Games like PLAYBACK
If PLAYBACK is your kind of game, the closest matches are Possession, ALYSSA and Maid of Sker — 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.
Get personalized picks →About PLAYBACK: A first-person horror game where you explore an abandoned shopping street, collect 10 notes, and survive while something hunts you. Stay quiet, search carefully, and escape before it finds you.
Players who liked PLAYBACK also play
Steam players who put hours into PLAYBACK 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.
Possession
WHY THIS
Top pick for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
The story begins as the protagonist receives a cursed doll and starts suffering from recurring nightmares. Players explore dark environments and face fear through various horror elements. The game offers two different endings and delivers a short but intense horror experience.
ALYSSA
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
From the creator of Don't Be Afraid. You are a little girl trapped inside a nightmarish mansion, where twisted residents, dark secrets, and a conspiracy far greater than it first appears await behind every closed door.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
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!
Silence Channel 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?
Lost Alone Ultimate
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PLAYBACK.
Lost Alone Ultimate is a first-person psychological horror game designed to convey anxiety, distress, and terror. You will have to explore three different houses, avoid staying in the dark, and face moments of fear that will not give you respite.
Don't Be Afraid 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
SOMA
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Escape the Ayurok
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PLAYBACK fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PLAYBACK at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PLAYBACK.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with PLAYBACK.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PLAYBACK.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PLAYBACK.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under PLAYBACK on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with PLAYBACK.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PLAYBACK.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with PLAYBACK.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PLAYBACK.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 PLAYBACK.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 PLAYBACK.
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 PLAYBACK.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Don't Be Afraid 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
SOMA
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Escape the Ayurok
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Frequently asked about PLAYBACK
- How much does PLAYBACK cost?
- PLAYBACK is listed on Steam at 5.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PLAYBACK?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PLAYBACK are Possession, ALYSSA, Maid of Sker.
- Who developed PLAYBACK?
- PLAYBACK was developed by TheHiddenRedPanda and published by DZ Games 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 PLAYBACK.
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