Games like Trauma
Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Trauma for fans of indie, adventure, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Trauma also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Trauma: An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.
Players who liked Trauma also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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First Response
Top pick for Trauma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Welcome to your new job at the Extreme Containment Security Company! You've been selected by Malcolm Monaghan himself as the first subject in their brand new learning initiative! Upon your arrival, K.A.R.A. will guide you through the concepts of Cybersecurity and the important work you'll be doing!
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The Beginner's Guide
Second-strongest match for Trauma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
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Tengami
Third-strongest match for Trauma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.
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Silence
Ranked #5 for Trauma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.
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The Star Named EOS
Ranked #6 for Trauma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
The Star Named EOS is a story-rich puzzle adventure built around photography. Recreate compositions of past photos to uncover the truth of a family mystery. Experience a harmonious mixture of beautiful hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles on a journey of reminiscence.
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1953 - KGB Unleashed
Ranked #7 for Trauma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Developed by Phantomery Interactive, 1953 – KGB Unleashed is a tense and atmospheric First Person Adventure set deep within the bowels of a Soviet bunker during the Cold War. Players must uncover the dark and horrifc secrets buried within, fighting their own paranoia along the way as well as the possibility of all-too-real terrors within...
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Thirty Flights of Loving
Ranked #8 for Trauma fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Tengami
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.
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Silence
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.
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The Star Named EOS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
The Star Named EOS is a story-rich puzzle adventure built around photography. Recreate compositions of past photos to uncover the truth of a family mystery. Experience a harmonious mixture of beautiful hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles on a journey of reminiscence.
Frequently asked about Trauma
- How much does Trauma cost?
- Trauma is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Trauma?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Trauma are First Response, The Beginner's Guide, Tengami.
- Who developed Trauma?
- Trauma was developed by Krystian Majewski.
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 Trauma.
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