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Games like Turn Back Now

If Turn Back Now is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evil World HOPSCA, The Thing That Happened and Kepler 186F — 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 Turn Back Now: Survival horror RPG where you investigate, explore, and endure dynamic psychological threats as a rookie officer. Manage resources, make critical choices, and survive horrific encounters in a tense, atmospheric third-person experience.

ActionIndieRPGEarly AccessWindowsby BitRat
Turn Back Now — Steam game cover

Players who liked Turn Back Now also play

Steam players who put hours into Turn Back Now 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. Evil World HOPSCA

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    This is a third-person horror escape game. It's weird. You face a million dangers in the mall. Run away from monsters and beware of all kinds of traps. Collect supplies, weapons and items to fight monsters, and medicines to restore various states. Solve puzzles and escape.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Thing That Happened

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Thing That Happened is an Openworld Third Person - Action Adventure Survial game. You can use multiple weapons, attachments, close combat skills tree's and crafting to break through your enemies.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Kepler 186F

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Kepler 186F is a narrative-driven sci-fi thriller that puts adventure-puzzle gameplay front and centre. As the Type-37 Crisis Response Robot, you embark on a pure adventure-puzzle odyssey across the frozen dark side of Kepler 186F to investigate the vanished colony.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Project L33T: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Dive into Project L33T PROLOGUE, a hardcore first-person extraction shooter. Choose way to play - PVE or PVP modes, confront AI foes and rival players, engage in high-stakes battles for precious loot, and risk it all in this hostile environment. Die and lose all of your gear and loot.

    2024ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Apocalypse Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Days of Ruin is a third-person post-apocalyptic zombie shooter featuring procedurally generated equipment stats and infinitely replayable maps. Players can repeatedly farm maps to acquire better gear and prepare for greater challenges!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Artificial Division

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Online co-op dystopian casual shooter game with some cyberpunk wibe that has some plot in it. A few quest lines that can be completed solo or with friends.

    2024ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. DEADPOINT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    "Deadpoint" is an engaging third-person survival game set in an apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Players take on the role of a resourceful scavenger, tasked with navigating the dangerous landscape and ensuring their survival amid the hordes of undead.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Real Zombie War Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Turn Back Now fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Destroy all zombies with sniper or other gun in this zombie game.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 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 Indie with Turn Back Now.

    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 Action with Turn Back Now.

    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. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Turn Back Now.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Turn Back Now.

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Turn Back Now.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Turn Back Now.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Turn Back Now

What games are most similar to Turn Back Now?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Turn Back Now are Evil World HOPSCA, The Thing That Happened, Kepler 186F.
Who developed Turn Back Now?
Turn Back Now was developed by BitRat.

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 Turn Back Now.

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