Games like Synthetic Captive
If Synthetic Captive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Proyecto Huemul, Maid of Sker and Silent Whisper — 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 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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Proyecto Huemul
WHY THIS
Top pick for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
First-person survival horror inspired by a real Argentine conspiracy. Explore abandoned underground facilities, manage scarce resources, and stay out of its sight. Survive whatever lurks beneath the surface.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match 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!
Silent Whisper
WHY THIS
Third-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.
HORROR TALES: The Wine
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 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
Pyromaniac
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 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.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 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.
Doorways: The Underworld
WHY THIS
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.
Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Synthetic Captive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthetic Captive.
Paper Dolls 2 is a first-person horror adventure game. A dark aura emanates from a Qing dynasty dwelling—the Yin Mansion. What happened to the once-famous Yin Family? Clues lead us to its second floor haunted by restless spirits. A truth, buried for over a hundred years, is waiting to be unraveled.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Synthetic Captive at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
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!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
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.
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 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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
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!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
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.
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 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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Synthetic Captive.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Synthetic Captive.
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 and Adventure with Synthetic Captive.
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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Other recommendable Steam games by Seasonbean Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Who Are You?
WHY THIS
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.
Balloon Party
WHY THIS
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?
Hong Kong Horror Incident: Yik Sin House
WHY THIS
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 Proyecto Huemul, Maid of Sker, Silent Whisper.
- Who developed Synthetic Captive?
- Synthetic Captive was developed by Seasonbean Team.
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 Synthetic Captive.
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