Games like Third Kind
If Third Kind is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms Level X, The Painscreek Killings and ROUTINE — 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 Third Kind: An atmospheric first-person adventure about a reporter investigating a mysterious disappearance, which leads to chilling secrets of hidden government projects and a close encounter with visitors from beyond. Inspired by classic thrillers about aliens and unexplained phenomena.
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Backrooms Level X
WHY THIS
Top pick for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and liminal spaces. 13 levels and giant enemies await you in this unique experience.
The Painscreek Killings
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
ROUTINE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
A Simple Garbage Sorting Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
We are recruiting a large number of testers from around the world to participate in an unprecedented secret experiment.. Join us and embark on this journey of exploration that is crucial to survival. In this unknown experiment, your choices will determine the fate of the Earth.
Ghost Frequency
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Third Kind.
In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.
Cave Crawler
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Third Kind.
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
A twisted psychological thriller and an original story set in the SCP universe. As an employee of the SCP Foundation, test artificially created paranormal events, solve puzzles, interact with anomalies, and uncover the secrets of the Replication Division.
The Alien Cube
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Third Kind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Third Kind at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
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 ~70% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
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 ~80% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Third Kind.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Third Kind.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Third Kind on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Third Kind.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 Third Kind.
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 Third Kind.
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 Third Kind.
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. Shares Indie and Adventure with Third Kind.
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 Third Kind.
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 Third Kind.
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. Shares Indie with Third Kind.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Third Kind
- How much does Third Kind cost?
- Third Kind is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Third Kind?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Third Kind are Backrooms Level X, The Painscreek Killings, ROUTINE.
- Who developed Third Kind?
- Third Kind was developed by StudioETC.
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 Third Kind.
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