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Games like Heavenworld

Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to Heavenworld for fans of indie, rpg, 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 Heavenworld 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. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Heavenworld: Heavenworld is an open world adventure game mixing role playing, survival and management with NPC survivors. Each game is unique and managed by a game master who influences events. A powerful map editor is also available.

2020IndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Helios Production
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    BLACK DAY — Steam game cover

    BLACK DAY

    Top pick for Heavenworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Heavenworld.

    BLACK DAY is a single player Sandbox tactical shooter that allows you to personalize the game experience by setting different variables such as equipment, location, difficulty and type of Hostile encounters.

    2017IndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
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    DeadPoly — Steam game cover

    DeadPoly

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

    DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Project Zomboid — Steam game cover

    Project Zomboid

    Third-strongest match for Heavenworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Heavenworld.

    Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

    2013IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Night of the Dead — Steam game cover

    Night of the Dead

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

    'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse — Steam game cover

    Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse

    Ranked #5 for Heavenworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Heavenworld.

    The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.

    2024ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Planet Explorers — Steam game cover

    Planet Explorers

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

    Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Frozen State — Steam game cover

    Frozen State

    Ranked #7 for Heavenworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Heavenworld.

    Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

    2016ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — Steam game cover

    How To Survive: Third Person Standalone

    Ranked #8 for Heavenworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Heavenworld.

    Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.

    2015ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Heavenworld

Does Heavenworld run on Steam Deck?
Heavenworld is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Heavenworld cost?
Heavenworld is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Heavenworld?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heavenworld are BLACK DAY, DeadPoly, Project Zomboid.
Who developed Heavenworld?
Heavenworld was developed by Helios Production.

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