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Games like Absinth

If Absinth is your kind of game, the closest matches are HUDDAM, Into Death and Beyond and PREDATOR AND WRECK — 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.

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About Absinth: A psychological first-person horror experience. Set in California, USA, blurring the line between game and reality. Confront the events which completely changed Zane Zaminsky´s life.

2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDWindowsby Soulven Games
Absinth — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Absinth 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.

  1. HUDDAM

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    HÜDDAM is a type of psychological horror blended with Turkish culture.-singleplayer-puzzle-horror-thriller-open world-FPS style it is a game.Requirements as a story and reaching the goal.Find the Patient as a Hodja,solve puzzles,Investigate the Underlying Cause.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Into Death and Beyond

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. PREDATOR AND WRECK

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    Test your mettle with the award-winning stealth horror/sci-fi game PREDATOR AND WRECK. Keep your eyes and ears open, and be on the lookout for the strange, mutating, man-eating life form stalking the space station while you attempt to make your escape and unravel a mystery.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Snare

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    The Snare is a single-player crime and horror game. Atlas follows clues sent by the masked man to rescue his wife, Samira. As he attempts to uncover the reason behind Samira's abduction, he encounters startling truths, plunging into a labyrinth of deceit and danger.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Omitted

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absinth.

    Night Delivery | 例外配達 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Pulang Insanity - Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absinth.

    Pulang: Insanity is a psychological horror game set in a mythical culture of Indonesia. the games tell a story about Rudy, a man who once became poor and heavily indebted, he passed his poverty and became prosperous via the “Pesugihan” ritual, yet the happiness didn’t last long.

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Christmas Story

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Absinth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    Christmas Story is a horror game filled with Christmas warmth and coziness, where every festive light hides darkness, and the sense of comfort fades with every step you take.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Absinth at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Absinth.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Absinth.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Absinth.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Absinth.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Absinth on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Absinth.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Absinth.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absinth.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absinth.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Absinth.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Absinth.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Absinth.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Absinth

How much does Absinth cost?
Absinth is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Absinth?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Absinth are HUDDAM, Into Death and Beyond, PREDATOR AND WRECK.
Who developed Absinth?
Absinth was developed by Soulven 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 Absinth.

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