Games like BlackHill
If BlackHill is your kind of game, the closest matches are UpBRELLA, AMIMI and Dream Runner — picked from the ranked list below. 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 BlackHill: A storybook pixel art platformer about Bo, a small pig searching a mysterious island for the parents he's lost. Cozy on the surface. Quietly heavy underneath. The first chapter of the Black Hill universe.
Players who liked BlackHill also play
Steam players who put hours into BlackHill 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.
UpBRELLA
WHY THIS
Top pick for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
A witch's adventure with nothing but an umbrella. Upbrella is a puzzle platformer where every trick you discover reopens the world in a new way, wrapped in cozy pixel art and a wordless friendship between a girl and a strange little creature.
AMIMI
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
A child and a mysterious creature explore a magical world where every corner hides a surprise. Meet curious characters, experiment with inventive puzzles, and discover a story of friendship, transformation, and nature.
Dream Runner
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackHill.
Soma is just a kid who doesn't want to grow up. Test your limits in this fast and whimsical platformer where new challenges wait around every corner! Master powerful abilities, solve puzzles, and catch butterflies, all while unearthing a dark conspiracy hidden just beneath the surface.
Rita
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackHill.
Rita is a cozy adventure where a little chicklet solves word-based puzzles to transform the world around her. Follow her story across generations, meet her grandchicklet, and be a part of her legacy.
Planet of Lana II
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
Drill Bird
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, upgrade abilities, grow stronger, and unfold a sincere bird story about survival, care and purpose.
Darwin's Paradox!
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escape.
Beacon Pines
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for BlackHill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackHill.
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
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 BlackHill.
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 BlackHill.
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 BlackHill.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BlackHill.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackHill.
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 BlackHill.
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 BlackHill.
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.
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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.
Rita
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackHill.
Rita is a cozy adventure where a little chicklet solves word-based puzzles to transform the world around her. Follow her story across generations, meet her grandchicklet, and be a part of her legacy.
Planet of Lana II
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
Drill Bird
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, upgrade abilities, grow stronger, and unfold a sincere bird story about survival, care and purpose.
Darwin's Paradox!
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BlackHill.
Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escape.
Beacon Pines
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackHill.
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Frequently asked about BlackHill
- What games are most similar to BlackHill?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BlackHill are UpBRELLA, AMIMI, Dream Runner.
- Who developed BlackHill?
- BlackHill was developed by Dinobyte Softworks LLC.
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 BlackHill.
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