Games like Strange Horizons
If Strange Horizons is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last of Us™ Part I, The Evil Within 2 and Zombie Army Trilogy — 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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Steam players who put hours into Strange Horizons 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.
The Last of Us™ Part I
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Top pick for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
The Evil Within 2
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Second-strongest match for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Zombie Army Trilogy
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Third-strongest match for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
Daymare: 1998
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Ranked #4 for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
ARC Raiders
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Ranked #5 for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Chernobylite Complete Edition
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Ranked #6 for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Sunset Overdrive
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Ranked #7 for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
Dead Space
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Ranked #8 for Strange Horizons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
The Evil Within 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Zombie Army Trilogy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
Daymare: 1998
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
ARC Raiders
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Strange Horizons.
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Frequently asked about Strange Horizons
- What games are most similar to Strange Horizons?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Strange Horizons are The Last of Us™ Part I, The Evil Within 2, Zombie Army Trilogy.
- Who developed Strange Horizons?
- Strange Horizons was developed by Blue Moose Games and published by Hollow Light.
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 Strange Horizons.
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