Games like Iwaihime
If Iwaihime is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gore Screaming Show, Insight and Succubus Sessions: Mami Mamiya's Sweet Slice of Hell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its divisive but unforgettable ending, atmospheric and bleak. 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 Iwaihime: From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.
Players who liked Iwaihime also play
Steam players who put hours into Iwaihime 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.
Gore Screaming Show
WHY THIS
Shares route based storytelling and a dark mood with Iwaihime.
Top pick for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Insight
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Succubus Sessions: Mami Mamiya's Sweet Slice of Hell
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
After years of isolation, a friendly son of Adam is just what Mami’s village needs to reacquaint itself with the outside world! Demon contact, however, can prove lethal to your average joe... Not Koichi, though. This guy’s built different.
Threads of Karma
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Trance, Trauma
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
A woman killed herself. Uncover her motive in 3 surreal, hexagon rooms. Set in the aftermath of a tragic incident, Trance, Trauma is a point-and-click puzzle game where you play as the soul of the victim.
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WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
A story of a father and a daughter. Explore a suburban street trapped in a single, repeating night. Follow dream sequences, collect missing sins, and make choices that shape what happens next. No jumpscares. No monsters. This isn’t a haunting. This is devotion.
Siren's Call: Free Beta Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Iwaihime.
Ranked #7 for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
This is an outdated, public beta for Siren's Call: Escape Velocity. Home is where your body is. And like any good tourist trap, Siren’s Call will do whatever it can to keep you there as long as possible. They will drag you down like crabs in a bucket. They will make this place home.
Dissociated Worth
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Iwaihime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
The narrative is the puzzle itself. You have no power, no resources, but a cryptic force sends you to face the impossible, where you have to see through your opponents lies before they see through yours, be they human or not.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Iwaihime at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Iwaihime on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Iwaihime.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Iwaihime on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Iwaihime.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Iwaihime on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Iwaihime on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Iwaihime on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Iwaihime.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Iwaihime on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Iwaihime.
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?
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.
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 Adventure with Iwaihime.
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.
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 Adventure with Iwaihime.
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 Simulation with Iwaihime.
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 Adventure with Iwaihime.
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 Simulation with Iwaihime.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Iwaihime
- Is Iwaihime verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Iwaihime 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 Iwaihime cost?
- Iwaihime is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Iwaihime?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Iwaihime are Gore Screaming Show, Insight, Succubus Sessions: Mami Mamiya's Sweet Slice of Hell.
- Who developed Iwaihime?
- Iwaihime was developed by DMM GAMES and published by Shiravune.
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 Iwaihime.
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