Games like iREC
If iREC is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Room, Layers of Fear (2016) and Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — 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 iREC: A narcotics police officer invades a logistics company, suspected of drug trafficking. Looking for evidence, he discovers an even greater secret, and his mission now and leave the place alive. iREC presents moments of tension, with an incredible atmosphere of terror.
Players who liked iREC also play
Steam players who put hours into iREC 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.
The Room
WHY THIS
Top pick for iREC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with iREC.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Layers of Fear (2016)
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for iREC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with iREC.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for iREC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with iREC.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below iREC at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under iREC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with iREC.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under iREC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with iREC.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under iREC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with iREC.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under iREC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with iREC.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under iREC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with iREC.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under iREC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with iREC.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under iREC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with iREC.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 iREC.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with iREC.
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 Indie with iREC.
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 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!
OnlyCans: Thirst Date
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with iREC.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with iREC.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
The Supper
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with iREC.
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with iREC.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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More from Labory
Other recommendable Steam games by Labory, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Next Door
WHY THIS
Another title from Labory, the studio behind iREC. Shares Indie with iREC.
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
Strange Night
WHY THIS
Another title from Labory, the studio behind iREC. Shares Indie with iREC.
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Descent - Silence of Mind
WHY THIS
Another title from Labory, the studio behind iREC. Shares Indie with iREC.
Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.
Overhead
WHY THIS
Another title from Labory, the studio behind iREC. Shares Indie with iREC.
A bunker evacuated miles below the earth, you were kept frozen and forgotten ... until now. Overhead, a first person game of exploration, puzzles and terror. survive experiments and mutations in the dark and discover the surface exit. if it still exists.
Strange Night ll
WHY THIS
Another title from Labory, the studio behind iREC. Shares Indie with iREC.
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
乌鸦 - Crows
WHY THIS
Another title from Labory, the studio behind iREC. Shares Indie with iREC.
Protect the Mafia, or be a traitor in Crows online.
Frequently asked about iREC
- How much does iREC cost?
- iREC is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to iREC?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside iREC are The Room, Layers of Fear (2016), Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
- Who developed iREC?
- iREC was developed by Labory and published by SA Industry.
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 iREC.
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