Games like The Restricted Index
If The Restricted Index is your kind of game, the closest matches are THE FATUM, Strange Antiquities and The Operator — 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 The Restricted Index: You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.
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Steam players who put hours into The Restricted Index 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.
THE FATUM
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Top pick for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
The Fatum — a test of your deduction in a world of total control. Interrogate, inspect, pass a verdict. Compare visual details, analyze dossiers, and converse with residents. Your decisions write the finale — be prepared for the consequences.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Operator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
DAEMON MASQUERADE
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Ranked #4 for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain
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Ranked #5 for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Restricted Index.
The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!
Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
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Ranked #6 for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Restricted Index fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
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 The Restricted Index.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Restricted Index.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Restricted Index.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Restricted Index.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Restricted Index.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Operator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Restricted Index.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Frequently asked about The Restricted Index
- What games are most similar to The Restricted Index?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Restricted Index are THE FATUM, Strange Antiquities, The Operator.
- Who developed The Restricted Index?
- The Restricted Index was developed by Ursa Minus.
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 The Restricted Index.
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