Games like Stay Close
If Stay Close is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Lost, Pacify and BIGFOOT — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, atmospheric and unsettling. 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 Stay Close: Stay Close is open-world horror game, with options for single-player and co-op. It has an unique and new gameplay approach unseen so far in any other game. You'll find yourself in a creepy and anomalous town, what is your next move?
Players who liked Stay Close also play
Steam players who put hours into Stay Close 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 Lost
WHY THIS
Top pick for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
Pacify
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stay Close.
Second-strongest match for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
BIGFOOT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stay Close.
Third-strongest match for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. The other three are survivors. How did this happen? You’ll have to find out!
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stay Close.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
White Noise 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stay Close.
Ranked #6 for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
Killing Floor 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stay Close.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Stay Close fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stay Close.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stay Close at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stay Close.
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 ~44% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Action with Stay Close.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stay Close.
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 ~44% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stay Close.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
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 ~67% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Stay Close on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 Stay Close.
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 Action and Adventure with Stay Close.
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 Action and Indie with Stay Close.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stay Close.
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?
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 Stay Close.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Stay Close.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Stay Close.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stay Close.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pacify
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stay Close.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Stay Close.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Stay Close.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Frequently asked about Stay Close
- Does Stay Close run on Steam Deck?
- Stay Close is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Stay Close cost?
- Stay Close is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Stay Close have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Stay Close supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Stay Close?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stay Close are The Lost, Pacify, BIGFOOT.
- Who developed Stay Close?
- Stay Close was developed by Blind Bird.
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 Stay Close.
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