Games like The Artifact Protocol
If The Artifact Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Death Relives, Unholy and Maid of Sker — 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 The Artifact Protocol: A psychological horror game where every artifact traps you in the final moments of someone’s life. Face five distinct nightmares, each with its own monster, story, and theme. You’re not solving the mystery… you’re reliving it.
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Steam players who put hours into The Artifact Protocol 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.
Death Relives
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Top pick for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
Get ready to see life through the eyes of a young man trying to escape Xipe Totec an ancient deity venerated across Mesoamerican civilizations and later embraced by the Aztecs. A chaotic experience full of horror and survival mechanics awaits.
Unholy
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Second-strongest match for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Artifact Protocol.
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
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!
A.I.L.A
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Ranked #4 for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
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Ranked #5 for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
The Beast Inside
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Ranked #6 for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
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Ranked #7 for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
CORPSE FACTORY
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Ranked #8 for The Artifact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Artifact Protocol at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
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
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Priced ~57% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Artifact Protocol.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~72% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~79% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
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
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Priced ~86% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~57% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Artifact Protocol.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~43% under The Artifact Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 The Artifact Protocol.
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 Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
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 Indie with The Artifact Protocol.
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 The Artifact Protocol.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Artifact Protocol.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Artifact Protocol.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Artifact Protocol.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about The Artifact Protocol
- How much does The Artifact Protocol cost?
- The Artifact Protocol is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Artifact Protocol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Artifact Protocol are Death Relives, Unholy, Maid of Sker.
- Who developed The Artifact Protocol?
- The Artifact Protocol was developed by Liam Butler.
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 The Artifact Protocol.
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