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Games like Almost Alive

If Almost Alive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Strain Tactics, Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存 and Broken Spell 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brutal, 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.

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About Almost Alive: Almost Alive is redefining the role playing tactical games with an awesome fast paced but complexe real time combat system in a mad hand drawn post apocalyptic world that features character mental sanity, destructible environment, a cover system, tons of loot, a none linear story, and a lot of humor.

2018ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access11.99 USDWindowsby Emir Cerimovic
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Steam players who put hours into Almost Alive 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. Strain Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Almost Alive.

    Second-strongest match for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie4.39 USDSteam ↗
  3. Broken Spell 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    Broken Spell 2 is an ARPG game. You will fight in blood with cruel and ferocious warlock and sorcerers for saving pretty girls.

    2020ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Jaws Of Extinction™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Almost Alive.

    Ranked #4 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. WARMA

    WHY THIS

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

    WARMA is a multiplayer game about a showdown between the police and bandits! Robbery, chases, tuning and much more!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. GearStorm - Armored Survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    GearStorm - Armored Survival is a story-driven, open-world sci-fi survival adventure. Discover what led to the Phage, a deadly virus apocalypse and our escape to a alien world. Explore a vast alien planet, build your base, create your colony, acquire vehicles, weapons, and supplies to defend it.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Pocket Universe : Create Your Community

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    Prepare for a brand new adventure in Pocket Universe, a game which combines adored mechanics from strategy and RPG genres. Our vision is an experience which does not solely revolve around the player, but also the world itself which is inhabited by artificially intelligent agents.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dustwind

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Almost Alive.

    Ranked #8 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign or find with two friends a new home or fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Almost Alive.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Almost Alive.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Almost Alive.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Action with Almost Alive.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Almost Alive.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Almost Alive.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Almost Alive.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Almost Alive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Almost Alive.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Almost Alive.

    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. 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 Almost Alive.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with Almost Alive.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Almost Alive

How much does Almost Alive cost?
Almost Alive is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Almost Alive?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Almost Alive are Strain Tactics, Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存, Broken Spell 2.
Who developed Almost Alive?
Almost Alive was developed by Emir Cerimovic and published by Emir 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 Almost Alive.

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