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Games like 8 Days at the Motel

If 8 Days at the Motel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Prison Anomaly, Pimalai Mansion: หอนี้ ผีไม่ดุ and Dead end Exit 8 — 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 8 Days at the Motel: 8 Days at the Motel is a first-person anomaly horror game. Inspect the motel, memorize your surroundings, and look for anything that has changed. Report DANGER if you spot an anomaly. Report SAFE if everything seems normal.

IndieAdventureSimulationCasualWindowsby LOOK TTWICE
8 Days at the Motel — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into 8 Days at the Motel 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. Prison Anomaly

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with 8 Days at the Motel.

    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.

    2026AdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Pimalai Mansion: หอนี้ ผีไม่ดุ

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

    A part time job where you explore an abandoned building for a Radio station. Player can encounter a ghost or taking a photo.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dead end Exit 8

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

    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 ↗
  4. Seybul Tech

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with 8 Days at the Motel.

    Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

    2023AdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Below, Rusted Gods

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

    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 ↗
  6. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

    The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for 8 Days at the Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

    Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗

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. Shares Indie and Casual with 8 Days at the Motel.

    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 8 Days at the Motel.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 8 Days at the Motel.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with 8 Days at the Motel.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with 8 Days at the Motel.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 8 Days at the Motel.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 8 Days at the Motel.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about 8 Days at the Motel

What games are most similar to 8 Days at the Motel?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 8 Days at the Motel are Prison Anomaly, Pimalai Mansion: หอนี้ ผีไม่ดุ, Dead end Exit 8.
Who developed 8 Days at the Motel?
8 Days at the Motel was developed by LOOK TTWICE.

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 8 Days at the Motel.

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