Games like Case of 1980
If Case of 1980 is your kind of game, the closest matches are 9 Hallways: The Anomaly Agent, Hotel Overloop and The Gap — 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 Case of 1980: A sudden call from your grandfather pulls you back to the family farm. As Nathan, you arrive expecting a routine visit, only to stumble upon a horrifying reality tied to a 1980 crime. Trapped and isolated, you must face the entities lurking in the shadows and survive the night.
Players who liked Case of 1980 also play
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9 Hallways: The Anomaly Agent
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Top pick for Case of 1980 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
"9 Hallways: The Anomaly Agent" is a first-person horror game where you explore cosmic passageways connecting all realities. Investigate eerie disturbances, report anomalies, and survive encounters with malevolent entities in a constantly shifting, otherworldly environment.
Hotel Overloop
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Second-strongest match for Case of 1980 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
You’ve stucked into a loop in the mysterious hotel. Find anomalies to escape the hotel’s loop.
Clink
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Ranked #4 for Case of 1980 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Shhh!
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Ranked #5 for Case of 1980 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
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Ranked #6 for Case of 1980 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
Dollmare
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Ranked #7 for Case of 1980 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
In My Head
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Ranked #8 for Case of 1980 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Case of 1980.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Case of 1980.
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 Case of 1980.
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 Case of 1980.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Case of 1980.
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 Case of 1980.
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 Case of 1980.
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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Frequently asked about Case of 1980
- What games are most similar to Case of 1980?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Case of 1980 are 9 Hallways: The Anomaly Agent, Hotel Overloop, The Gap.
- Who developed Case of 1980?
- Case of 1980 was developed by DeseretBoy Games.
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 Case of 1980.
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