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Games like Event[0]

If Event[0] is your kind of game, the closest matches are Return to Grace, Last Signal and The Turing Test — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious and retro. 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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Event[0] is a 2016 sci-fi indie adventure game where players interact with a glitchy spaceship computer through dialogue to solve puzzles and navigate a derelict vessel. The mechanics include narrative branching, resource management, and terminal log exploration. Players describe the atmosphere as atmospheric and mysterious, with reviewers noting the retro and tense qualities. Reviewers highlight the flawed AI companion as feeling eerily human, and the music as enhancing the eerie isolated mood. The puzzles reward curiosity and careful questioning, and the narrative changes based on player choices. Priced at $19.99, it holds a 77% positive rating from approximately 1140 Steam reviews and runs in playable condition on Steam Deck.

About Event[0]: Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 75Windows · macOSby Ocelot Society
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Flawed ai companion feels eerily humanMusic enhances the eerie isolated moodNarrative changes based on player choicesAtmosphericMysteriousRetro

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Steam players who put hours into Event[0] 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. Return to Grace

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Event[0].

    Top pick for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Event[0].

    A daring space archaeologist has just unearthed the ancient resting place of a long lost A.I. god known as Grace. Adventure with various fractured A.I. personalities as you uncover the great mystery of why she was shut down all those years ago.

    2023Adventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Last Signal

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.

    2024IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Turing Test

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Event[0].

    Third-strongest match for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Event[0].

    The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

    2016Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Gods of the Red Planet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Your team must uncover the secrets of the Terraforming Center on Mars and face an overwhelming battle for the future of the Red Planet. But remember: every choice you make will shape the outcome of this fight.

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Tacoma

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Event[0].

    Ranked #5 for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Polar Shift

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    Polar Shift is a puzzle-based escape room game where you must break out of an alien prison after an unexpected crash landing, all while you decode a foreign language, evade capture, and make bad decisions.

    2025Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Elea - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Event[0].

    Ranked #7 for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this episodic first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.

    2018IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. ELEA

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Event[0].

    Ranked #8 for Event[0] fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.

    2019IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Event[0] at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Event[0].

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Event[0] on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    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 Event[0].

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Event[0].

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Event[0].

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Event[0].

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Event[0]

Does Event[0] run on Steam Deck?
Event[0] is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Event[0] cost?
Event[0] is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Event[0]?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Event[0] are Return to Grace, Last Signal, The Turing Test.
Who developed Event[0]?
Event[0] was developed by Ocelot Society and published by Ocelot Society, Tohu Bohu 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 Event[0].

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