Games like PRIMITIVE HEARTS
If PRIMITIVE HEARTS is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Dead End, Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2 and Serafina and the Key to the Egg — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and nostalgic. 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.
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Steam players who put hours into PRIMITIVE HEARTS 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.
The Dead End
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Top pick for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
An ancient witch, a living dungeon, an undead curse, and a lost Holy Maiden. Greater men than you have fallen in the cursed dungeon of Witchhome. What awaits you in the depths? Fame? Or infamy?
Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
A classic style turn-based RPG. After a spike in crime in the neighborhood of Danmura, "Kamikaze Ouka" is asked to deal with the problem. Seeing how bad the situation has gotten, she agrees to fight the roaming gangs and restore peace to the neighborhood.
Serafina and the Key to the Egg
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Third-strongest match for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
After receiving a challenge which could determine the future of her village, if not the whole world, Serafina sets out for the city of Mirado. There she will have to do anything she can to take part in auction to win treasure of great power, the Key to the Egg.
President Yukino
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
President Yukino is a Slice of Life RPG brought to you in Native English and Chinese by Kagura Games and Acerola. Follow Yukino on her quest to go to the same graduate school as her boyfriend. Find out what mischief and shenanigans await her as she tries to power through part-time jobs and exams!
Seed of Evil
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Ranked #5 for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Seed of Evil is an epic adventure to uncover the secrets of the Water City, Somonden. Follow Anna as she explores the upper and lower parts of the city to uncover the truth of the defilement plaguing its inhabitants. You won't soon forget this amazing story filled with mystery, drama, and intrigue.
Apostle: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares job system and an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Ranked #6 for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
A sci-fi, turn-based RPG. Humanity has reached a point where the majority of people opt to become cyborgs called Roids. However, social inequality is once again at a breaking point.
Explorers of the Abyss
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Ranked #7 for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
After Princess Ovelia's father falls ill, it's now up to her to explore the labyrinth known as "the Abyss" and seek a way to restore order to the kingdom.
Chevalier Historie
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Ranked #8 for PRIMITIVE HEARTS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
The fate of a captured princess lies in the hands of a single woman. Using the power of the spirits and a variety of items, the female knight Jeanne must explore the kingdom that's been thrown into chaos to save Princess Lily in this classic-style action RPG.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PRIMITIVE HEARTS at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Action with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Action with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Dead End
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
An ancient witch, a living dungeon, an undead curse, and a lost Holy Maiden. Greater men than you have fallen in the cursed dungeon of Witchhome. What awaits you in the depths? Fame? Or infamy?
Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
A classic style turn-based RPG. After a spike in crime in the neighborhood of Danmura, "Kamikaze Ouka" is asked to deal with the problem. Seeing how bad the situation has gotten, she agrees to fight the roaming gangs and restore peace to the neighborhood.
Serafina and the Key to the Egg
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
After receiving a challenge which could determine the future of her village, if not the whole world, Serafina sets out for the city of Mirado. There she will have to do anything she can to take part in auction to win treasure of great power, the Key to the Egg.
Seed of Evil
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
Seed of Evil is an epic adventure to uncover the secrets of the Water City, Somonden. Follow Anna as she explores the upper and lower parts of the city to uncover the truth of the defilement plaguing its inhabitants. You won't soon forget this amazing story filled with mystery, drama, and intrigue.
Frequently asked about PRIMITIVE HEARTS
- How much does PRIMITIVE HEARTS cost?
- PRIMITIVE HEARTS is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PRIMITIVE HEARTS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PRIMITIVE HEARTS are The Dead End, Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2, Serafina and the Key to the Egg.
- Who developed PRIMITIVE HEARTS?
- PRIMITIVE HEARTS was developed by DOPPELGESICHT and published by Kagura Games.
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 PRIMITIVE HEARTS.
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