Games like Synthetic Captive
Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to Synthetic Captive for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Synthetic Captive also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Seasonbean Team. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Synthetic Captive: Synthetic Captive is a first-person stealth escape game designed to reveal that the most terrifying monsters originate from the human mind. In this dungeon, escape is nearly impossible. You play as the protagonist, exploring the dungeon prison, struggling to survive and escape.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Maid of Sker
Top pick for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
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!
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Silent Whisper
Second-strongest match for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
Silent Whisper is a single-player horror game that takes you into an abandoned school with a haunting past. What begins as simple exploration turns into a nightmare. Navigate its decaying halls, uncover dark secrets, and do whatever it takes to escape—or risk becoming another victim.
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PREDATOR AND WRECK
Third-strongest match for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Test your mettle with the award-winning stealth horror/sci-fi game PREDATOR AND WRECK. Keep your eyes and ears open, and be on the lookout for the strange, mutating, man-eating life form stalking the space station while you attempt to make your escape and unravel a mystery.
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Find Me: Horror Game
Ranked #4 for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
"The malign spirits always try to manifest themselves". Host one of these demons through its summoning. Does finishing the ritual is the solution to your problems? 3:00 AM, the ritual begins; hide out and survive to the hide and seek game with a possessed doll. Do you dare to play?
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HORROR TALES: The Wine
Ranked #5 for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
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Pyromaniac
Ranked #6 for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
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Doorways: The Underworld
Ranked #7 for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Ranked #8 for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Synthetic Captive at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~67% under Synthetic Captive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
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?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~50% under Synthetic Captive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
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.
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~67% under Synthetic Captive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
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shapez
Priced ~67% under Synthetic Captive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Synthetic Captive.
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!
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~67% under Synthetic Captive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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Bit Blaster XL
Priced ~67% under Synthetic Captive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
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Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
Priced ~67% under Synthetic Captive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Synthetic Captive.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Synthetic Captive.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
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.
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More from Seasonbean Team
Other recommendable Steam games by Seasonbean Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Who Are You?
Another title from Seasonbean Team, the studio behind Synthetic Captive. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
Surviving is the key point of this game, you need to act as a prisoner and escape from that place in a first-person perspective.
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Balloon Party
Another title from Seasonbean Team, the studio behind Synthetic Captive. Shares Indie with Synthetic Captive.
The party room was supposed to be a joyful place, but is it really connected to “joy”? You need to interact with various objects in the party room and complete a series of explorations to find a glimmer of hope for escape. Can you... break free?
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Hong Kong Horror Incident: Yik Sin House
Another title from Seasonbean Team, the studio behind Synthetic Captive. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
The last food delivery order leads you into a residential building you can never leave. You thought it was just an ordinary job, but in the familiar Yik Sin House, you gradually fall into an inescapable nightmare.
Frequently asked about Synthetic Captive
- How much does Synthetic Captive cost?
- Synthetic Captive is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Synthetic Captive?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Synthetic Captive are Maid of Sker, Silent Whisper, PREDATOR AND WRECK.
- Who developed Synthetic Captive?
- Synthetic Captive was developed by Seasonbean Team.
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