Games like SUBJECT 404
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to SUBJECT 404 for fans of indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in SUBJECT 404 also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
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.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Tear Factory
Top pick 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.
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Stuff to do
Second-strongest match for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
A puzzle-based horror game where you must investigate an abandoned game to unravel the whereabouts of its developers. Do stuff. Check your pulse. Escape the rabbit hole.
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Lost Alone Ep.1 - Sorellina
Third-strongest match 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.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Ranked #4 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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While We Wait Here
Ranked #5 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
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The Elision Effect
Ranked #6 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Ranked #7 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 set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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NIGHTSLINK
Ranked #8 for SUBJECT 404 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SUBJECT 404.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
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.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SUBJECT 404.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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.
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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 Tear Factory, Stuff to do, Lost Alone Ep.1 - Sorellina.
- Who developed SUBJECT 404?
- SUBJECT 404 was developed by BESK Entertainment.
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