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Games like Gut Rot

If Gut Rot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Something's Out There, Lastbane and AZUR — 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.

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About Gut Rot: Escape the island

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Daddysucc5000
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Steam players who put hours into Gut Rot 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.

  1. Something's Out There

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    Something's Out There is a micro-horror creature hunting game, featuring multiple unique creatures across multiple maps. Hunters work together using the tools provided at base or found around the map to track down, hunt, and ultimately kill the creature of which only stories claim exist.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  2. Lastbane

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    Lastbane is a CO-OP asymmetric horror game. Together with your friends, you must try to escape the map silently without being caught by sound-sensitive creatures that react to microphones and in-game voice chat.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. AZUR

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Gut Rot.

    Azur is a fast-paced PvP survival FPS set on the French island of Belmas. Every time you respawn, complete missions, explore, and survive as long as possible to secure the best gear, with the risk of losing everything.

    2027ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  4. The Lost

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Backrooms: Infinite

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gut Rot.

    Backrooms: Infinite is a first-person survival exploration game. Explore endlessly expanding Backrooms, scavenge supplies, document anomalies, face threats, and return to outposts to prepare for your next expedition. Go alone or with friends — escape is not the only answer.

    IndieAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  6. Paranormal Cleanup

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deadly Broadcast

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    Deadly Broadcast is a co-op horror and survival game that can be played with 1-4 players. As a Famous Streamer, you have to stay alive, but at the same time you should stream the paranormal events in the cursed places to gather more donations and more viewers. Don’t die! Don’t cut the Broadcast!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gut Rot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gut Rot.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gut Rot.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Gut Rot.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gut Rot.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gut Rot.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gut Rot

Does Gut Rot have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Gut Rot supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Gut Rot?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gut Rot are Something's Out There, Lastbane, AZUR.
Who developed Gut Rot?
Gut Rot was developed by Daddysucc5000.

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 Gut Rot.

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