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Games like Prison Anomaly

If Prison Anomaly is your kind of game, the closest matches are Liminal Department, Below, Rusted Gods and The Strange Lights — 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 Prison Anomaly: Trapped in a loop in a high-security prison. Inspect cells and surroundings for anomalies, avoid monsters, and press the correct button at the end of the corridor to submit your report and make it to Block A10.

2026AdventureSimulationWindowsby Morla Games
Prison Anomaly — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Prison Anomaly 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. Liminal Department

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Prison Anomaly.

    Trapped in what seems to be an endless hospital department. Carefully observe your surroundings in each loop to escape the Liminal Department

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Below, Rusted Gods

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Prison Anomaly.

    You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Strange Lights

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Prison Anomaly.

    You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation3.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dead end Exit 8

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Prison Anomaly.

    This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Wellmonts Case

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Prison Anomaly.

    The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

    2026Adventure7.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Summer of '58

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Prison Anomaly.

    In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.

    2021IndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. iBLiS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Prison Anomaly.

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Lightkeeper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Prison Anomaly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Prison Anomaly.

    Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

    2025IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Prison Anomaly.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Prison Anomaly.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Prison Anomaly.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Prison Anomaly.

    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 ↗
  7. 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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Prison Anomaly.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Prison Anomaly

What games are most similar to Prison Anomaly?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Prison Anomaly are Liminal Department, Below, Rusted Gods, The Strange Lights.
Who developed Prison Anomaly?
Prison Anomaly was developed by Morla 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 Prison Anomaly.

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