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Games like This is the Zodiac Speaking

If This is the Zodiac Speaking is your kind of game, the closest matches are SCP-939: With Many Voices, Sanity of Morris and Grinnel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric soundtrack enhances immersion, atmospheric and melancholic. 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 This is the Zodiac Speaking: Story-driven FPP mystery thriller-horror with stealth and detective modes based on facts from the world-famous story of Zodiac, a never-captured American serial killer.

2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDMetacritic 59Windowsby Punch Punk Games
This is the Zodiac Speaking — Steam game cover
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Atmospheric soundtrack enhances immersionDreamlike narrative structure hooks playersSerial killer mode adds dreadAtmosphericMelancholicMysterious

Players who liked This is the Zodiac Speaking also play

Steam players who put hours into This is the Zodiac Speaking 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. SCP-939: With Many Voices

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    PSX-style survival horror set in a post-Soviet SCP universe. As a Foundation Agent, investigate rumors of missing people's voices. Evade SCP-939 - a blind predator tracking sound and mimicking human speech. Gather intel to call the MTF, and choose between strict orders and saving locals.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Sanity of Morris

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth avoidance and an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Second-strongest match for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Sanity of Morris: a psychological horror adventure game. Your flashlight reveals the clues you need to stay sane in the search for your father. Discover the truth. Could aliens be real?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Grinnel

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    If you stop, the light dies. If you turn, darkness takes over. As a patient trapped in Grinnel, escape this psychological horror nightmare with Dr. Esin. Use your visor in the atmospheric labyrinth and never look back; in this surreal thriller, your gaze is your worst enemy.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Kona

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Ranked #4 for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Auver

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Suzanne Auver was a successful painter once, until her sister went missing. Blaming herself, she was persistent on finding her. But with frequent nightmares involving the disappearance of her sister, this wasn't an easy task.

    2023Indie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Murdered: Soul Suspect

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Ranked #6 for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

    2014ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Metamorphosis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Ranked #7 for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Last Case of John Morley

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Ranked #8 for This is the Zodiac Speaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.

    2025IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below This is the Zodiac Speaking at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under This is the Zodiac Speaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    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 Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 This is the Zodiac Speaking.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Punch Punk Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Punch Punk Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Apocalipsis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Another title from Punch Punk Games, the studio behind This is the Zodiac Speaking. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Yacht Mechanic Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Another title from Punch Punk Games, the studio behind This is the Zodiac Speaking. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Build your own yacht empire! Renovate old yachts, patch their hulls, fix their engines, and add new parts. Design and install beautiful interiors of your vessels. Pilot your ships and check how they handle the water. A completely new installment in the famous ‘Mechanic Simulator’ universe!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Barn Finders VR

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Punch Punk Games, the studio behind This is the Zodiac Speaking. Shares Indie with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Put on your VR and discover a whole new Barn Finders’ experience! Feel how is it like to work alongside Uncle Billy…if you dare!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual15.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Kona

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Murdered: Soul Suspect

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

    2014ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Metamorphosis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is the Zodiac Speaking.

    Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about This is the Zodiac Speaking

How much does This is the Zodiac Speaking cost?
This is the Zodiac Speaking is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to This is the Zodiac Speaking?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside This is the Zodiac Speaking are SCP-939: With Many Voices, Sanity of Morris, Grinnel.
Who developed This is the Zodiac Speaking?
This is the Zodiac Speaking was developed by Punch Punk Games and published by Wildlands Interactive, Ultimate Publishing.

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 This is the Zodiac Speaking.

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