Games like The Place I Called Home
Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to The Place I Called Home for fans of indie, adventure, free to play, 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 The Place I Called Home 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. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About The Place I Called Home: The Place I Called Home is a short story, first person adventure game. Sophia Carter takes us back to discover the past she's trying to bury. Learn her story through diary pages, voice dialogue and the path ahead.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Into A Dream
Top pick for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
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The Plan
Second-strongest match for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Free To Play with The Place I Called Home.
A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
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Before I Forget
Third-strongest match for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
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Paws - A Shelter 2 Game
Ranked #4 for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
Traverse a vast world as a young lynx cub. Paws – A Shelter 2 Game is a standalone, single player, adventure game with loss and friendship as its central themes. Venture out in the world and make your way home.
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The Stillness of the Wind
Ranked #5 for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.
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Dear Esther
Ranked #6 for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Maquette
Ranked #7 for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
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Riven (1997)
Ranked #8 for The Place I Called Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Place I Called Home.
Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.
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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.
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Dear Esther
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Maquette
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place I Called Home.
Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
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Riven (1997)
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Place I Called Home.
Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.
Frequently asked about The Place I Called Home
- Is The Place I Called Home free to play?
- Yes — The Place I Called Home is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to The Place I Called Home?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Place I Called Home are Into A Dream, The Plan, Before I Forget.
- Who developed The Place I Called Home?
- The Place I Called Home was developed by Michael Schade, Sara Ward and published by Michael Schade.
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 The Place I Called Home.
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