Games like Prey
If Prey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alien: Isolation, Alien Life Lab and Skin Deep — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 →Prey is a 2017 first-person immersive sim from Arkane Studios set aboard the Talos I space station. Players navigate a hostile alien outbreak through non-linear exploration, using ability upgrades, a crafting system, environmental hacking, gravity manipulation, and physics-based puzzles to survive. The game supports single-player only and is verified on Steam Deck, where it holds a 91% positive rating from over 21,000 Steam reviews. Reviewers highlight that abilities synergize with physics to enable unique solutions, while environmental storytelling rewards attention to detail. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, and mysterious, with moral choices feeling genuinely impactful. The $29.99 title offers medium-length sessions with challenging gameplay, and player freedom enables varied approaches that reviewers note contribute to replayability through build diversity.
About Prey: In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Players who liked Prey also play
Steam players who put hours into Prey 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.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Top pick for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Prey.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Alien Life Lab
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Giedi Satellite takes a job as a wildlife handler on a colossal nature preserve space station that goes awry in comedic and horrific fashion. Become an Alien Wildlife Control Specialist in this horromedy adventure.
Skin Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Third-strongest match for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Prey.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
Dead Space (2008)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Ranked #4 for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Ranked #5 for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Prey.
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Dead Space
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
High On Life 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!
Dead Space™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Ranked #8 for Prey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Prey
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System Shock
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
BioShock™
WHY THIS
Shares environmental hacking and an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Prey.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
System Shock® 2 (1999)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Prey.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
Thief
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
DEATHLOOP
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Prey.
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Prey.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Reviewers of Prey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Prey at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Prey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Prey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prey.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Prey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Prey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prey.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Prey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prey.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Prey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Prey.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
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.
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 Action and Adventure with Prey.
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 Action with Prey.
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 Adventure with Prey.
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.
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 Action and Adventure with Prey.
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.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Arkane Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Arkane Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Dishonored 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action with Prey.
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
DEATHLOOP
WHY THIS
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action with Prey.
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
WHY THIS
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action with Prey.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action with Prey.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action with Prey.
From the award-winning developers at Arkane® Studios comes Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider, the next standalone adventure in the critically-acclaimed Dishonored® series.
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Prey.
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action with Prey.
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
WHY THIS
Another title from Arkane Studios, the studio behind Prey. Shares Action with Prey.
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Prey.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Skin Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Prey.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
Dead Space (2008)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Prey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
High On Life 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!
Frequently asked about Prey
- Is Prey verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Prey is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Prey cost?
- Prey is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Prey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Prey are Alien: Isolation, Alien Life Lab, Skin Deep.
- Who developed Prey?
- Prey was developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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