Games like Return to Roots
If Return to Roots is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ivory Cage, Scavenged By Sunset and Orbital Intruder — 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 Return to Roots: An online co-op horror roguelite for up to 6 players. Compost useful items to descend layer-by-layer further into your decaying home. Utilize shops and upgrade cards to extend your run, and unlock starting equipment to make new strategies.
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Ivory Cage
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Top pick for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Roots.
Descent with your team into the depths of an abandoned theme park to repair its broken machinery, and survive what's still down there.
Scavenged By Sunset
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Second-strongest match for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Return to Roots.
Scavenged by Sunset is a multiplayer (4vs1) survival horror game where one player takes on the role of the savage Killer, and the other four players play as Survivor, trying to avoid the Killer. Collecting coins and traveling through portals allow Survivor the ability to escape to victory!
Orbital Intruder
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Third-strongest match for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Return to Roots.
Explore procedurally generated dead spaceships, complete dangerous contracts, collect loot, control doors and extraction, while an alien monster hunts and grows stronger.
Haze Together
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Ranked #4 for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Roots.
HAZE TOGETHER is a 1-4 player psychological survival horror game set in claustrophobic mines. Team up with friends, explore dangerous industrial facilities, and escape the darkness trying to consume you. Remember: the haze thickens every second, and you are not alone.
Tutsak
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Ranked #5 for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Roots.
Explore abandoned locations with 1–4 players. The creature hunts, captures, and imprisons you — your teammates must find you before it's too late. Can you escape together?
Dark Descent
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Ranked #6 for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Return to Roots.
Dark Descent is a 4 player multiplayer cooperative horror game where you and your friends venture into an old elevator, aiming to reach the deepest levels. However, the journey won't be without it's challenges.
Croak Tales: Deep Dungeons
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Ranked #7 for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to Roots.
Explore, scavenge and survive ... or croak trying. Dive into murky, abandoned dungeons with your friends to recover an ancient object and reveal the history around this world. It's high-stakes extraction where teamwork is vital, survival is unlikely, and the chaos is half the fun.
Trust Me
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Ranked #8 for Return to Roots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to Roots.
Survive with your friends in a wasteland devastated by an atomic bomb, explore dangerous areas, and strengthen yourself by collecting and selling valuable loot. Upgrade your gear and your vehicle with the money you earn, and push into farther and deadlier zones. Explore, loot, and survive!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Return to Roots.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Roots.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Return to Roots.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Roots.
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 Return to Roots.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Return to Roots.
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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Return to Roots.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Return to Roots
- Does Return to Roots have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Return to Roots supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Return to Roots?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Return to Roots are Ivory Cage, Scavenged By Sunset, Orbital Intruder.
- Who developed Return to Roots?
- Return to Roots was developed by Power Creep.
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 Return to Roots.
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