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Games like Faro

If Faro is your kind of game, the closest matches are 7 Deaths 1 Life, soulstation and CITADEL — 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 Faro: The world ended long ago. Humanity didn’t. What remains is a fragile society sustained by fear and distrust. Faro is a psychological horror visual novel set on a sunless planet, where you guide four survivors as cosmic horrors linger and every decision erodes the trust holding them together.

IndieAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby matt!
Faro — Steam game cover

Players who liked Faro also play

Steam players who put hours into Faro 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. 7 Deaths 1 Life

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Faro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Faro.

    A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?

    2026AdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. soulstation

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Faro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Faro.

    Kin and Clef lose themselves in The Station – an afterlife that rotates dreams into realities and a wish into a memory. What awaits them at the end of the spiral? Don't be afraid, don't be anything.

    2026Indie8.00 USDSteam ↗
  3. CITADEL

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Faro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Faro.

    Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. ORMS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Faro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Faro.

    An atmospheric narrative puzzle-adventure set on a surreal Nordic island. Guide young Sam and his companion Kira through two shifting realities - switching between a world of terrifying shadows and a world of light to solve puzzles and reignite the broken lighthouse

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man

    WHY THIS

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

    Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Her Crown of Blood

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Faro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Faro.

    A sinful child is damned to hell. Her religious mother follows her. An indie horror RPG.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Keep Skeleton Alive!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Faro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Faro.

    Vampires, Necromancer, Skeleton and even a Time Traveler. This Visual Novel has it all. But most important question is, can you actually keep Skeleton alive? I guess we will find out.

    AdventureSteam ↗
  8. 異界ノ宿帳

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Faro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Faro.

    忘れられたモノが流れ着く異界の温泉宿を舞台にした温泉ホラーシミュレーション。昼はケガレを抱えた付喪神たちをもてなし、夜は宿に溢れたケガレが引き起こす怪奇から生き延びる。あなたの選択が、客の癒しと宿の運命を変えていく。

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Faro.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Faro.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Faro.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Faro.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Faro.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Faro.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Faro

What games are most similar to Faro?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Faro are 7 Deaths 1 Life, soulstation, CITADEL.
Who developed Faro?
Faro was developed by matt!.

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 Faro.

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