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Games like The Visitor

If The Visitor is your kind of game, the closest matches are theBlu, The Night The Carsons Disappeared and Storage 8 VR — 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 The Visitor: The Visitor is a VR horror experience about an unexpected visitor calling to your door in the middle of the night. The game relies heavily on atmosphere, utilizing a dark environment to make the player both as nervous and uncomfortable as possible.

2016IndieCasualFree to playWindowsby Stephen Long
The Visitor — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Visitor 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. theBlu

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Visitor.

    Experience the wonder and majesty of the ocean through a series of habitats and come face to face with some of the most awe inspiring species on the planet.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. The Night The Carsons Disappeared

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Visitor.

    On April 6th 2009 the Carson family disappeared from their home in Richmond, and were never heard from again. The last known communication with the family came when Mr.Carson contacted local police to report the occurrence of a series of unexplained phenomena.

    2016IndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Storage 8 VR

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Visitor.

    Storage8 is a short atmospheric observation walking simulator set in a quiet self-storage facility. Carefully examine four open storage units, a mannequin, and stacks of boxes. If the space feels unfamiliar, turn back. If it feels unchanged, move forward and find your way out.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.19 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Cubicle.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Visitor.

    The Cubicle is a short VR experience about your regular everyday job in an office, or is it?

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  5. NVIDIA® VR Funhouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Visitor.

    Step right up to VR Funhouse and enter a virtual carnival full of fun and games. Be an archer with flaming arrows. Test your skill shooting skeet targets blasted from a cannon. See how many moles you can punch, whack, and much more.

    2016Free To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. The Brookhaven Experiment

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Visitor.

    The Brookhaven Experiment has terrified players and creators like Jacksepticeye and Markiplier. A VR shooter classic with bone-chilling atmosphere and easy-to-master controls it is a perfect experience to share with friends and family. Face down waves of horrifying monsters in VR’s scariest shooter!

    2016ActionIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Duck Season

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Visitor.

    The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Richie's Plank Experience

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Visitor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Visitor.

    You're on a plank, 80 stories high. Knees shaky, palms sweaty. You have a choice. Do you walk or do you freeze? Richie's Plank is the only VR experience that lets you clone any real-world plank into the virtual world for 2X the immersion.

    2017IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Visitor

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Visitor cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Gamindustri has been taken over by a new threat, and the CPUs are nowhere to be found! It’s now up to their younger sisters to step into the spotlight and save the day in this hilarious, deeply customizable JRPG!

    2015StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Cubicle.

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Visitor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Visitor.

    The Cubicle is a short VR experience about your regular everyday job in an office, or is it?

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Visitor cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.

    2017AdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Visitor

Does The Visitor work on Steam Deck?
The Visitor is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
Is The Visitor free to play?
Yes — The Visitor is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to The Visitor?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Visitor are theBlu, The Night The Carsons Disappeared, Storage 8 VR.
Who developed The Visitor?
The Visitor was developed by Stephen Long.

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 Visitor.

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