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Games like Steam Prison

If Steam Prison is your kind of game, the closest matches are OZMAFIA!!, Steam Prison -Beyond the Steam- and SoulSet — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its steampunk aesthetic enhances immersion, bleak and contemplative. 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 Steam Prison: There are two kinds of people: the rulers and the ruled. The Heights are a gorgeous utopia. The Depths, a filthy industrial wasteland. Our heroine, raised in the Heights, has nothing but contempt for those below.

2019Adventure34.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby HuneX
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Steam players who put hours into Steam Prison 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. OZMAFIA!!

    WHY THIS

    Shares route based storytelling and a dark mood with Steam Prison.

    Top pick for Steam Prison fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    Once upon a time, a girl, her pet dog, and three companions made a journey to meet a great wizard who could grant their wishes. But what if the girl hadn’t believed that “there’s no place like home”? Explore a fairytale world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings!

    2016Adventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Steam Prison -Beyond the Steam-

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Steam Prison.

    Second-strongest match for Steam Prison fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    The Heights are a gorgeous utopia. The Depths, a filthy industrial wasteland. Our heroine, raised in the Heights, has nothing but contempt for those below. Now an observation mission requires her to descend into that world, and the gears of fate have begun to turn. 

    2024Adventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SoulSet

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Steam Prison.

    Third-strongest match for Steam Prison fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?

    2017IndieAdventureCasual16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Nightshade/百花百狼

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Steam Prison.

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

    A romance visual novel game made in collaboration with D3P and Red Entertainment.Character design and illustrations are by the popular illustrator Teita. The romance revolves around Ninjas who have lived through the Sengoku Period. This game has published in 2016 as PS Vita in Japan.

    2017Adventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Steam Prison.

    Ranked #5 for Steam Prison fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    Romance 12 handsome warriors and the samurai of the Shinsengumi, uncover their dark secrets, and conquer your demons in this historical fantasy visual novel! Your narrative choices unlock multiple branching storylines and 30 different endings!

    2017Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Amnesia™: Memories

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Steam Prison.

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

    You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?

    2015Adventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. BUSTAFELLOWS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Steam Prison.

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

    A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!

    2021Adventure31.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dandelion - Wishes brought to you -

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Steam Prison.

    Ranked #8 for Steam Prison fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Dandelion -Wishes brought to you- is a female-oriented game developed by Cheritz. The game was released in South Korea in August, 2012. The English translation for Dandelion was released on Nov, 2012. Dandelion is known as a unique dating simulation with a sensational storyline and charming characters.

    2014Simulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Forest

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    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 ↗
  7. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Steam Prison on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 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.

    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 Steam Prison.

    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 Adventure with Steam Prison.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    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.

    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 Adventure with Steam Prison.

    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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from HuneX

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

  1. WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HuneX, the studio behind Steam Prison. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    A tale told with vivid colors and rich sound in a classic TYPE-MOON visual novel.

    2023Adventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Steam Prison -Beyond the Steam-

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Steam Prison.

    Another title from HuneX, the studio behind Steam Prison. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    The Heights are a gorgeous utopia. The Depths, a filthy industrial wasteland. Our heroine, raised in the Heights, has nothing but contempt for those below. Now an observation mission requires her to descend into that world, and the gears of fate have begun to turn. 

    2024Adventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. AI Gallery ”Onsen”

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HuneX, the studio behind Steam Prison.

    This app is an entertainment experience where you can enjoy stunning AI-generated female art (photos and short movies) and play games using these artworks. In "Onsen", you can enjoy 300 AI-generated artworks depicting beautiful Japanese women experiencing a relaxing hot spring trip.

    2025Casual2.99 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. OZMAFIA!!

    WHY THIS

    Shares route based storytelling and a dark mood with Steam Prison.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    Once upon a time, a girl, her pet dog, and three companions made a journey to meet a great wizard who could grant their wishes. But what if the girl hadn’t believed that “there’s no place like home”? Explore a fairytale world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings!

    2016Adventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BUSTAFELLOWS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Steam Prison.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Steam Prison.

    A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!

    2021Adventure31.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dandelion - Wishes brought to you -

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Steam Prison.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Dandelion -Wishes brought to you- is a female-oriented game developed by Cheritz. The game was released in South Korea in August, 2012. The English translation for Dandelion was released on Nov, 2012. Dandelion is known as a unique dating simulation with a sensational storyline and charming characters.

    2014Simulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Steam Prison

Does Steam Prison work on Steam Deck?
Steam Prison is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Steam Prison cost?
Steam Prison is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Steam Prison?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Steam Prison are OZMAFIA!!, Steam Prison -Beyond the Steam-, SoulSet.
Who developed Steam Prison?
Steam Prison was developed by HuneX and published by MangaGamer.

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 Steam Prison.

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