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Games like Containment Manifest

If Containment Manifest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Convoluted, The Pale Place and The 7th Shift — 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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About Containment Manifest: Work the night shift at a sealed sorting facility. Inspect unknown objects, compare instrument readings, and decide: ACCEPT, REJECT, or CONTAIN. Just don't assume the equipment — or the protocol — is telling you the truth

2026AdventureSimulationCasualWindowsby K.A.I Rose
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Steam players who put hours into Containment Manifest 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.

  1. Convoluted

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Solve the mechanisms of a mysterious machine to find the way to its core. Deduce the patterns needed to connect Glimmer to glyphs in a unique logic puzzle system inspired by mathematical convolution.

    2026IndieSteam ↗
  2. The Pale Place

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Containment Manifest.

    A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. The 7th Shift

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Containment Manifest.

    Work the overnight shift alone at Founder's Choice Market. Inspect shipments, decide what’s accepted or denied, and stock the shelves. But be careful, your performance is being evaluated, and it determines your fate. Escape after seven shifts or be forced to join the staff that never clocks out

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. The Price of Grief

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Containment Manifest.

    Dive into a decade of secrets, mysterious characters and their inexplicable deaths - in the shadow of the darkest time in human history. Investigate crimes, decode documents, collect clues and solve riddles - one word at a time. The deeper you read, the less any of it seems to be an accident.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. EXORCISMUS: Vade Retro Satana

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Containment Manifest.

    A psychological exorcism horror featuring the unique Presence System and a 3D Jumpscare effect that makes demons burst out of your screen. Every sound has a source. The demon sees you, hears you, senses your fear. Forget predictable jumpscares.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. SIT DOWN, PLEASE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Containment Manifest.

    Step into a scientist's shoes in a story driven game which leads you to discover a mysterious and unknown world by torturing characters. In order to find out all the hidden secrets, try to keep the guinea pigs alive for as long as possible by using the scientist's machinery.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Under Review

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Containment Manifest.

    Welcome to the heart of a 1980s bureaucracy. Review applicant files, cross-check records, and make heavy moral decisions. Amidst strange rumors of an unidentified illness, will you uncover the dark truth or become an accomplice to the system?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Decide 4 God

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Containment Manifest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Containment Manifest.

    The final entry of the Abime Series. Six intruders and six captives share a high-tech prison where their moral dilemmas may lead them to a fate worse than death. Can they overcome the wiles of Empathy Systems? What dark secrets lurk behind that institution? When does knowledge become a curse?

    2025IndieAdventureCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Containment Manifest.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Containment Manifest.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Containment Manifest.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Containment Manifest.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Containment Manifest.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Containment Manifest.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Containment Manifest

What games are most similar to Containment Manifest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Containment Manifest are Convoluted, The Pale Place, The 7th Shift.
Who developed Containment Manifest?
Containment Manifest was developed by K.A.I Rose.

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 Containment Manifest.

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