Games like IMSCARED
If IMSCARED is your kind of game, the closest matches are No Man Can Deny, Frostbiter and Death Counter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its blurs player and protagonist, manipulates your computer files and meta narrative subverts expectations. 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.
Get personalized picks →IMSCARED is a pixel horror adventure released in 2016 by Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks, available for $3.99 with an impressive 95% positive rating from over 1,900 Steam reviews and playable on Steam Deck. The game features file-system manipulation as a core mechanic, allowing it to interact with the player's actual computer files to create a uniquely unsettling experience. Players describe it as atmospheric, mysterious, and tense, with the meta-narrative elements blurring the boundary between player and protagonist in ways reviewers highlight as subverting expectations. The open-world progression, procedural-horror events, and puzzle-solving combine with pixelated visuals and deliberate sound design that players say induces paranoia. The game runs approximately one to two hours on normal difficulty.
About IMSCARED: "I need a Heart in order to open it"
Players who liked IMSCARED also play
Steam players who put hours into IMSCARED 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.
No Man Can Deny
WHY THIS
Top pick for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Isolated on the open sea, equipped with a rusty lantern and a tape recorder. Endure the pain or drown like the rest in this short resource-management horror game.
Frostbiter
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Can you survive from Frostbiter and escape his snowy maze of horror? Use snowballs to defend yourself, find your way in the maze, try to escape, and most important of all: don't let him catch you!
Death Counter
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
You're a cameraman, filming dead bodies and unseen horrors from the past, and instantly changing what the Death Counter watches in the future.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Ranked #4 for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Slender: The Arrival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Ranked #5 for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Ranked #6 for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Wick
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Ranked #7 for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Penumbra Overture
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Ranked #8 for IMSCARED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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OneShot
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Reviewers of IMSCARED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with IMSCARED.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Darkwood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Reviewers of IMSCARED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with IMSCARED.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
The Witch's House
WHY THIS
Reviewers of IMSCARED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
There is an old house on the edge of a small town. All the locals have always avoided it, as strange and mysterious events constantly happen there. This time, what happened in this house made the whole city shudder with fear.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Reviewers of IMSCARED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with IMSCARED.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Buddy Simulator 1984
WHY THIS
Reviewers of IMSCARED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with IMSCARED.
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Reviewers of IMSCARED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with IMSCARED.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
WORLD OF HORROR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Reviewers of IMSCARED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with IMSCARED.
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below IMSCARED at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with IMSCARED.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with IMSCARED.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with IMSCARED.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IMSCARED.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with IMSCARED.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with IMSCARED.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under IMSCARED on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IMSCARED.
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.
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 IMSCARED.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with IMSCARED.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IMSCARED.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
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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More from Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Other recommendable Steam games by Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Mirror Layers
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Another title from Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks, the studio behind IMSCARED. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Mirror Layers is a first person social horror game. Cooperate with other players through an in-game social network to solve challenging puzzles.Explore to uncover the mystery behind Apartment 12 and its horrific and distorted mirror reality.
FIREWORK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Another title from Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks, the studio behind IMSCARED. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Follow Yan the Defective One through his fight against the Fire Troops and let him unveil the Facility's mystery in this action platformer.
A Day - to bring them happiness
WHY THIS
Another title from Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks, the studio behind IMSCARED. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
In A Day you'll be able to control 8 different characters in a 2D side-scrolling open map: give them life by chaining their actions, rewind the time and reach for the highest score possible! This day is yours to make!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Wick
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with IMSCARED.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with IMSCARED.
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Frequently asked about IMSCARED
- Does IMSCARED run on Steam Deck?
- IMSCARED is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does IMSCARED cost?
- IMSCARED is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to IMSCARED?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside IMSCARED are No Man Can Deny, Frostbiter, Death Counter.
- Who developed IMSCARED?
- IMSCARED was developed by Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks.
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