Games like CD-ROM
If CD-ROM is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Roottrees are Dead, The Crimson Diamond and Kathy Rain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming handcrafted puzzle design, atmospheric and cozy. 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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Players who liked CD-ROM also play
Steam players who put hours into CD-ROM 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.
The Roottrees are Dead
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving, nostalgic and an atmospheric mood with CD-ROM.
Top pick for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
The Crimson Diamond
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CD-ROM.
Second-strongest match for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Kathy Rain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CD-ROM.
Third-strongest match for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Azazel's Christmas Fable
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with CD-ROM.
Ranked #4 for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
A wacky 8-bit retro-style point and click Christmas adventure, reminiscent of '90s classics. Explore Santa's village as a devilish imp with a mischievous knack for getting into trouble. Solve puzzles and uncover mysteries while meeting some peculiar characters along the way.
Not Another Weekend
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
Lamplight City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CD-ROM.
Ranked #6 for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with CD-ROM.
Ranked #7 for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CD-ROM.
Ranked #8 for CD-ROM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CD-ROM at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
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 CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
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 CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
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 CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
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 CD-ROM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CD-ROM.
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 with CD-ROM.
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 CD-ROM.
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 with CD-ROM.
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 CD-ROM.
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 CD-ROM
- Does CD-ROM run on Steam Deck?
- CD-ROM is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does CD-ROM cost?
- CD-ROM is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CD-ROM?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CD-ROM are The Roottrees are Dead, The Crimson Diamond, Kathy Rain.
- Who developed CD-ROM?
- CD-ROM was developed by monoclelord.
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 CD-ROM.
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