Games like ANOMAL
If ANOMAL is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Séance of Blake Manor, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments and Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper — 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 ANOMAL: Four deaths, four eras, one anomaly. Observe fragmented memories from every angle, piece together the timeline, and uncover what is wrong in this time puzzle.
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Steam players who put hours into ANOMAL 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.
The Séance of Blake Manor
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Top pick for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ANOMAL.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ANOMAL.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ANOMAL.
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
Utter a Name
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Ranked #4 for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
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Ranked #5 for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Enigma of Fear
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Ranked #6 for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
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Ranked #7 for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
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Ranked #8 for ANOMAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with ANOMAL.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ANOMAL.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ANOMAL.
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 ANOMAL.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ANOMAL.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Séance of Blake Manor
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with ANOMAL.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with ANOMAL.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANOMAL.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Frequently asked about ANOMAL
- What games are most similar to ANOMAL?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ANOMAL are The Séance of Blake Manor, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper.
- Who developed ANOMAL?
- ANOMAL was developed by Alexis Roumier.
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 ANOMAL.
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