Games like Grandpa
If Grandpa is your kind of game, the closest matches are Granny, The Beast Inside and Samosbor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hearing based threat detection, nostalgic mobile port feel 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 Grandpa: *Early access game* Grandpa is a survival horror game. You woke up in a house you never knew. Strange things happen in the house. You have to find a way to survive and get out of the house.
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Steam players who put hours into Grandpa 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 Beast Inside
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Grandpa.
Second-strongest match for Grandpa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Samosbor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Grandpa.
Third-strongest match for Grandpa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
The player will take the role of a liquidator destroying the consequences of Samosbor in the narrow corridors of Gigakhrushchevka.
Uventa
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Grandpa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Grandpa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
Uncanny Tales: The Watcher
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Grandpa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
2006. You become the new reserve caretaker. Patrol the territory in your rugged 4x4, check the phototraps, and monitor the area using surveillance cameras. But remember: you are not the only one watching.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Grandpa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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!
Outlast 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Grandpa fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Grandpa
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Manhunt
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Grandpa.
Reviewers of Grandpa cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
Momo is Here
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Grandpa cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
The doors are locked, no one answers and definitely won't help. Your task is to get out and not let yourself be caught! Solve puzzles, escape from Momo's persecution and get out of this nightmare!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Grandpa at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Grandpa on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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 ~50% under Grandpa on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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 ~63% under Grandpa on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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 ~75% under Grandpa on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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 ~50% under Grandpa on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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 ~50% under Grandpa on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
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 ~75% under Grandpa on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
"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 Grandpa.
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 Grandpa.
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 Grandpa.
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.
Nightmare House: The Original Mod
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
Wake up, it’s time for the real nightmare to begin. Make your way through a terrorizing house, uncover the secrets of a haunted hospital, fight through hordes of the undead, and try to escape Nightmare House.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Poppy Playtime
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Cry of Fear
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
No More Room in Hell
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grandpa.
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
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Frequently asked about Grandpa
- How much does Grandpa cost?
- Grandpa is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Grandpa?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Grandpa are Granny, The Beast Inside, Samosbor.
- Who developed Grandpa?
- Grandpa was developed by Pudding and published by Cheesecake.
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 Grandpa.
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