Games like The Pedestrian
If The Pedestrian is your kind of game, the closest matches are Odd Eye, Altero and TVs: The Awakening — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative puzzle variety, perspective manipulation drives puzzles and scenic pacing between challenges. 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.
Get personalized picks →The Pedestrian is a puzzle-platformer released in 2020 by Skookum Arts, priced at $19.99. Players guide a stick figure through shifting levels by manipulating the relationship between 2D signage and 3D environments, employing mechanics such as environmental interaction, perspective manipulation, and puzzle progression with scenic pacing between challenges. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and contemplative, highlighting creative puzzle variety and a seamless 2D-3D fusion that drives gameplay. Players find the experience immersive and relaxing, noting the short but satisfying journey leaves a lasting impression. Verified on Steam Deck, the game holds a 96% positive rating from over 2,500 Steam reviews.
About The Pedestrian: I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
Players who liked The Pedestrian also play
Steam players who put hours into The Pedestrian 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.
Altero
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Pedestrian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
Altero is an atmospheric puzzle platformer game that will tease your brain! Control Adi the voodoo doll and accept to sacrifice yourself in order to team up with your past. Dive deep into the darkness of the Sorrow forest and rescue the lost souls to find your peace.
TVs: The Awakening
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Pedestrian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
TVs is a single player platformer game combining intense action with challenging puzzles, focuses on a journey of a tv character called “u” who needs to drive his way on strange events in strange world to solve mysterious puzzles of his life till he finds the truth.
Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Pedestrian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
KOZOMO: The Smoldering Ember is a puzzle-platformer following a teen who feels a deep emptiness despite lacking nothing in life. Overcome intricate puzzles through logic and accompany Kozomo on this journey where he might uncover a reason to keep going.
In My Shadow
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Pedestrian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
Play with shadows using your imagination to solve brain twisting platforming puzzles as you unfold a journey of loss, nostalgia and acceptance.
TitTok
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Pedestrian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
TitTok - Minimalistic adventure 2D puzzle platformer with cats, explosions and spinning saws! TikTok ≠ TitTok
Hue
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with The Pedestrian.
Ranked #7 for The Pedestrian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Monochroma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Pedestrian.
Ranked #8 for The Pedestrian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
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Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Pedestrian.
Reviewers of The Pedestrian cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Shift
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with The Pedestrian.
Reviewers of The Pedestrian cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Pedestrian.
It's a fun puzzle game. You have to connect as many figures as possible together. Use yellow "shifters" to change direction of the line. Get more points for longer line.
Superliminal
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Pedestrian.
Reviewers of The Pedestrian cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Pedestrian.
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Viewfinder
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with The Pedestrian.
Reviewers of The Pedestrian cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Pedestrian at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Pedestrian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Pedestrian.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Pedestrian on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Pedestrian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Pedestrian.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Pedestrian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Pedestrian.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Pedestrian on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Pedestrian.
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.
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 Pedestrian.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Pedestrian.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Pedestrian.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Pedestrian.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pedestrian.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Frequently asked about The Pedestrian
- Is The Pedestrian verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Pedestrian is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Pedestrian cost?
- The Pedestrian is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Pedestrian?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Pedestrian are Odd Eye, Altero, TVs: The Awakening.
- Who developed The Pedestrian?
- The Pedestrian was developed by Skookum Arts.
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 Pedestrian.
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