Games like PLACE
If PLACE is your kind of game, the closest matches are STRANGER WITHIN - Tales of Dorothy, The Third Shift and Broken Psyche — 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 PLACE: You are a random person trapped in an empty concrete room under the watchful eye of a camera. The only way out is to risk pressing the forbidden button, after which more buttons appear. Each press brings you closer to the exit or to your demise.
Players who liked PLACE also play
Steam players who put hours into PLACE 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.
STRANGER WITHIN - Tales of Dorothy
WHY THIS
Top pick for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Trapped in unfamiliar places, investigate your surroundings, collect clues, and combine them to solve escape room style puzzles. With the help of different personalities, uncover the mysterious story behind Dorothy in this mystery 2D point-and-click escape adventure.
The Third Shift
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?
Broken Psyche
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Play as a detective investigating his wife's disappearance. Suspecting the asylum she was researching, he infiltrates it, only to uncover a realm of horror. Solve puzzles, maintain sanity, and confront monsters as you unravel the asylum's secrets.
Unsought
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Unsought is a 360-degree first-person, panoramic horror-adventure game set in a regional town of Japan in the 90s. Step into the shoes of an elementary school student who has found themselves lost in an abandoned town. Will you find your way back home…?
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
[Chilla's Art] The Karaoke | ヒトカラ🎤
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
The Karaoke | ヒトカラ is a Japanese horror game about a high school girl at a Karaoke.
The Room Three
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Last Term
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PLACE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PLACE at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
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 ~50% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with PLACE.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
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 ~83% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with PLACE.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PLACE.
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!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PLACE.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under PLACE on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with PLACE.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
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 PLACE.
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 PLACE.
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 Indie with PLACE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with PLACE.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
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 and Simulation with PLACE.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
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.
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Other recommendable Steam games by PimpGameStudio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Rise of Gun
WHY THIS
Another title from PimpGameStudio, the studio behind PLACE. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Rise of Gun - immerses you in a world of zombie apocalypse as a gun store owner. Buy parts, craft, sell, upgrade your store and hire workers. Help to humanity survive
Where is my mom
WHY THIS
Another title from PimpGameStudio, the studio behind PLACE. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Where is my mom [/] The game tells a story about the fate of a girl who was stolen.Waking up in the house, she does not understand how she ended up there.All she wants now is to escape from captivity and find her family.A side-scrolling game.
Fear Corporation
WHY THIS
Another title from PimpGameStudio, the studio behind PLACE. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Fear Corporation - This is a game about the hero's fear of his phobias, the hero is terribly afraid of clowns, statues and dolls. Waking up from a nightmare at night, the hero begins to realize that he is still in a dream, because he observes all his most terrible nightmares.
Kingdom Craft
WHY THIS
Another title from PimpGameStudio, the studio behind PLACE. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.
Kingdom Craft is a survival game in a world of floating islands with unique gravity. Craft items by combining different materials, explore, build, and progress to reach the ancient portal and return home.
Frequently asked about PLACE
- How much does PLACE cost?
- PLACE is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PLACE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PLACE are STRANGER WITHIN - Tales of Dorothy, The Third Shift, Broken Psyche.
- Who developed PLACE?
- PLACE was developed by PimpGameStudio.
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 PLACE.
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