Games like Oxenfree
If Oxenfree is your kind of game, the closest matches are OXENFREE II: Lost Signals, NULL and Virginia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dialogue choices actually matter, atmospheric and eerie. 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 Oxenfree: Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Players who liked Oxenfree also play
Steam players who put hours into Oxenfree 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.
OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Top pick for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
NULL
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
A story of a father and a daughter. Explore a suburban street trapped in a single, repeating night. Follow dream sequences, collect missing sins, and make choices that shape what happens next. No jumpscares. No monsters. This isn’t a haunting. This is devotion.
Virginia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Third-strongest match for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Ranked #4 for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
Interference: Dead Air
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Ranked #5 for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet.
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Ranked #6 for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Oxenfree.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
Water Delivery
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Ranked #7 for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
THRESHOLD
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Ranked #8 for Oxenfree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Oxenfree
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Night in the Woods
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Oxenfree.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Dear Esther
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Gone Home
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
The Stanley Parable
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Tacoma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
INSIDE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Reviewers of Oxenfree cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Oxenfree at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxenfree.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxenfree.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxenfree.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxenfree.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
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 ~70% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxenfree.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxenfree.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Oxenfree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxenfree.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 Oxenfree.
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 Oxenfree.
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 Oxenfree.
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 Oxenfree.
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 Oxenfree.
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 Oxenfree.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Virginia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Interference: Dead Air
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Oxenfree.
All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet.
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Oxenfree.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Oxenfree.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
Frequently asked about Oxenfree
- Is Oxenfree verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Oxenfree is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Oxenfree cost?
- Oxenfree is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Oxenfree?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Oxenfree are OXENFREE II: Lost Signals, NULL, Virginia.
- Who developed Oxenfree?
- Oxenfree was developed by Night School Studio.
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 Oxenfree.
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