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Games like Inner Ashes

If Inner Ashes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Luto, The Haunting of Joni Evers and 103 — 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.

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About Inner Ashes: Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.

2023IndieAdventure11.99 USDWindowsby Calathea Game Studio
Inner Ashes — Steam game cover

Players who liked Inner Ashes also play

Steam players who put hours into Inner Ashes 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.

  1. Luto

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Haunting of Joni Evers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.

    2025IndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 103

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    Help Lily use her imagination to unlock her memories and relive the events of a night that changed her life. Discover what happened and what is 103.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ghost on the Shore

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

    2022Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. What Remains of Edith Finch

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Berlin Apartment

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.

    2025IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. That Dragon, Cancer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Anamorphine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Inner Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Inner Ashes at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Inner Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Inner Ashes.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Inner Ashes.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Haunting of Joni Evers

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.

    2025IndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ghost on the Shore

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

    2022Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. What Remains of Edith Finch

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Berlin Apartment

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.

    2025IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. That Dragon, Cancer

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Ashes.

    An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Inner Ashes

How much does Inner Ashes cost?
Inner Ashes is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Inner Ashes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Inner Ashes are Luto, The Haunting of Joni Evers, 103.
Who developed Inner Ashes?
Inner Ashes was developed by Calathea Game Studio and published by Selecta Play, Plug In Digital.

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 Inner Ashes.

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