Games like Contact Protocol
If Contact Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Welcome, [Employee Name], Just in Crime and PROBATION: EXTENDED COVERAGE — 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 Contact Protocol: Contact Protocol is a starship job simulator set aboard a corporate vessel bound for Jupiter. Investigate incoming ships, uncover suspicious activity, and make impossible choices as you protect your crew - while the company watches your every move.
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Welcome, [Employee Name]
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Top pick for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
Welcome, [Employee Name]! You are our new space station controller. We trust you to make all the right decisions and keep the people of the HonkyTonk space station safe. Process as many trucks as possible but be careful, mistakes have consequences.Welcome to the Honky Tonk Family!
Just in Crime
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Second-strongest match for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
PROBATION: EXTENDED COVERAGE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Contact Protocol.
You triage internal requests inside a corporate OS that lies by omission. Every case needs two to four windows cross-checked - and any window covered by more than 30% stops syncing and keeps showing you old data with total confidence. One screen. Eight hours. Good luck.
Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
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Ranked #4 for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Link Cameras
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Ranked #5 for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Contact Protocol.
You work as a moderator for a strange camera website called L!nk Cameras. Watch live feeds, approve or reject cameras, follow the admin’s instructions, and uncover what hides behind each connection.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
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Ranked #6 for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Mithra
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Ranked #7 for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
Investigate the world's first cult in a cryptic mystery adventure that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. We've been keeping an eye on you. Follow us further down the rabbit hole...
Terraformental
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Ranked #8 for Contact Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Contact 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 with Contact Protocol.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Contact 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 with Contact 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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contact Protocol.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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- What games are most similar to Contact Protocol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Contact Protocol are Welcome, [Employee Name], Just in Crime, PROBATION: EXTENDED COVERAGE.
- Who developed Contact Protocol?
- Contact Protocol was developed by Cold Zephyr Games and published by Kinetic Publishing.
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