Games like MOTHER
If MOTHER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Whitehaven, Terms of Service and The Ice Cream Shop — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, stressful and tense. 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 MOTHER: MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!
Players who liked MOTHER also play
Steam players who put hours into MOTHER 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.
Whitehaven
WHY THIS
Top pick for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Terms of Service
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Terms of Service is a short first-person psychological horror game where you answer 100 increasingly invasive Yes/No questions at an old CRT terminal. As the form becomes more cursed, disturbing memories bleed through the screen, the CRT deteriorates, and the agreement starts to feel less voluntary.
The Ice Cream Shop
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
The Evil Presence is an immersive first-person psychological horror game. After moving into a new house, a man experiences supernatural occurrences and discovers the untold history of the residence.
THE DAY I WILL DIE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Trapped in a misty valley of endless time loops, confront echoes of your childhood and creatures from old tales and legends. Explore forgotten paths stirring subconscious fears, face nightmarish foes, and uncover a story of fading dreams and shadows of adulthood.
Operation Paranoia
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Operation Paranoia is a psychological survival horror in which you browse the dark corners of the deep web, uncover conspiracy theories, and hide from relentless killers. Manage your food and medicine supplies, run your vlog channel, and survive another day.
Fourth Time Around
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again. Survive a home invasion as you recount his life through a series of dreamy vignettes featuring a thief, a friend, a lover, and mysterious bartender.
Somnesis: The PSX Tapes
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
A 2000s psychological horror game about a young girl who uncovers a box of cursed 90s VHS cartridges in her new home. Play eerie PSX-style retro games on a CRT monitor while simultaneously managing threats in your dark bedroom. Balance nostalgic retro gameplay with real-time survival.
Box of Broken Nails
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for MOTHER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below MOTHER at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under MOTHER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under MOTHER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under MOTHER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under MOTHER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under MOTHER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under MOTHER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under MOTHER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 MOTHER.
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.
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 Indie with MOTHER.
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 Indie with MOTHER.
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 MOTHER.
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 Indie with MOTHER.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MOTHER.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about MOTHER
- Does MOTHER work on Steam Deck?
- MOTHER is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does MOTHER cost?
- MOTHER is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to MOTHER?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MOTHER are Whitehaven, Terms of Service, The Ice Cream Shop.
- Who developed MOTHER?
- MOTHER was developed by Anya Segarane.
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 MOTHER.
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