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Games like A Standard Deviation

If A Standard Deviation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Super Gorilla Quest 2: A Space Chimpanzee, Unbound Drift and Space Captain McCallery - Episode 1: Crash Landing — 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 A Standard Deviation: Explore the exotic planet Crystal Archipelago, study its strange phenomena and wrap your head around its divergence-based puzzles, accompanied by peculiar pirate crew seeking a mythical treasure.

IndieAdventureWindows · Linuxby Alessandro Perelli
A Standard Deviation — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into A Standard Deviation 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. Super Gorilla Quest 2: A Space Chimpanzee

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Super Gorilla Quest 2: A Space Chimpanzee is a surreal comedy-filled RPG about four primates attempting to stop humans from destroying the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Unbound Drift

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Take a swing through space in this unique precision based physics game. Embrace the rush chasing the elusive golden speed trail, or relax as you trace perfect paths through the terrain. Either way, the graceful arcs and cosmic challenges will leave you in the perfect flow state: The Unbound Drift

    2026IndieAdventureCasual9.74 USDSteam ↗
  3. Space Captain McCallery - Episode 1: Crash Landing

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Space Pirate Captain McCallery has Crash Landed on an alien planet! Explore a strange and hostile alien world in this Low-Poly 3D Action-Adventure game.

    2018ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paradoxical

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Portals are physical objects. In this mind-bending puzzle game, portals can be carried, repositioned, and used to create impossible connections through space. Uncover the fate of a desert world that sought salvation through portal technology.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. MirrorMoon EP

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. REPOSE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    In the facility, each step, each shot, each mistake costs precious energy. Rendered entirely in black and white, this mystery can be unravelled. The puzzle can be solved. Don't ask who tried to solve it before. Do the job. Find oxygen and sleep. Go deeper. And don't ask about Aaron.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Venineth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for A Standard Deviation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Standard Deviation.

    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 ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 A Standard Deviation.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Standard Deviation.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Standard Deviation.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. REPOSE

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    In the facility, each step, each shot, each mistake costs precious energy. Rendered entirely in black and white, this mystery can be unravelled. The puzzle can be solved. Don't ask who tried to solve it before. Do the job. Find oxygen and sleep. Go deeper. And don't ask about Aaron.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Venineth

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Standard Deviation.

    Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about A Standard Deviation

What games are most similar to A Standard Deviation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Standard Deviation are Super Gorilla Quest 2: A Space Chimpanzee, Unbound Drift, Space Captain McCallery - Episode 1: Crash Landing.
Who developed A Standard Deviation?
A Standard Deviation was developed by Alessandro Perelli.

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 A Standard Deviation.

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