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Games like Virus X

If Virus X is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Fateful Night, Mr. White and Deceased — 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 Virus X: A brilliant yet unhinged scientist has engineered a revolutionary virus intended to cure humanity’s greatest limitations… beginning with the inability to regenerate damaged limbs. As Andrew, you must track down the doctor and stop his experiments before they spiral into a global catastrophe.

2026ActionStrategyIndieAdventureWindowsby IcekingPanda
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Players who liked Virus X also play

Steam players who put hours into Virus X 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. One Fateful Night

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Virus X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Virus X.

    One Fateful Night is a horror game where the player attempts to survive the night inside a scientific research base that has appeared mysteriously. The player must explore and use things they find to survive and escape.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mr. White

    WHY THIS

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

    You're trapped inside Mr. White's huge dark creepy house. You have to find a way to escape without getting caught.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Deceased

    WHY THIS

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

    Deceased is set entirely in and around a mansion presented in first-person, free-roaming 3D. You will need to "pick up key elements, and search for things that may help you escape.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. P.A.M.E.L.A.®

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Virus X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Virus X.

    Explore, fight, and survive as an awakened sleeper, in a fallen utopian city ravaged by a horrific disease. With an array of hi-tech weapons, highly immersive UI, full-body awareness, and much more, P.A.M.E.L.A. delivers an intense and unforgiving survival experience.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. MIMESIS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Virus X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Virus X.

    4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Virus X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Virus X.

    The Caregiver | 終焉介護 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Murky Divers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Virus X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Virus X.

    Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Virus X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Virus X.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Virus X.

    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 and Adventure with Virus X.

    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 Virus X.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Virus X.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Virus X.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Virus X.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Virus X

What games are most similar to Virus X?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Virus X are One Fateful Night, Mr. White, Deceased.
Who developed Virus X?
Virus X was developed by IcekingPanda.

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 Virus X.

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