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Games like The Lifeline

If The Lifeline is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nulla Via, Mournight and Dualis — 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 Lifeline: To escape this terrifying hospital, you must leave your fears behind. Can you do it? Explore, face zombies, use weapons, avoid traps, and react fast to survive.

ActionIndieAdventureEarly AccessWindowsby Penche Software
The Lifeline — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Lifeline also play

Steam players who put hours into The Lifeline 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. Nulla Via

    WHY THIS

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

    NULLA VIA is a WW2 psychological horror set in a preserved, abandoned war town. Explore silent ruins, bunkers, and mass graves where life was erased. Shadows cannot be killed by bullets alone. Use your camera, your weapons, and your sanity to survive. This town was never rebuilt for a reason.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Mournight

    WHY THIS

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

    A terrifying 1–4 player co-op horror game set in a cursed mansion. Use flashlights, find clues, and survive the horrors within. Every decision matters. Can you escape before the curse claims you?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dualis

    WHY THIS

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

    Dualis is a sci-fi horror thriller whose story takes you to an underground research complex. You will have to fight not only for your life, but also to understand if you really exist. What is consciousness and personality are the questions you will have to ask yourself.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Unrested

    WHY THIS

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

    The Unrested is a story-driven first-person horror game. A spirit from your past traps you in an abandoned boarding school. A shadow watching your every step will test you with puzzles while forcing you to confront your fears.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dr. Gloom’s Lab™

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on a heart-pounding horror survival shooting experience. Unravel the mysteries as Jaxon Blair in Dr. Gloom's sinister lab. With its immersive atmosphere, pulse-pounding first-person action and twisted narrative, this solo-developed masterpiece keeps you on the edge until the end.

    2025Indie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Resident Evil Requiem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Lifeline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Lifeline.

    Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

    2026ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. My Putrid Ponies

    WHY THIS

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

    A zombie ponies game where you have to survive with a shotgun.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-

    WHY THIS

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

    20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 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 The Lifeline.

    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 The Lifeline.

    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 The Lifeline.

    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 The Lifeline.

    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 The Lifeline.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Lifeline

What games are most similar to The Lifeline?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Lifeline are Nulla Via, Mournight, Dualis.
Who developed The Lifeline?
The Lifeline was developed by Penche Software.

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 Lifeline.

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