Games like Roots of Insanity
If Roots of Insanity is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beyond Extinct, Into Death and Beyond and The Unknown Fear — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious and tense. 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 Roots of Insanity: As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life.
Players who liked Roots of Insanity also play
Steam players who put hours into Roots of Insanity 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.
Beyond Extinct
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Top pick for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Beyond Extinct is a First Person Shooter where you take on the role of a survivor in an underground facility. You have to fight your way through waves of monsters to reach the surface. Unlimited fighting combinations in randomly generated levels with 20+ weapons, 50+ items and more!
Into Death and Beyond
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Into Death and Beyond is a gripping first-person survival horror game set on the hostile planet XB32-ENT. As bounty hunter Mark Helkins, scavenge for resources, solve puzzles, and confront terrifying mutants. Unravel dark secrets and capture a rogue alien before it hunts you down. Will you survive?
The Unknown Fear
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
The Unknown Fear is about a prisoner, sentenced to death, that had his memory deleted. His only chance of changing his life is by retrieving a file on the main computer of a secret settlement. Will you be able to get a new life or will the imprisoned creature in the settlement devour your body?
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Roots of Insanity.
Ranked #4 for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Welcome to Hanwell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Roots of Insanity.
Ranked #5 for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.
Outlast 2
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Ranked #6 for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Maid of Sker
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Ranked #7 for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Remorse: The List
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Roots of Insanity.
Ranked #8 for Roots of Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Roots of Insanity at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~86% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~57% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~46% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots of Insanity.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~72% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots of Insanity.
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
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Priced ~79% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots of Insanity.
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
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Priced ~86% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Roots of Insanity.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~57% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~43% under Roots of Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots of Insanity.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 Roots of Insanity.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
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 Roots of Insanity.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Roots of Insanity.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Roots of Insanity.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Frequently asked about Roots of Insanity
- How much does Roots of Insanity cost?
- Roots of Insanity is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Roots of Insanity?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Roots of Insanity are Beyond Extinct, Into Death and Beyond, The Unknown Fear.
- Who developed Roots of Insanity?
- Roots of Insanity was developed by Crania Games, Goktug Ulvan and published by Crania Games.
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 Roots of Insanity.
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