Games like Pyromaniac
If Pyromaniac is your kind of game, the closest matches are File Destined, The Backrooms Project and Visage — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and eerie. 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 →About Pyromaniac: Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
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File Destined
WHY THIS
Top pick for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
The Backrooms Project
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
Visage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pyromaniac.
Third-strongest match for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
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.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pyromaniac.
Ranked #4 for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
The Beast Inside
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pyromaniac.
Ranked #6 for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Outlast 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pyromaniac.
Ranked #8 for Pyromaniac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
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.
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Half-Life 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pyromaniac.
Reviewers of Pyromaniac cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Pyromaniac.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Cry of Fear
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pyromaniac.
Reviewers of Pyromaniac cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
POSTAL
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Pyromaniac.
Reviewers of Pyromaniac cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
Grey Goo
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Pyromaniac.
Reviewers of Pyromaniac cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
Slowdrive
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Pyromaniac cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Pyromaniac.
Slowdrive is a racing game about the lost sloth who trying to get back home. He will drive many twisted tricky roads with multiple routes and even moving platforms.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pyromaniac at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
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 ~60% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pyromaniac.
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 ~70% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pyromaniac.
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 ~80% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Pyromaniac.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pyromaniac.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pyromaniac.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pyromaniac.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pyromaniac on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pyromaniac.
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?
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 Pyromaniac.
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 Pyromaniac.
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 Pyromaniac.
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 Pyromaniac.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Pyromaniac.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pyromaniac.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pyromaniac.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pyromaniac.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about Pyromaniac
- Does Pyromaniac run on Steam Deck?
- Pyromaniac 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 Pyromaniac cost?
- Pyromaniac is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pyromaniac?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pyromaniac are File Destined, The Backrooms Project, Visage.
- Who developed Pyromaniac?
- Pyromaniac was developed by Dominik Braun and published by tayoDEV.
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