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Games like Ghostbusters™

If Ghostbusters™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alone Girl, Outbreak: Epidemic and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creepy graphics enhance immersion, ghost capturing feels satisfying and atmospheric. 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 Ghostbusters™: Grab your Proton Pack and join the Ghostbusters alongside your friends, exploring Manhattan, blasting ghosts, and trapping those runaway ghouls.

2016ActionAdventureDeck VerifiedWindowsby FireForge Games
Ghostbusters™ — Steam game cover
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Co op play is fun with friends or familyCreepy graphics enhance immersionGhost capturing feels satisfyingAtmosphericChallengingLighthearted

Players who liked Ghostbusters™ also play

Steam players who put hours into Ghostbusters™ 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. Alone Girl

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    Become a lone girl, fight against endless hordes of zombies and bugs alone in the apocalypse overrun by aliens and mutated monsters, collect resources to upgrade your arsenal, tear through the darkness and blood with firepower, and experience the pure thrill of adrenaline rushing!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure1.69 USDSteam ↗
  2. Outbreak: Epidemic

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    Return to the world of 4-player co-op survival horror with classic gameplay, strict inventory management, crushing enemies, horrific difficulty and more as you and a group of survivors try to survive the epidemic.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostbusters™.

    Third-strongest match for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

    2019ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares co op multiplayer with Ghostbusters™.

    Ranked #4 for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    Unpossess is a 1-4 co-op exorcism simulator game set in the early 1900s. Players take on the role of exorcists responsible for addressing cases of human possession.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure11.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Outbreak: The New Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostbusters™.

    Ranked #5 for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure2.59 USDSteam ↗
  6. House of Lizards

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Ghostbusters™.

    Ranked #6 for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    Unique Ancient Knight Simulator with Horror Elements. Get Intelligence for Knight Brothers, return to the base Ancient Manuscripts, drink Baikal Water and Destroy the base of Lizards!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Alice: Madness Returns

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostbusters™.

    Ranked #7 for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.

    2011ActionAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. River City Girls 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Ghostbusters™.

    Ranked #8 for Ghostbusters™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!

    2022ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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.

    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 Action and Adventure with Ghostbusters™.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ghostbusters™.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ghostbusters™.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ghostbusters™

Is Ghostbusters™ verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Ghostbusters™ is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
Does Ghostbusters™ have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Ghostbusters™ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Ghostbusters™?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ghostbusters™ are Alone Girl, Outbreak: Epidemic, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Who developed Ghostbusters™?
Ghostbusters™ was developed by FireForge Games and published by Activision.

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 Ghostbusters™.

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