Drawn by a shared dream, you awaken on an isolated island crowned by a silent Tower. Unravel the mystery of the Laughless Saint, confront the weight of human desire, and decide what deserves to be saved when the light beneath the world finally stirs.
Lords of the Fallen
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Third-strongest match for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Rot.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
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Ranked #4 for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Rot.
The old world is gone, lost with the disappearance of the King. Reforge reality in this dark action RPG through skill-based combat, innovative open-world platforming and the testimonies of survivors… some more trustworthy than others. Are you ready, Wanderer?
Decay of Logos
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Ranked #5 for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Rot.
Immerse yourself in the world of Decay Of Logos and unravel its mysteries. Explore old dungeons, battle unforgiving foes and journey through a vibrant interconnected fantasy realm with your mystical elk companion.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
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Ranked #6 for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Rot.
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?
Mortal Shell II
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Ranked #7 for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Project Rot.
Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted
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Ranked #8 for Project Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Rot.
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted is a souls-like game with Enrage mechanic which sets in a Nature themed dark fantasy world. Fight your way from the deepest dungeons to the top of the clouds and save the corrupted nature in this mysterious "pre-human" era-themed epic story.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Rot.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Rot.
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 Action and Indie with Project Rot.
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 and Adventure with Project Rot.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Rot.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Rot.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Rot.
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 Project Rot
- What games are most similar to Project Rot?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Rot are Hollow Ascent, The Lantern of the Laughless Saint, Lords of the Fallen.
- Who developed Project Rot?
- Project Rot was developed by Team MIST.
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 Project Rot.
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