Games like IT BEGAN
If IT BEGAN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legacy of Mind, Just Madness: Earth Apocalypse 1979 and Beast of Reincarnation — 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 IT BEGAN: IT BEGAN is a single-player tactical horror shooter set in a sunken world of cults, monsters, and your own fears — where escape is no longer an option.
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Legacy of Mind
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Top pick for IT BEGAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IT BEGAN.
Legacy of Mind is the first gothic soulslike FPS where nightmares and reality have merged. Face colossal Monarchs that rule over the broken world twisted by living nightmares and unlock otherworldy powers hidden within your mind, but with every power unlocked, something in the dark wakes with you...
Just Madness: Earth Apocalypse 1979
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Second-strongest match for IT BEGAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IT BEGAN.
The world ended. The madness began. As Max, survive a brutal, radioactive wasteland to save your kidnapped daughter from a ruthless gang. Fight radiation, explore a dangerous open world in 1st/3rd person, and make choices that shape your destiny in this dark RPG survival.
Beast of Reincarnation
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Third-strongest match for IT BEGAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IT BEGAN.
Game Freak's brand-new title: Beast of Reincarnation is an action RPG with a fusion of real-time and turn-based combat. Experience the innovative "one-person, one-dog action RPG" in the beautiful yet harsh world of Beast of Reincarnation. What awaits at the end of Emma and Koo's journey?
REMNANT II®
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Ranked #4 for IT BEGAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IT BEGAN.
REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.
Stellar Blade™
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Ranked #6 for IT BEGAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IT BEGAN.
Save humanity from extinction in post-apocalyptic action-adventure Stellar Blade™. Experience blistering combat and a twisting storyline as you unravel the mysteries of Earth’s downfall.
The Sinking City Remastered
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Ranked #7 for IT BEGAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IT BEGAN.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
HELLGATE: London
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Ranked #8 for IT BEGAN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IT BEGAN.
The return of a sensational game! Hellgate is an action RPG game you have been waiting for. Since its first release Hellgate won the hearts of thousands of fans and now it's time to bring back memories and dip into the near future of 2038. For all mankind!
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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 IT BEGAN.
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.
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 IT BEGAN.
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 with IT BEGAN.
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 IT BEGAN.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with IT BEGAN.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IT BEGAN.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IT BEGAN.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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- What games are most similar to IT BEGAN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside IT BEGAN are Legacy of Mind, Just Madness: Earth Apocalypse 1979, Beast of Reincarnation.
- Who developed IT BEGAN?
- IT BEGAN was developed by CODE 84.
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 IT BEGAN.
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