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Games like Contraband: Edge of the Fold

If Contraband: Edge of the Fold is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Story About Forever: Transience, Count The Draw and Timewell: Trail of Celestes — 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 Contraband: Edge of the Fold: A branching narrative space game on a haunted frontier. Run risky cargo, talk your way through factions, and make choices in timelines that remember. Your record follows you — every contract, every betrayal, every ending you earn.

2026ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDWindowsby Dero Lavigne
Contraband: Edge of the Fold — Steam game cover

Players who liked Contraband: Edge of the Fold also play

Steam players who put hours into Contraband: Edge of the Fold 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. A Story About Forever: Transience

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    A Story About Forever is a space exploration action RPG game with heavy emphasis on story and character interaction, (inspired by Star Control II). Features Asteroids-style dogfights, an upgradable ship, a deep conversation system, and hundreds of characters with novels' worth of dialog to discover.

    2028ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Count The Draw

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Count The Draw is a time-loop western mystery where every decision, conversation, and discovery could change your chances of surviving the final duel. You have twelve hours. Explore the town, learn its secrets, and prepare for the man waiting for you at sunset.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. Timewell: Trail of Celestes

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Dive into an immersive space shooter adventure with Timewell: Trail of Celestes. As SAT-V, explore new planets and fight against Constructs in a RPG storyline. Customize her skills and adaptations for a unique space combat experience. Are you ready to guide SAT-V through a perilous universe?

    2022ActionSimulationRPG17.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Antediluvial : Yalroc Island

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Three days before the Great Flood, and as many loops as you need. Isometric action-adventure inspired by 90s classics like Landstalker and Majora's Mask. The sea rises relentlessly and reshapes the island by the hour.

    ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  5. Space Wreck

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    The biggest little RPG in the world. Post-apocalyptic retro space adventure with an extreme focus on role-playing and replayability. Inch wide, miles deep - intentionally short yet surprisingly deep.

    2023RPG16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. SpaceBourne 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Gamedec - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. WWII Online

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Contraband: Edge of the Fold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    WWII Online is a massive, persistent free-to-play MMO FPS driven entirely by players. Fight as Army, Air, or Naval forces and earn Victory Points to access more units. One global server. No scripts. Real outcomes. No zones. Huge world (300,000 km²). ENLIST NOW!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Contraband: Edge of the Fold at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Action with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Action with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Contraband: Edge of the Fold on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    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 ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    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 ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Contraband: Edge of the Fold

How much does Contraband: Edge of the Fold cost?
Contraband: Edge of the Fold is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Contraband: Edge of the Fold?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Contraband: Edge of the Fold are A Story About Forever: Transience, Count The Draw, Timewell: Trail of Celestes.
Who developed Contraband: Edge of the Fold?
Contraband: Edge of the Fold was developed by Dero Lavigne and published by Martinez AI Studios.

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 Contraband: Edge of the Fold.

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