Games like In The Black
If In The Black is your kind of game, the closest matches are Iron Offensive: Helmet Cam Extraction Shooter, Project Genesis and Gravity in Space — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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.
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Steam players who put hours into In The Black 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.
Iron Offensive: Helmet Cam Extraction Shooter
WHY THIS
Top pick for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
You are not a scavenger on endless walks. You are a Soldier in a Tactical Shooter with a Helmet Cam perspective. Action from second zero, dodging artillery, drones, and the most tactical AI on the market in an intense field that wants you dead. Extract weapons, upgrades, currency, and killstreaks.
Project Genesis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with In The Black.
Second-strongest match for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
Explore inter-galactic space in Project Genesis, a fast-paced first-person shooter featuring deep space combat in sci-fi battle craft. Fight as a conscious AI in sci-fi environments while navigating the complex forces competing for stellar domination.
Gravity in Space
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
Gravity in Space is an acurate-physics-based spacecraft flight and combat simulation. Learn how to use gravitational forces to navigate through surreal worlds, while you outplay your enemies and shoot them.
Hunternet Starfighter
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with In The Black.
Hunternet is an MMO spacecraft sim where you fight for territory, resources, & key installations during humanity's last civil war. Form player orgs, mine resources, & build fleets. Take a break & fly in friendly races or wargames, but beware an alien foe threatens all.
Ghost Battalion
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
A retro Sci-Fi First Person/Third Person shooter game similar to Star Wars: Battlefront and Rogue Squadron series. The player can choose to battle the alien race and their monster creations in Single-Player or in Multiplayer mode.
Starfighter Arduxim
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
Strap into the cockpit of your Arduxim fighter and take on enemy starships in this first-person tactical space shooter. Harks back to the classic Wing Commander games. Playable in VR or on monitor.
DRONE The Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with In The Black.
Ranked #7 for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
This version of DRONE does not yet include updates from Earth 2. We invite players to download the free demo but please resist purchasing the game as Earth 2 intends to re-release the full version as free-to-play, making it accessible for everyone. Follow our Socials and Discord for news/updates.
Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with In The Black.
Ranked #8 for In The Black fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
Feel the power of flying the AV8B Harrier II. A middle ground flight and naval combat simulator with mission planner & fully dynamic open ended campaign. Showstopping VR.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below In The Black at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under In The Black on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with In The Black.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Black on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Black on Steam right now. Shares Action with In The Black.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Black on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Black on Steam right now. Shares Action with In The Black.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 In The Black.
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 In The Black.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with In The Black.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In The Black.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In The Black.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
OnlyCans: Thirst Date
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with In The Black.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In The Black.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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Frequently asked about In The Black
- How much does In The Black cost?
- In The Black is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does In The Black have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — In The Black supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to In The Black?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside In The Black are Iron Offensive: Helmet Cam Extraction Shooter, Project Genesis, Gravity in Space.
- Who developed In The Black?
- In The Black was developed by Impeller Studios and published by Impeller Studios, Exothermic.
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 In The Black.
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