Games like Heartworm
If Heartworm is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tormented Souls 2, Hollowbody and Unbearable — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic and melancholic. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Heartworm: Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.
Players who liked Heartworm also play
Steam players who put hours into Heartworm 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.
Tormented Souls 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Top pick for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartworm.
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
Hollowbody
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Second-strongest match for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heartworm.
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Unbearable
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Third-strongest match for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
A story inspired by old school survival horror. Play alone or together on split screen. Delve into dark environments; hide or run; fight melee or with guns; climb and solve puzzles to discover the story of Unbearable.
Crow Country
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Ranked #4 for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Wall Of Insanity 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
Survive a relentless descent into a bio-organic nightmare. As a member of specialized tactical unit, navigate a decaying dimension to locate a vanished squad. Engage in high-stakes combat where every shadow hides an unspeakable horror. The veil is thinning - will you make it out?
Tormented Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartworm.
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Lurking Danger
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartworm.
Lurking Danger is a survival horror where Elena and Regina, two diner waitresses, uncover a dark secret. Reality twists into a nightmare as they face terrifying creatures. Play solo or in split-screen co-op, solve puzzles, and fight for survival in a haunting atmosphere.
Backrooms: Echo
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Heartworm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
A co-op horror for 1–4 players inspired by the Backrooms. Procedurally generated levels, terrifying entities, and a realistic atmosphere powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every playthrough is a unique experience. Try to find the way out, but don’t trust everything you hear and see.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Heartworm
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Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Reviewers of Heartworm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartworm.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Reviewers of Heartworm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartworm.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Reviewers of Heartworm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Heartworm.
Experience the Fear: Set in the terrifying world of Resident Evil.
Parasite
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Reviewers of Heartworm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
This is a roguelike open-world sandbox survival horror set in a modern city. Play as an --redacted-- parasite, possess human hosts, exploit and evolve them to help you survive in a hostile world, all to find out your one true purpose.
Project Zero
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Heartworm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
A fast-paced FPS where precision and movement decide every fight. Choose your weapons, master maps, and challenge other players and/or bots in casual or competitive, skill-based matches.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heartworm at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heartworm.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heartworm.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heartworm.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Heartworm on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartworm.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heartworm.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heartworm.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Hollowbody
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heartworm.
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Crow Country
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Heartworm.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Heartworm.
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Tormented Souls
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartworm.
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Frequently asked about Heartworm
- Is Heartworm verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Heartworm is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Heartworm cost?
- Heartworm is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Heartworm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heartworm are Tormented Souls 2, Hollowbody, Unbearable.
- Who developed Heartworm?
- Heartworm was developed by Vincent Adinolfi and published by DreadXP.
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 Heartworm.
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