Games like ROUTINE
If ROUTINE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Still Wakes the Deep, SOMA and Backrooms Multi-Verses — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive 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 ROUTINE: ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Still Wakes the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Top pick for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Second-strongest match for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Backrooms Multi-Verses
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
Survival horror with realistic graphics based on Unreal Engine 5. Ten highly detailed levels: liminal world, puzzles and creatures. New levels and content regularly. Experience unbearable horror and find a way to escape from...
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Ranked #4 for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Platform 8
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Ranked #5 for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ROUTINE.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
LOST ZION
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
Lost Zion is an atmospheric cyberpunk horror game. Awakened by a faint signal as a service bot, explore the forsaken megacity of Lost Zion. Uncover the Emperor's horrific secrets. Obey your sole command: Activate the Gravity Core.
Never Again
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Ranked #7 for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ROUTINE.
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Visage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Ranked #8 for ROUTINE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Reviewers mention these as similar to ROUTINE
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Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Silver Bullet: Prometheus
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
Infiltrate the military research lab consipiring with the devil and hunt down the demons! Kali, the legendary "Goddess of Death" in the South America Rovolution. She joined Neverlight, the counter-demon organization, after some kind of incident.
System Shock
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with ROUTINE.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with ROUTINE.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Prometheus Wept
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with ROUTINE.
Prometheus Wept is a turn-based, party-based RPG set on a post digital apocalypse Earth. The game offers squad-level combat, branching dialogue with consequential choices, simultaneous battles between cyberspace and the physical world, along with deep character progression and crafting systems.
SIGNALIS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Dead Space
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ROUTINE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with ROUTINE.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ROUTINE at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ROUTINE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ROUTINE.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ROUTINE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ROUTINE on Steam right now. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ROUTINE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ROUTINE on Steam right now. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 ROUTINE.
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 and Adventure with ROUTINE.
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 ROUTINE.
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 and Adventure with ROUTINE.
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 ROUTINE.
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 ROUTINE.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
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.).
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Platform 8
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ROUTINE.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ROUTINE.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Frequently asked about ROUTINE
- Does ROUTINE run on Steam Deck?
- ROUTINE is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does ROUTINE cost?
- ROUTINE is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ROUTINE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ROUTINE are Still Wakes the Deep, SOMA, Backrooms Multi-Verses.
- Who developed ROUTINE?
- ROUTINE was developed by Lunar Software and published by Raw Fury.
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 ROUTINE.
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