Games like Phoning Home
Closest overall match: The Signal From Tölva (★ 3.2). Highest rated: Betrayer at ★ 3.3. Quickest to finish: Miasmata at about 1 hours.
We compared Phoning Home against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Open World and steam-trading-cards.
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64%
1. The Signal From Tölva
Shares Robots, controller support, Exploration, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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64%
2. Dungeon of Zolthan
Shares Silent Protagonist, Exploration, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 1.9
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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63%
3. Miasmata
Shares controller support, Survival, Exploration, Open World and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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63%
4. Secrets of Rætikon
Shares nature, Exploration, Open World, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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63%
5. Basingstoke
Shares Survival, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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63%
6. Bloodbath Kavkaz
Shares Open World, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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62%
7. Contagion
Shares Survival, Open World, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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62%
8. Betrayer
Shares Survival, Exploration, Open World, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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61%
9. Between Me and The Night
Shares Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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61%
10. Hektor
Shares Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.1
- Metacritic
- 55
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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61%
11. Lucius
Shares Third Person, Open World, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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61%
12. AER - Memories of Old
Shares controller support, Exploration, Open World, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Phoning Home?
On our similarity model, The Signal From Tölva is the closest match to Phoning Home — shares Robots, controller support, Exploration, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
Which game like Phoning Home is rated highest?
Betrayer holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.3/5 from 97 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Phoning Home on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.