Games like IMITATORS
If IMITATORS is your kind of game, the closest matches are KAKUREONI: Hide-and-Seek Horror, Backrooms: Imposter and GLANCED — 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 IMITATORS: Co-op horror for 6 players and multiplayer for up to 20 players. Search for items on a randomly generated map and send them into the tube. But be careful: Imitators (Mimics) hide among ordinary things, ready to attack the moment the lights go out.
Players who liked IMITATORS also play
Steam players who put hours into IMITATORS 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.
KAKUREONI: Hide-and-Seek Horror
WHY THIS
Top pick for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
This is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game. Play a 3-minute game of hide-and-seek in an abandoned school at midnight. With only the beam of a flashlight to guide them through the darkness, the children must play KAKUREONI and bring the Ritual of Reincarnation to an end.
Backrooms: Imposter
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
Work together to escape the Backrooms, but choose carefully who you trust. An imposter hides among your team, turning survival into a deadly mind game.
GLANCED
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IMITATORS.
Step inside. Infiltrate the manor of porcelain dolls, some are maybe your friends. Steal the key from her cold neck, find the door, and whatever you do, don’t meet her eyes. One glance is enough to lose your body. GLANCED: forget FPS shooters. Here, just a look...KILLS. Now, just survive...
Nifland
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
Nifland is a surreal multiplayer horror game with social deduction, set inside a paranormal dream beneath the ocean. Maintain a decaying deep-sea station, survive the entities roaming its halls, and uncover the traitor hiding among your crew before the dream consumes you all.
Night of the Slayers
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IMITATORS.
Night of the Slayers is a first-person asymmetric multiplayer horror game. Survivors search houses on an isolated map, gather parts, and try to start the escape vehicle. Two hunters are controlled by real players: control the night, start the hunt, and stop them from escaping.
Dead 4 Now: Extraction
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
A 4v1 asymmetrical horror where survivors escape by solving shifting puzzles. Use always-on proximity voice to manage sanity, but speak too loudly and the monster will find you.
Jack's Last Show
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Jack’s Last Show, a short co-op horror game for 1–4 players. Wind up the music boxes, start each act of Jack’s final performance, and try to escape before the house becomes his stage.
Loss Prevention
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for IMITATORS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
Loss Prevention is a social deduction game where you can shoplift your local grocery store with up to five friends. Experience the joy of petty crime as a shoplifter, or keep your eyes peeled for suspicious activity as the shopkeeper. Can you grab all the items on the shopping list?
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with IMITATORS.
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.).
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IMITATORS.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with IMITATORS.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IMITATORS.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with IMITATORS.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Frequently asked about IMITATORS
- Does IMITATORS have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — IMITATORS supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to IMITATORS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside IMITATORS are KAKUREONI: Hide-and-Seek Horror, Backrooms: Imposter, GLANCED.
- Who developed IMITATORS?
- IMITATORS was developed by ryazvp.
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 IMITATORS.
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