Games like SCP: 5K
If SCP: 5K is your kind of game, the closest matches are GROUND BRANCH, taCam and Arma 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark 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 →SCP: 5K is a tactical horror FPS developed by Affray Interactive and published by Balor Games, released in 2022 at $19.99. The game offers online co-op survival alongside single-player options, with hard difficulty and medium-length sessions suited to a sit-down play style. Core mechanics include checkpoint resets on death, map exploration with clues, procedural enemy spawning, and a weapon drop system. Players describe the atmosphere as dark and unsettling, with co-op survival moments feeling particularly tense. Reviewers highlight the custom SCP lore and settings as a strong hook, alongside multiple game modes adding variety and authentic-feeling gunplay. The game holds 81% positive reviews from 8365 Steam users and runs as Playable on Steam Deck.
About SCP: 5K: SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!
Players who liked SCP: 5K also play
Steam players who put hours into SCP: 5K 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.
GROUND BRANCH
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SCP: 5K.
Top pick for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.
taCam
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
taCam is a tactical multiplayer FPS with a realistic bodycam perspective, fluid gunplay, and extensive weapon customization. Engage in intense combat across modes like Team Deathmatch and Skirmish, using teamwork and strategy to dominate the battlefield.
Arma 3
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with SCP: 5K.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
TakeDogs
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with SCP: 5K.
TakeDogs is a realistic modern warfare FPS where you will join a special operations group, fight on real maps at 1:1 scale simulating authentic ballistic physics, learn to pilot real aircraft and travel to conflict zones to dismantle terrorist organizations or high-value targets.
Cold Response
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with SCP: 5K.
Explore and survive a war torn Sweden through the eyes of an unknown soldier, alone or with friends.
E.E.R.I.E2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SCP: 5K.
Ranked #6 for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with SCP: 5K.
E.E.R.I.E 2 is a tactical shooting game. In the modern Gensokyo, play the role of fairy Luna, and uses a variety of modern light weapons and tactical equipment to join in a war that decides the fate of Gensokyo.
GW: Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SCP: 5K.
Ranked #7 for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with SCP: 5K.
A Realistic, Physics Based, Multiplayer shooter game in VR. Experience Physical hands, and Guns that are calibrated to real life.
Day of Infamy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SCP: 5K.
Ranked #8 for SCP: 5K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with SCP: 5K.
Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.
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Ready or Not
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with SCP: 5K.
Reviewers of SCP: 5K cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
The Thing from Nowhere
WHY THIS
Reviewers of SCP: 5K cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with SCP: 5K.
Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".
Left 4 Dead
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with SCP: 5K.
Reviewers of SCP: 5K cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with SCP: 5K.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
The Outlast Trials
WHY THIS
Shares co op survival and an atmospheric mood with SCP: 5K.
Reviewers of SCP: 5K cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with SCP: 5K.
Reviewers of SCP: 5K cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SCP: 5K.
Reviewers of SCP: 5K cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with SCP: 5K.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SCP: 5K.
Reviewers of SCP: 5K cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with SCP: 5K.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below SCP: 5K at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under SCP: 5K on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SCP: 5K.
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 ~50% under SCP: 5K on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under SCP: 5K on Steam right now. Shares Action with SCP: 5K.
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 ~50% under SCP: 5K on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under SCP: 5K on Steam right now. Shares Action with SCP: 5K.
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 SCP: 5K.
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 Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
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 SCP: 5K.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with SCP: 5K.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: 5K.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SCP: 5K.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about SCP: 5K
- Does SCP: 5K run on Steam Deck?
- SCP: 5K 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 SCP: 5K cost?
- SCP: 5K is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does SCP: 5K have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — SCP: 5K supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to SCP: 5K?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SCP: 5K are GROUND BRANCH, taCam, Arma 3.
- Who developed SCP: 5K?
- SCP: 5K was developed by Affray Interactive and published by Balor Games.
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