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Games like Doldrums

If Doldrums is your kind of game, the closest matches are Expendabots, Escape From Monster and MIMESIS — 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 Doldrums: Doldrums is a 4-player co-op horror game aboard a cargo ship at sea. Keep the ship running for seven nights while something else on board works against you. There is no combat and no way to fight it — only avoiding it, and getting each other back when you don't.

IndieAdventureWindowsby StellaWare
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Steam players who put hours into Doldrums 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. Expendabots

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Doldrums fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Doldrums.

    Expendabots is a 1–4 player co-op horror-extraction game where expendable robots explore ever-changing islands and terrifying dungeons. Outmatched and vulnerable, you’ll need to stay quiet, hide from hostile creatures, survive the horrors, and extract with your squad before the island is lost.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Escape From Monster

    WHY THIS

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

    You woke up in a dusty room, in an unknown place, with no memory of how you got here. Your pockets are empty, and there is something outside the door producing frightening sounds.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MIMESIS

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Doldrums fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Doldrums.

    4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Doldrums fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Doldrums.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Outlast Trials

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Doldrums fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Doldrums.

    Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Burglin' Gnomes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Doldrums fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Doldrums.

    An online Co-op game about breaking into houses and causing havoc as a tiny gnome. Avoid danger, repurpose stolen household items, and complete tasks to meet the High-Gnome’s demands. Craft equipment and upgrade your home to make your missions easier and more successful.

    2026ActionAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Floor44

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Doldrums fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Doldrums.

    Floor44 is a hardcore luckiness detector kinda game with randomly generated maps, the goal is to make it to the top floor. You can rely on your skills to reach floor30, but you'll need more than that to make it to Floor44.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Deathground

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Doldrums fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Doldrums.

    A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Doldrums.

    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 Doldrums.

    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 and Adventure with Doldrums.

    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 and Adventure with Doldrums.

    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 Doldrums.

    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. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Doldrums

Does Doldrums have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Doldrums supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Doldrums?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Doldrums are Expendabots, Escape From Monster, MIMESIS.
Who developed Doldrums?
Doldrums was developed by StellaWare.

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 Doldrums.

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