Games like ROOT
If ROOT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Oppcium, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its 90s cyberpunk visuals pop, atmospheric and challenging. 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 ROOT: ROOT is a cyber espionage themed hardcore stealth FPS that lets you play it how you want: whether creeping along corridors undetected or bursting into rooms to blow away all adversaries. Cyber terrorism is a dangerous profession, and risks have real consequences.
Players who liked ROOT also play
Steam players who put hours into ROOT 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.
Oppcium
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Top pick for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
A sentient alien organism has escaped its cage and now freely roams a government facility. Silence has engulfed the city as a toxic and unidentified cloud was released from black oily stones. Witness and investigate a dire situation that appears to escalate by the hour.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROOT.
Second-strongest match for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ROOT.
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROOT.
Third-strongest match for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ROOT.
Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.
Deus Ex: The Fall
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ROOT.
Deus Ex: The Fall is set in 2027– a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy. Powerful corporations have seized control from governments and command the drug supply needed by augmented humans to survive.
Acid Spy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Acid Spy is a first person stealth action game set in a cyberpunk universe. Infiltrate heavily guarded bases and take down your enemies with skill and finesse. Master the art of quick, deadly stealth to become the acid spy.
Deus Ex: Invisible War
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with ROOT.
Ranked #6 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ROOT.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.
Crysis
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Shares an immersive mood with ROOT.
Ranked #7 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ROOT.
Adapt to Survive An epic story thrusts players into an ever-changing environment, forcing them to adapt their tactics and approach to conquer battlefields ranging from newly frozen jungle to zero-gravity alien environments. Suit up! A high-tech Nanosuit allows gamers to augment their abilities in real time on the battlefield.
Skin Deep
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Shares environmental interaction and an atmospheric mood with ROOT.
Ranked #8 for ROOT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
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System Shock
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Shares an atmospheric mood with ROOT.
Reviewers of ROOT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ROOT.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Severed Steel
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Shares destructible environments with ROOT.
Reviewers of ROOT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
Half-Life
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROOT.
Reviewers of ROOT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ROOT.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
The Stanley Parable
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Shares an atmospheric mood with ROOT.
Reviewers of ROOT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with ROOT.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ROOT at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
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 ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROOT.
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 ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROOT.
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
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Priced ~80% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action with ROOT.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action with ROOT.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROOT.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Action with ROOT.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under ROOT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROOT.
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?
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 ROOT.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ROOT.
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.).
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Frequently asked about ROOT
- How much does ROOT cost?
- ROOT is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ROOT?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ROOT are Oppcium, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon.
- Who developed ROOT?
- ROOT was developed by Skunkape Interactive.
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