Games like Scanner Sombre
If Scanner Sombre is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bring to Light, Taiga and Deer Man — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive sense of exploration, innovative lidar exploration mechanic and short but engaging gameplay. 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 →Scanner Sombre is a first-person LIDAR exploration game developed by Introversion Software, released in 2017 at a price of $6.99. Players navigate dark cave environments where they use a LIDAR scanner to reveal their surroundings through light and sound design. The game combines environmental-puzzle-solving with map visualization and an upgrades system. Reviewers and players highlight the innovative LIDAR exploration mechanic and describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with a thoughtful approach to sound design. Players note the short but engaging gameplay creates an addictive sense of exploration. The game is playable on Steam Deck and holds a 91% positive rating from over 2,300 Steam reviews. It is a solo-only experience with a chill difficulty profile.
About Scanner Sombre: Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
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Bring to Light
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Top pick for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Trapped in the city subway system due to a sudden disaster, you explore the depths of the tunnels to find your way out. The further you explore, the more you realize there is more to this disaster...and the lurking shadows are following your every move.
Taiga
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Taiga is an atmospheric first person horror game with elements of survival. Explore the maze like forest, Uncover dark secrets that lay beneath pine and spruce. Save your colleagues if you can, but most importantly. Escape with your life.
Deer Man
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Deer Man is a short Interactive Storytelling experience. You play as Jacob's memory, where you will have an incredible encounter with Deer Man & the dark side of his love for the wildlife. If you love animals, this is for you!
Narcosis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Ranked #4 for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
I'm on Observation Duty 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Ranked #5 for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.
Transference™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Ranked #6 for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.
Don't Knock Twice
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Ranked #7 for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Ranked #8 for Scanner Sombre fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
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Baba Is You
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
The Case of the Golden Idol
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Citizen Sleeper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Northern Journey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
A norwegian happysad game set in a northern land! Adventure through a beautiful and very varied wilderness. Dive, fly, use ziplines and find different weapons to aid your journey to reach the cold mountains and below. Encounter over 50 unique bosses and enemy types!
DEATH STRANDING
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.
Mundaun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Who's Lila?
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Reviewers of Scanner Sombre cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scanner Sombre at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
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 ~57% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
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 ~79% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
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 ~86% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
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 ~57% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Scanner Sombre on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 Scanner Sombre.
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 Scanner Sombre.
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 Scanner Sombre.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
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 Scanner Sombre.
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 Scanner Sombre.
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.
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More from Introversion Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Introversion Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Prison Architect
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Scanner Sombre.
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Scanner Sombre. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
DEFCON
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Scanner Sombre. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
Uplink
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Scanner Sombre. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
The Last Starship
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Scanner Sombre. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Darwinia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scanner Sombre.
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Scanner Sombre. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.
Multiwinia
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Scanner Sombre. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
DEFCON VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Introversion Software, the studio behind Scanner Sombre. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Watch Armageddon unfold as everybody dies….
Frequently asked about Scanner Sombre
- Does Scanner Sombre run on Steam Deck?
- Scanner Sombre 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 Scanner Sombre cost?
- Scanner Sombre is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scanner Sombre?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scanner Sombre are Bring to Light, Taiga, Deer Man.
- Who developed Scanner Sombre?
- Scanner Sombre was developed by Introversion Software.
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