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Games like Obenseuer

If Obenseuer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Port Logistics Simulator: Dockside Harbor Handling, Superhero Market and Sons Of The Dream Forest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative problem solving opportunities, moral ambiguity and choices and challenging. 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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Obenseuer is a dystopian survival RPG released in 2018 by Loiste Interactive, available for $12.99. Players take on the role of a property manager overseeing a rundown tenement in an isolated quarantine district. The game blends survival mechanics, addiction management, and crime simulation with a story-driven adventure structure. Tenement renovation and maintenance form the core gameplay loop as players uncover the district's secrets and build their wealth through morally ambiguous means. Reviewers highlight the realistic dystopian setting and dark humor that emerges from harsh circumstances, with players describing the experience as both challenging and immersive due to the creative problem-solving opportunities the game presents. The title holds a 95% positive rating from over 1,250 Steam reviews and runs in playable mode on Steam Deck.

About Obenseuer: Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.

2018IndieRPGEarly Access12.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Loiste Interactive
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Steam players who put hours into Obenseuer 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. Port Logistics Simulator: Dockside Harbor Handling

    WHY THIS

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

    Manage heavy machinery, load cargo, operate cranes and tugboats, and keep the harbor running smoothly in Port Logistics Simulator: Dockside Harbor Handling. Experience realistic port operations across dynamic day and night conditions ⚓

    IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  2. Superhero Market

    WHY THIS

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

    Become the manager of a dynamic supermarket! Manage inventory, optimize store design, plan shelves and improve the customer experience. In this immersive management game, every decision counts to develop your business and satisfy your customers. Are you ready to take on the challenge?

    2024IndieSimulationRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sons Of The Dream Forest

    WHY THIS

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

    The beautiful and cruel wilderness requires you to learn survival skills, such as building campsites, making tools, hunting, and gathering. You can cut down trees, fish, plant crops, and even collaborate with other players to tackle environmental challenges together

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Wildstrive

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Obenseuer.

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

    Wildstrive - is an open-world first-person survival game. Craft tools, build a camp, harvest crops, explore the land, tame and fight wild animals. Challenge nature and solve the mystery of the lost island!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undefined Survivors -アンディファインド サバイバーズ-

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Obenseuer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Obenseuer.

    This open-world survival crafting game puts you, an amnesiac protagonist, on a journey to rediscover your true self. Explore islands and oceans, crafting weapons, watercraft, and shelters to survive. Face threats as you uncover the mysteries of your past and reclaim lost memories.

    2025ActionAdventureEarly Access29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Gardens Of Lutonia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Obenseuer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Obenseuer.

    A turn-based druid strategy sandbox where every terrain elevation is a musical note. Terraform, grow gardens, brew potions and calm the wolves to hold Rome back. Campaign, endless Zen mode or a cosmic map editor, in 42 languages. No war, just ecology. Grow the peace.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Res Publica

    WHY THIS

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

    RES PUBLICA - Citizens of Rome, an innovative city builder, life-simulation and roleplay game, invites the player to build his own roman city, manage his character, family and household during the ancient Roman Republic in 150 BC. Ave Caesar! Its up to you to lead the way for your home and family!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Detective Gman

    WHY THIS

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

    Detective simulation. Top down open world exploration.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Obenseuer

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. RimWorld

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Obenseuer.

    Reviewers of Obenseuer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Obenseuer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Obenseuer.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. My Summer Car

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Obenseuer.

    Reviewers of Obenseuer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

    My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

    2025IndieSimulationRacing14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Sims™ 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Obenseuer.

    Reviewers of Obenseuer cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Escape from Tarkov

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Obenseuer.

    Reviewers of Obenseuer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Obenseuer.

    Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.

    2025ActionSimulationMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

    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 ~62% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Obenseuer.

    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 ~46% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Obenseuer.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

    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 ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

    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 ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

    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 ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Obenseuer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Obenseuer.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 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 Obenseuer.

    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.

    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 Obenseuer.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Obenseuer

Does Obenseuer run on Steam Deck?
Obenseuer 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 Obenseuer cost?
Obenseuer is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Obenseuer?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Obenseuer are Port Logistics Simulator: Dockside Harbor Handling, Superhero Market, Sons Of The Dream Forest.
Who developed Obenseuer?
Obenseuer was developed by Loiste Interactive.

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