Games like The Arcade
If The Arcade is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bughouse, Phantom Floor and Vilomah — 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 The Arcade: The Arcade is a PSX-style psychological horror story game. You play as Trevor, an owner of a dying arcade in the early 2000s. As Trevor struggles to keep the arcade running, memories of his past begin to haunt him. What happened to the place he left behind? And why does he blame himself for it?
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Steam players who put hours into The Arcade 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.
Bughouse
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Arcade.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
Phantom Floor
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Arcade.
You are trapped on the Phantom Floor. You must find a way to escape, but keep quiet, it's always listening.
Vilomah
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Arcade.
Play as Jake, a teen Pizza Delivery driver on the late shift - until things get BLOODY! Try to escape this DEMENTED Farm with your life! Features PS1, & OPTIONAL 80's VHS Graphics.
Somnesis: The PSX Tapes
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Arcade.
A 2000s psychological horror game about a young girl who uncovers a box of cursed 90s VHS cartridges in her new home. Play eerie PSX-style retro games on a CRT monitor while simultaneously managing threats in your dark bedroom. Balance nostalgic retro gameplay with real-time survival.
Night Bus
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Arcade.
Night Bus is a thrilling public transit simulator that costs less than a bus ticket! It's your first night on the job: Pick up passengers, take their fares, enjoy the beautiful countryside, and please ignore That Which Has No Eyes.
Barking from the Dark
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Arcade.
You’re on duty at crossing #13. Keep an eye on the tracks, repair the sleepers, open the barriers for trains, cars, and people. Something in the woods is barking… and it’s calling you.
Arcadia Cafe
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Arcade.
Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.
Endacopia
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Arcade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Arcade.
Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Arcade.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Arcade.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Arcade.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Arcade.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Arcade.
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 Action and Indie with The Arcade.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Arcade.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Arcade.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about The Arcade
- What games are most similar to The Arcade?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Arcade are Bughouse, Phantom Floor, Vilomah.
- Who developed The Arcade?
- The Arcade was developed by Colourplay 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 The Arcade.
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