Games like Root Of Evil
If Root Of Evil is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Dive, Uncanny Tales: Cold Road and Layers of Fear 2 (2019) — 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 Root Of Evil: Survive and destroy the devastating Root that is growing and crawling around the cracks and crevasses of the Hotel. Using whatever tools you have to keep your self alive. Find the antidote that will destroy it or die trying.
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Steam players who put hours into Root Of Evil 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 Dive
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Top pick for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Root Of Evil.
Linear underwater horror game about a search dive that quickly turns into fight for survival after an encounter with hellish creature.
Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Root Of Evil.
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Root Of Evil.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
Backmooms
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Ranked #4 for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Root Of Evil.
You’ve wandered into a strange dimension while shopping.A mysterious monster is chasing you.You must escape."Backmooms" is a first-person adventure game.
Barbotine
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Ranked #5 for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Root Of Evil.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
Hatch
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Ranked #6 for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Root Of Evil.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
10:59
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Ranked #7 for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Root Of Evil.
You wake up with a bad hangover and don’t recognize your home. You see a boy and you understand... that something is wrong with him. Someone's presence causes anxiety, fear and is about to plunge you into the realm of horror. But you don’t lose hope and try to get out of this nightmare.
Husk
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Ranked #8 for Root Of Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Root Of Evil.
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
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 and Casual with Root Of Evil.
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 Root Of Evil.
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 Action and Indie with Root Of Evil.
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 Root Of Evil.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Root Of Evil.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Root Of Evil.
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 Root Of Evil.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Root Of Evil.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Root Of Evil
- What games are most similar to Root Of Evil?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Root Of Evil are The Dive, Uncanny Tales: Cold Road, Layers of Fear 2 (2019).
- Who developed Root Of Evil?
- Root Of Evil was developed by HenSoupStudios LLC.
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 Root Of Evil.
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