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Games like Desktop Explorer, Left 4 Dead 2 and Stardew Valley

30 games that play like them, 1 of them like more than one.

Desktop Explorer
Desktop Explorer
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

Like more than one of them

1 games close to two or more of Desktop Explorer, Left 4 Dead 2 and Stardew Valley

  1. 1

    Shift At Midnight

    Desktop Explorer, but a job sim, and co-op

    Liked · 88%Investigation · DetectiveAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

More like Desktop Explorer

9 games closest to Desktop Explorer of your picks

  1. 2

    The Roottrees are Dead

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich

    Loved · 96%Detective · Investigation

  2. 3

    No Case Should Remain Unsolved

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Investigation · Interactive Fiction

  3. 4

    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    Desktop Explorer, but funny, and story-rich

    Loved · 96%Detective · Point & Click

  4. 5

    Unheard - Voices of Crime

    Desktop Explorer, but top-down, and half the hours

    Loved · 96%Detective · Mystery

  5. 6

    Phasmophobia

    Desktop Explorer, but in VR, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%Investigation · Detective

  6. 7

    Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich

    Loved · 92%Detective · Investigation

  7. 8

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Desktop Explorer, but free to play, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 97%Detective · Point & Click

  8. 9

    The Incident at Galley House

    Desktop Explorer, but nonlinear

    Loved · 94%Detective · Mystery

  9. 10

    The Case of the Golden Idol

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich

    Loved · 98%Investigation · Detective

More like Left 4 Dead 2

11 games closest to Left 4 Dead 2 of your picks

  1. 11

    Killing Floor 2

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Liked · 88%Zombies · FPS

  2. 12

    Killing Floor

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Loved · 95%Zombies · FPS

  3. 13

    No More Room in Hell

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 90%Zombies · Survival

  4. 14

    Unturned

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and a survival crafting game

    Loved · 91%Zombies · Survival

  5. 15

    GTFO

    Left 4 Dead 2, but harder, and more divisive

    Liked · 84%FPS · Zombies

  6. 16

    Project Zomboid

    Left 4 Dead 2, but open world, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%Zombies · Survival

  7. 17

    Dead Island Definitive Edition

    Left 4 Dead 2, but an action RPG, and open world

    Liked · 82%Zombies · Survival

  8. 18

    Sons Of The Forest

    Left 4 Dead 2, but a survival crafting game, and with base building

    Liked · 88%Survival · Survival Horror

  9. 19

    The Forest

    Left 4 Dead 2, but solo, and with crafting

    Loved · 96%Survival · Zombies

  10. 20

    Cry of Fear

    Left 4 Dead 2, but a psychological horror game, and a third of the hours

    Liked · 89%Zombies · Survival Horror

  11. 21

    SCP: Secret Laboratory

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play

    Loved · 91%FPS · Survival Horror

More like Stardew Valley

9 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 22

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  2. 23

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  3. 24

    My Time at Sandrock

    Stardew Valley, but an action RPG

    Liked · 88%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  4. 25

    Dinkum

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  5. 26

    Roots of Pacha

    Stardew Valley, but single-player, and half the hours

    Loved · 94%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  6. 27

    Palia

    Stardew Valley, but free to play, and an MMORPG

    Liked · 86%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  7. 28

    Farming Simulator 22

    Stardew Valley, but 3D, and co-op

    Loved · 93%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  8. 29

    Fields of Mistria

    Stardew Valley, but with romance, and single-player

    Loved · 97%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  9. 30

    Sun Haven

    Stardew Valley, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%Farming Sim · Life Sim

How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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