Games like PARANOID
If PARANOID is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hidden Shelter, Ravenhille: Awakened and Polarize — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and mysterious. 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 PARANOID: Paranoid is a horror that tells the story of Patrick who has been living in isolation from the outside world for many years. One day he receives a phone call from his sister, who announces her visit more than a dozen years after she disappeared.
Players who liked PARANOID also play
Steam players who put hours into PARANOID 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.
Hidden Shelter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Top pick for PARANOID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
Ravenhille: Awakened
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PARANOID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Hunt down the mythical beast, created in desperation during the final days of World War II. A failed Nazi project known as “Wolfsklinge” unleashed an ancient creature from the depths of hell. Now, it’s your task to lift the curse that haunts the village and the forest. It won’t be easy.
Nocturne Island Obscuria
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PARANOID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Obscuria 2 is a horror and adventure experience created in Unreal Engine 5, where you will investigate an abandoned island with many secrets, mysteries and scares.
The Isle of No Return
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for PARANOID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
The Isle of No Return takes you to a forgotten prison island, where a dark experiment has unleashed unimaginable horrors. Explore, survive and uncover hidden secrets as you face bloodthirsty creatures in an environment where every step may be your last.
Massacre At The Mirage
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PARANOID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
Dread X Collection 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Ranked #7 for PARANOID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Selene's Unbearable Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Ranked #8 for PARANOID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
Reviewers mention these as similar to PARANOID
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SUCCUBUS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Reviewers of PARANOID cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Condemned: Criminal Origins
WHY THIS
Shares melee combat and an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Reviewers of PARANOID cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PARANOID.
What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Reviewers of PARANOID cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Agony
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PARANOID cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PARANOID at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under PARANOID on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under PARANOID on Steam right now. Shares Action with PARANOID.
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 ~44% under PARANOID on Steam right now. Shares Action with PARANOID.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under PARANOID on Steam right now. Shares Action with PARANOID.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under PARANOID on Steam right now. Shares Action with PARANOID.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under PARANOID on Steam right now. Shares Action with PARANOID.
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.
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.
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.
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 PARANOID.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PARANOID.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with PARANOID.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PARANOID.
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.).
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Madmind Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Madmind Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
SUCCUBUS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Another title from Madmind Studio, the studio behind PARANOID. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Agony UNRATED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Another title from Madmind Studio, the studio behind PARANOID. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Agony UNRATED is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.
Agony
WHY THIS
Another title from Madmind Studio, the studio behind PARANOID. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.
Nymphomaniac - Sex Addict
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PARANOID.
Another title from Madmind Studio, the studio behind PARANOID. Shares Adventure with PARANOID.
A visually stunning story about a nymphomaniac who loves her body, sex and adrenaline. All this presented in a photorealistic audiovisual setting.
SUCCUBUS: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with PARANOID.
Another title from Madmind Studio, the studio behind PARANOID. Shares Action and Adventure with PARANOID.
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Agony: Lords of Hell
WHY THIS
Another title from Madmind Studio, the studio behind PARANOID.
Build your empire on the bones of the Lords of Hell to become the absolute ruler of the underworld!
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Frequently asked about PARANOID
- Does PARANOID work on Steam Deck?
- PARANOID is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does PARANOID cost?
- PARANOID is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PARANOID?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PARANOID are Hidden Shelter, Ravenhille: Awakened, Polarize.
- Who developed PARANOID?
- PARANOID was developed by Madmind 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 PARANOID.
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