Games like Commutator
If Commutator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Please Duology, Transient: Extended Edition and NIGHTSLINK — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Commutator: A HUD-only psychological horror. You are an operator on a night shift that never ends, watching a frozen Arctic station through a dead man's terminal. No body, no camera, no music — only the interface, and the thing learning to use it back. Fully playable text-only.
Players who liked Commutator also play
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Please Duology
WHY THIS
Top pick for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Transient: Extended Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
NIGHTSLINK
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
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.
Homeostasis
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
The stars aren't quite right and there is no one left to ask why. Navigate a desolate snowscape in your lone vehicle, keep your systems running and discover the fate of the expedition that came before you in this short retro survival horror experience.
Return the Backrooms
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...
EarWorm
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
Ethel
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.
DREAM LOGIC
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Commutator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Commutator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Commutator.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Commutator.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Commutator.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Commutator.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Commutator.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Commutator.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Commutator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
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.
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 Commutator.
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 Adventure with Commutator.
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 Indie with Commutator.
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 Commutator.
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 Commutator.
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 Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Commutator.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Commutator
- How much does Commutator cost?
- Commutator is listed on Steam at 11.69 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Commutator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Commutator are Please Duology, Transient: Extended Edition, NIGHTSLINK.
- Who developed Commutator?
- Commutator was developed by iaroslav motailov.
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 Commutator.
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