Games like Data Rot
If Data Rot is your kind of game, the closest matches are HOST, Stargaze and A Wake Inn — 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 Data Rot: A chilling, stylized VR horror game. Collect scattered Data Fragments while avoiding an insidious entity that is corrupting your system. Simple gameplay. Dynamic AI opponent. 20-45 min playthrough. Roomscale or Seated.
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HOST
WHY THIS
Top pick for Data Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
When your spacecraft crashes on an unknown planet, you navigate your way through its dark and puzzling corridors. Using only your hands and your wits, will you discover your parasitic power before it's too late?
Stargaze
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Data Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Gaze into the stars as a curious astronomer in this VR adventure of magic & science. Manipulate a strangely powerful telescope and influence a galaxy of planets and their inhabitants for the better. Take photos and conduct intricate research to uncover the deepest cosmic secrets.
A Wake Inn
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Data Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Data Rot.
Put your VR goggles on to explore dark corridors of an abandoned hotel using realistically controlled wheelchair, and face strange army of living dolls. But you won't be alone - mysterious voice will accompany you via shortwave transmitter. Just make sure, who really pulls the strings in this world.
LIMINAL PHASE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Data Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Data Rot.
LIMINAL PHASE is a VR action horror game set in a parallel ‘90s. Fight malevolent monsters, solve peculiar puzzles, and explore the dark corners of a fractured mind consumed by video games.
6 Keys: The Gym
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Data Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Please obey the school rules You're on key duty in charge of the gym. Find and organize the keys scattered in the gym and leave school. Organize your keys and organize the phenomena around you together.
The Obsessive Shadow
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Data Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Data Rot.
The Obsessive Shadow is a Survival Horror Game about a stalker you can't exactly Identify. With nothing but your eyes and a flashlight at your disposal, it's up to you to survive whatever horrific person or thing is out there watching you...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Data Rot at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
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 Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
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 Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
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 Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
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.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Data Rot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Data Rot.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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.
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 with Data 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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Data Rot.
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.
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 with Data 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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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More from Nekomata Games LLC
Other recommendable Steam games by Nekomata Games LLC, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Night of the Wendigo
WHY THIS
Another title from Nekomata Games LLC, the studio behind Data Rot. Shares Action with Data Rot.
NIGHT OF THE WENDIGO is a Virtual Reality horror experience in which a peaceful day of hiking becomes a night of survival! The game is a very simple VR experience that is best enjoyed by taking turns with friends.
Attack of the Jersey Drones
WHY THIS
Another title from Nekomata Games LLC, the studio behind Data Rot. Shares Action with Data Rot.
As a retired war veteran, all you wanted was to live the rest of your days out in peace and quiet. Unfortunately for you, a swarm of drones (WHO COULD THEY POSSIBLY BE?) won't leave you alone. So there's only one thing to do. DEFEND. YOUR. FREEDOM!
Quarter Five
WHY THIS
Another title from Nekomata Games LLC, the studio behind Data Rot.
QUARTER FIVE is a linear, 15-30 minute game about Artificial Intelligence taking jobs and the eerie reality of working in a corporate office. In each stage, find the hidden anomalies before time runs out to impress your boss!
Frequently asked about Data Rot
- How much does Data Rot cost?
- Data Rot is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Data Rot?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Data Rot are HOST, Stargaze, A Wake Inn.
- Who developed Data Rot?
- Data Rot was developed by Nekomata Games LLC.
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 Data Rot.
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