Games like Pestis
If Pestis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Propa., Backrooms: Partygoers and Ministry of Pandemic — 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 Pestis: A young Plague Doctor, only to learn that the Academy sent to a small village, which, like the whole country is gripped by plague
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Propa.
WHY THIS
Top pick for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Pestis.
In this RTS game, control your virus to replicate and evolve against a powerful immune system. Equip gene segments to create unique viral armies. Use tactics to eliminate immune cells or achieve escape. Develop strategies for domination and enjoy endless strategic fun!
Backrooms: Partygoers
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
Backrooms: Partygoers is a backrooms horror game based on Level 0 where you play as a researcher tasked to find anomalies inside the backrooms. You are equip with devices that can beep whenever an anomaly is near, where the partygoers roam and can hear you.
Ministry of Pandemic
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
Ministry of Pandemic is a strategy and simulation game that forces social and economic balance during the pandemic. Formulate your strategy for survival while keeping all aspects of society steady.
Covid Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
COVID SIMULATOR is an outbreak simulation that visualizes how quickly Covid-19 spreads, becoming a disaster. The game is an open sandbox where you can add (or remove) Covid mandates and see what happens! Create your workplace, enact your mandates, and roll the dice with your workers.
Herbalist Roman
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Pestis.
Step into the role of a medieval herbalist. Study your herbal book, craft macerations, and help your clients by easing their ailments. Christianity is reaching the Slavic village of Drebor, and your choices will determine whether these changes unfold in peace.
Plague Doctor: Medieval Apothecary
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
In a city where death lingers in the air, you are the last one who can resist it. Put on the plague doctor’s mask and fight the plague before it reaches you.
GodWright
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Pestis.
Sculpt a tiny pixel world, seed it with life, and watch civilizations rise on their own. Kingdoms war, trade, and crown kings; dynasties fall to rebellion; whole ages turn. A cozy god-game sandbox where the story isn't scripted — it's discovered. No goals, no clock. Just a tiny world that lives.
Space Planet Explorer
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Pestis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
One wrong jump ends the mission. Explore 76 real worlds, from Mercury to TRAPPIST-1e, built from NASA data and astronomical research. Manage scarce resources, survey distant worlds, and search for humanity's new home in a science-driven space roguelite where every run could be your last.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pestis at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pestis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
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 Pestis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pestis.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pestis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pestis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pestis.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Pestis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pestis.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Balatro
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Pestis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pestis.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Pestis.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pestis.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pestis.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pestis.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pestis.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pestis.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Liquidators
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about Pestis
- How much does Pestis cost?
- Pestis is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pestis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pestis are Propa., Backrooms: Partygoers, Ministry of Pandemic.
- Who developed Pestis?
- Pestis was developed by DIEDEMOR STUDIO GAMES and published by Laush Studio.
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 Pestis.
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