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Games like They Rise

If They Rise is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Last Toast, Odyssey to the Frozen Legion and PHASE ZERO — 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 They Rise: A Living nightmare, the world you know has been thrust into ruin and chaos at the hands of a violent disease. Run, hide, and fight your way to the border where hope may still remain but always remember. When they rise… will you be able to keep your humanity?

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Midnight Game Studios
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Steam players who put hours into They Rise 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 Last Toast

    WHY THIS

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

    One Last Toast is a single player retro-inspired action horror game set in a Venetian villa. Explore the intricate interiors, solve puzzles and battle relentless zombie hordes to reach the heart of the curse trapping you in this haunted estate.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Odyssey to the Frozen Legion

    WHY THIS

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

    A survival horror game, in which you search for your last living family member. What begins as an exploration of a mysterious island, becomes a hellish abomination. Descending into this terror is the only way to find what you seek.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. PHASE ZERO

    WHY THIS

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

    A grotesque illness binds the town of Flint Peak. Several survivors try to escape with their lives as mysterious creatures roam the streets. Face horrific monsters, solve puzzles and uncover the truth in this classic survival horror. Can you escape the nightmare?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. CLEARANCE: S-7

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for They Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with They Rise.

    November 1989, Czechoslovakia. As a secret-police officer you descend into the hidden facility Š-7, ordered to burn the archives and silence the witnesses. But no one down there is still alive — only corpses, tapes, and things that used to be people. A retro survival horror about guilt and memory.

    ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Zombie Ship

    WHY THIS

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

    A cinematic horror adventure where you battle undead horrors aboard a cursed warship. Explore, fight, and survive as the ocean itself turns against you in this atmospheric, story-driven experience.

    2025ActionIndieSteam ↗
  6. White Creek

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for They Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with They Rise.

    As Alicia Morelli, manage resources, investigate haunted locations, and choose whether to kill the possessed or save their souls.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. PermaNight

    WHY THIS

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

    Survive in a world full of darkness. Gain resources. Kill entities. Repeat. But beware, there might be entities lurking around...

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dead Beacon

    WHY THIS

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

    Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 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 They Rise.

    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 They Rise.

    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 They Rise.

    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 They Rise.

    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 They Rise.

    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 They Rise.

    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 Indie and Adventure with They Rise.

    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. Shares Indie with They Rise.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about They Rise

What games are most similar to They Rise?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside They Rise are One Last Toast, Odyssey to the Frozen Legion, PHASE ZERO.
Who developed They Rise?
They Rise was developed by Midnight Game Studios.

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 They Rise.

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