Games like Lock 87
If Lock 87 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Down the shaft, Don't Forget the Phone and Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator — 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 Lock 87: Work the night shift at Lock 87, a canal checkpoint in a brutalist dystopian 1992. Inspect vessels, authorise passage, and earn enough to escape the district - while strange transmissions and security footage suggest you may not be alone.
Players who liked Lock 87 also play
Steam players who put hours into Lock 87 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.
Down the shaft
WHY THIS
Top pick for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Down the Shaft is a first person horror game where you take on the duty to keep an Elder God forever contain within the cave. In order to do that, you must keep the machines that maim them active. But beware, their minions are on the loose and they won't let you do your job so easy.
Don't Forget the Phone
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Experience a point & click time management game that puts your multi-tasking to the test. Complete all of your tasks before sunrise, but watch out for anything that may have escaped the lab below.
Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Buy cooking equipment, prepare delicious meals, and serve hungry customers. Upgrade your setup, read customer reviews, and expand your business to become the top fast-food joint in the city.
Ad Agency Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Ad Agency Tycoon is an Advertising Agency simulator set in the 60's. Choose the perfect combination for your propagandas, develop your company and conquer the golden age of publicity! Your advertising will come to life and face the tough market and the most feared of all: the public.
Mr. Prepper: Prologue
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.
Plushie Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Time is the essence. Every sencond must be spend carefully because the world of Plushie is dangerous place. Manage your time, take care of your boss and find your mate.
CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
A late-90s retro 3D horror where you feed the Biomass Core to escape. No keys. No doors.
Echoing Silence
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Lock 87 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Echoing Silence isn’t traditional horror. It’s an atmospheric underground exploration experience where fear comes from silence, repetition, and the real feeling of being lost.
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 Lock 87.
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.
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 Indie with Lock 87.
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 with Lock 87.
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 Lock 87.
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 Indie with Lock 87.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Aegon Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Aegon Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Lazaret
WHY THIS
Another title from Aegon Games, the studio behind Lock 87. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.
The Door in the Basement
WHY THIS
Another title from Aegon Games, the studio behind Lock 87. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
The Gretlow Tapes
WHY THIS
Another title from Aegon Games, the studio behind Lock 87. Shares Indie with Lock 87.
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.
Frequently asked about Lock 87
- What games are most similar to Lock 87?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lock 87 are Down the shaft, Don't Forget the Phone, Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator.
- Who developed Lock 87?
- Lock 87 was developed by Aegon Games.
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