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Games like SUBJECT 404

If SUBJECT 404 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Spectral Sonata, Tear Factory and Guadeloupe : The Secret of the Three Rivers — 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 SUBJECT 404: A PSX-style psychological horror game where rapid-fire microgames become a system of obedience. Read the Panel’s commands, react before time runs out, and survive each room — or face the Executioner.

2026IndieAdventureWindowsby BESK Entertainment
SUBJECT 404 — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into SUBJECT 404 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. Spectral Sonata

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    A first person psychological horror game. Explore an ever-changing mansion in a slow-paced, atmospheric experience that combines hauntingly beautiful melodies with a suffocating environment. Uncover the tragic past, escape or confront the spirit.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Tear Factory

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.

    2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Guadeloupe : The Secret of the Three Rivers

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    A trail of ash threatens Guadeloupe. Papa D'lo, the water spirit, has dried up the rivers to unleash a cataclysm. Using a controller or powered by the EVEIA smart pedal device, follow the source to the summit of La Soufrière to purify the island and break the curse!

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Room 337

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Not Yet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    NOT YET is a first-person psychological horror experience where silence grows heavier the deeper you go, and hesitation becomes its own consequence.

    AdventureSteam ↗
  6. Lost Alone Ep.1 - Sorellina

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    Growing up with his paternal grandmother, George emerges from the spiral of alcohol addiction by meeting his fiancée Hanna. But his childhood traumas will soon return to haunt him, pushing him into the abyss of despair.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. murmures

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    Clara is doing everything she can to stay emotionally stable. But something is hunting her, and every place she passes through seems to know what she still refuses to understand. Roll your d20s to explore, search, hold on, and help Clara find a way out.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. House of Tides

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    Descend into a shifting labyrinth of memories, imagined lives, and fractured identities in this first-person psychological sci-fi horror game about grief, guilt, and obsession, set inside a forgotten theatre beneath a drowned world.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗

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 SUBJECT 404.

    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 SUBJECT 404.

    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 SUBJECT 404.

    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 SUBJECT 404.

    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 SUBJECT 404.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SUBJECT 404.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about SUBJECT 404

What games are most similar to SUBJECT 404?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SUBJECT 404 are Spectral Sonata, Tear Factory, Guadeloupe : The Secret of the Three Rivers.
Who developed SUBJECT 404?
SUBJECT 404 was developed by BESK Entertainment.

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 SUBJECT 404.

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