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Games like Portens

If Portens is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Smiling Flesh, Bendy and the Dark Revival and Amnesia: Rebirth — 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 Portens: Portens is a first-person survival horror game based on the urban legends of Buenos Aires. Set at Pasco 2100, an abandoned Line A subway station. Explore its corridors, manage your resources to survive, solve the mysteries it hides, and escape the threats lurking inside.

AdventureWindowsby Hypnos Team
Portens — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Portens 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. The Smiling Flesh

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    The Smiling Flesh is a tense, single-player survival horror where you play as a thief trapped in a decaying gothic mansion. Solve puzzles, explore forgotten halls, and outsmart a twisted entity that learns your movements. Find the treasure, or become the mansion's next victim.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Bendy and the Dark Revival

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Amnesia: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

    2020IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Maid of Sker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Joyville

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Venge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    Get ready to explore a movie studio that vanished into thin air, only to find yourself trapped in a twisted, alternate dimension where creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to ensure you never see the light of day again...

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bleak Faith: Forsaken

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Portens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…

    2024Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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.

    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 Adventure with Portens.

    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.

    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 Adventure with Portens.

    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 Adventure with Portens.

    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.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Portens.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Portens

What games are most similar to Portens?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Portens are The Smiling Flesh, Bendy and the Dark Revival, Amnesia: Rebirth.
Who developed Portens?
Portens was developed by Hypnos Team and published by Farmear Games.

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 Portens.

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