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Games like POOLSIDE VIGIL

If POOLSIDE VIGIL is your kind of game, the closest matches are Something on the Floor, Clink and Visage — 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 POOLSIDE VIGIL: A survival horror game based on a true story, set in procedurally generated liminal spaces, inspired by Backrooms and Poolrooms. Evade the entity, manage your asthma, discover anomalies, and collect memories to solve the mystery of that day; face the bitter consequences of phone addiction!

2026IndieAdventureSimulationWindowsby Glare Games
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Steam players who put hours into POOLSIDE VIGIL 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. Something on the Floor

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for POOLSIDE VIGIL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE VIGIL.

    You are left alone in a hotel where everyone has disappeared. Search the endlessly repeating floors for hidden anomalies, eliminate them, and escape. Trust nothing. Something is on this floor.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Clink

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for POOLSIDE VIGIL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE VIGIL.

    You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Visage

    WHY THIS

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

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dead Take

    WHY THIS

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

    Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Rise of Insanity

    WHY THIS

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

    In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-

    WHY THIS

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

    Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation6.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eclipsium

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for POOLSIDE VIGIL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE VIGIL.

    Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

    2025IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. EarWorm

    WHY THIS

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

    You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living.  Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account. 

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗

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 POOLSIDE VIGIL.

    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 POOLSIDE VIGIL.

    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 Indie with POOLSIDE VIGIL.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 POOLSIDE VIGIL.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with POOLSIDE VIGIL.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about POOLSIDE VIGIL

What games are most similar to POOLSIDE VIGIL?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POOLSIDE VIGIL are Something on the Floor, Clink, Visage.
Who developed POOLSIDE VIGIL?
POOLSIDE VIGIL was developed by Glare Games.

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 POOLSIDE VIGIL.

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