Games like FILE 9
If FILE 9 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wolf and Pigs, Dofamine VR and A Story of Distress — 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 FILE 9: FILE 9, built by Alfred Cypress, is one of the Sub Terminals housing several areas for Cypress training simulations. Each designed with their own unique features, using everything from stealth, weapons, searching, and sometimes strategy to achieve objectives.
Players who liked FILE 9 also play
Steam players who put hours into FILE 9 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.
Wolf and Pigs
WHY THIS
Top pick for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with FILE 9.
Wolf & Pigs: Out for Vengeance is a fresh take on the classic fable “The Three Little Pigs.” When the notorious Pig Brothers Gang invades the New World to build their compound, an unlikely protector vows to put an end to the Pigs greedy, nature-destroying ways!
Dofamine VR
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with FILE 9.
An atmospheric first-person VR puzzle game: explore a science facility, solve mysteries, uncover the cause of catastrophe. Single-player experience.
A Story of Distress
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with FILE 9.
You and your brother set off to the big city of Aston in order to become successful merchants, but things go wrong when your brother gets murdered, filling your heart with pure rage. Take your vengeance on those who defied you. Use stealth to your advantage and try not to get consumed by rage.
After Dark VR
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with FILE 9.
After Dark VR is a VR online co-op survival horror where you play as either a Hunter on the hunt to strike down your next victim or as Survivors working together to stay alive and escape.
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Built from the ground-up for Virtual Reality, Budget Cuts 2 is an action-adventure stealth game where you zip, sneak, and stab your way through enemy-filled offices, trains, warehouses, and skyscrapers to take down the evil efficiency robots at TransCorp.
Unknightly
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Unknightly is a medieval VR stealth game designed from the ground up for virtual reality. You assume the role of a retired master-thief as he is drawn back into a life once thought left behind.
Red Matter 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
Moss
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for FILE 9 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below FILE 9 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under FILE 9 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FILE 9.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under FILE 9 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FILE 9.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under FILE 9 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under FILE 9 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under FILE 9 on Steam right now. Shares Action with FILE 9.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under FILE 9 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with FILE 9.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under FILE 9 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with FILE 9.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 FILE 9.
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 FILE 9.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 FILE 9.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Frequently asked about FILE 9
- How much does FILE 9 cost?
- FILE 9 is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to FILE 9?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside FILE 9 are Wolf and Pigs, Dofamine VR, A Story of Distress.
- Who developed FILE 9?
- FILE 9 was developed by Cypress Inheritance, LLC.
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 FILE 9.
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