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Games like Dead Relay

If Dead Relay is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Stranger VR, VAL'TY and Undead Space — 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 Dead Relay: Dead Relay is a PSX-style survival horror game. As a field engineer sent to a blacked-out relay station, you must restore power, explore classified sectors, and decode encrypted logs. But the facility isn't empty — and the system itself seems to be watching your every step.

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Dead Relay — Steam game cover

Players who liked Dead Relay also play

Steam players who put hours into Dead Relay 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. The Stranger VR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.

    The Stranger is an intense VR combat game which sets in an incredibly detailed exotic world. Explore the rich sci fi universe and survive with your weapons and wrist blade. Welcome to the world of the Stranger!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. VAL'TY

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    VAL'TY mixes silly humor, absurd horror and retro FPS aesthetics with a mandatory easter egg quest and creepypasta-like moments. No humans allowed! GET VAL'TED!

    ActionSteam ↗
  3. Undead Space

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.

    SPACE - FEAR, AND NO ONE WILL HELP YOU ............. A mix of horror and complete hopelessness. Explore dark corridors, isolated research modules, and abandoned Martian complexes. Here, you are completely alone, surrounded by the undead. Survive by immersing yourself in cosmic SURVIVAL HORROR.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Vacuum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.

    A 3D first-person shooter in which, by chance, an astronaut gets inside the Earth's Moon satellite teeming with various alien creatures. Survive under the intense music in the style of METAL!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Battle for Ercaton: Robot Uprising

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Battle For Ercaton: Robot Uprising is a hardcore, story-driven first-person shooter that throws you into a world of ruthless machines and hidden secrets on the planet Ercaton.

    2026ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. JACK STYLER

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.

    Former FBI agent and fishing enthusiast, faces an alien-zombie apocalypse after a virus escapes from NASA. Determined to rescue his wife, he defies the FBI and embarks alone to confront the threat. An epic rescue mission filled with action and suspense!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Halo: Campaign Evolved

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Halo: Campaign Evolved is a faithful yet modernized remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign, rebuilt from the ground up.

    2026ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Omniscient

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dead Relay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.

    Omniscient is a first person horror set aboard a research ship drifting in Neptune's orbit. Your crew is gone. The power is out. And something else lurked onboard. Unarmed and alone, trust your newly enhanced senses to survive. They are your greatest gifts, after all.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

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 Dead Relay.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dead Relay

What games are most similar to Dead Relay?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Relay are The Stranger VR, VAL'TY, Undead Space.
Who developed Dead Relay?
Dead Relay was developed by Yagir.inc.

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 Dead Relay.

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