Games like Encryptid
If Encryptid is your kind of game, the closest matches are Burning Bridges, 27 Survivors and Dark Nights with Poe and Munro — 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 Encryptid: Encryptid is a short FMV horror game about hunting and catching cryptids. Use real-world footage recorded exclusively via the Gameboy Camera to identify, locate and capture iconic creatures of myth and folklore.
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Steam players who put hours into Encryptid 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.
Burning Bridges
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Top pick for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
You discover a suspicious box on your parents attic. Uncover a long hidden family secret by rummaging through old homevideo and letters.
27 Survivors
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Encryptid.
Over a century ago, you and 99 other passengers left Earth aboard a colony ship in stasis. Now, the ship has awakened you early and you find only you and 26 other passengers remain. Make repairs and keep yourself alive while you investigate what happened to the rest of the passengers.
Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Heart of the Forest
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.
Death Come True
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!
The Complex
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
Scarlet Hollow
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Encryptid.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
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 Encryptid.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Encryptid.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
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 and Casual with Encryptid.
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 and Adventure with Encryptid.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Heart of the Forest
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.
Death Come True
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!
The Complex
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
Scarlet Hollow
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
Frequently asked about Encryptid
- What games are most similar to Encryptid?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Encryptid are Burning Bridges, 27 Survivors, Dark Nights with Poe and Munro.
- Who developed Encryptid?
- Encryptid was developed by Autumn Knight.
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 Encryptid.
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