Games like Encryptid
If Encryptid is your kind of game, the closest matches are Burning Bridges, You Are Family and Stuck in the Present — 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.
Players who liked Encryptid also play
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
WHY THIS
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.
You Are Family
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
You’re looking to disconnect in a secluded country house. A family welcomes you in. Soon, you’ll discover that feeling at home here… may be more real than you imagine.
Stuck in the Present
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Stuck in the Present is a 3D side-scrolling psychological horror title where two friends relive painful memories within the uncanny depths of twisting subway stations in a large, unfamiliar city.
AKIBA LOST
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
Thirteen years ago, six girls vanished in Akihabara in the unsolved case “The Akiba Vanishing”. Daiki Shinjo announces a live-action game based on the incident, gathering six women who embody Akihabara’s subculture. But their story begins to seep into reality. Can AKIBA LOST be finished?
AdventureSteam ↗Legends of Astravia
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Dynamic battles, twisting dungeons, and countless secrets await you in the magical world of Astravia. Journey alongside your companions as you unravel the mystery of your past and uncover the truth behind a mysterious trio’s plot... before the Cataclysm brings forth another age of ruin.
Parasensor
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Encryptid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
When Marisol starts a new life as a telecom technician, she finds herself out of her depth in a mutating city. Connect with strangers, confront grotesque creatures, and unravel a conspiracy at the heart of the metamorphosis.
Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 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
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Ranked #8 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.
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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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, You Are Family, Stuck in the Present.
- 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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