Games like Polterheist
If Polterheist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Creature Hunt, RECIPROCITY: The Liminal Void and Tainted Pools — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its checklist guides theft objectives, cough suppression matters and atmospheric. 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 Polterheist: You are a burglar, and you often rob houses at night when the owners are out.
Players who liked Polterheist also play
Steam players who put hours into Polterheist 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.
Creature Hunt
WHY THIS
Top pick for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Creature Hunt is a combination of a survival horror and a hunting simulator. According to some articles in the local press, a few days ago several bodies of dead tourists were found in the woods of North Carolina.
RECIPROCITY: The Liminal Void
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
RECIPROCITY is a first-person horror game set in a Backrooms-inspired liminal world. Evade a relentless, unscripted entity, discover gadgets, sell items, upgrade your gear and escape. Your camera can reveal hidden paths and secrets, but each use empowers the very thing hunting you.
Tainted Pools
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Tainted Pools is a first-person survival horror set in the eerie poolrooms of Backrooms Level 130. A stalking entity lurks in the shadows, drawn to every sound. Scavenge for resources and survive long enough to find your way out.
Midnight Train
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
You wake up alone on a mysterious subway train. Can you find the true story ? Solve puzzles and escape… before the thing in the shadows finds you.
The Furry Protocol
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Survive and escape from the scientific research complex in the Siberian forests and uncover the secrets of the corporation that built this complex.
Backrooms Break
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Polterheist.
Ranked #6 for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Explore and break the environments of the Backrooms and Poolrooms! Utilize Thor's demolition hammer, firearms, and explosives to carve your way through the walls and entities. This isn't just another mundane walking simulator game. Now the entities are the victims. Overcome your fears with violence.
Homeless Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Polterheist.
Homeless Simulator is a homeless person simulator. Homeless persons are those who find themselves living on the streets because of family conflicts, somebody’s fraud, loss of the job or health problems. They are those who need help.
Chernobylite Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Polterheist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Polterheist at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
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 Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Polterheist.
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 Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Polterheist.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Polterheist.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Polterheist.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Polterheist.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Polterheist.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Polterheist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Polterheist.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
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 Polterheist.
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 with Polterheist.
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 Polterheist.
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 Polterheist.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Polterheist.
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 Polterheist.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Polterheist.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Polterheist
- How much does Polterheist cost?
- Polterheist is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Polterheist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Polterheist are Creature Hunt, RECIPROCITY: The Liminal Void, Tainted Pools.
- Who developed Polterheist?
- Polterheist was developed by BisquitPlay.
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 Polterheist.
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