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Games like Hello Goodboy

If Hello Goodboy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chippy's Escape from Seaberry Keep, Six Legends and Wayward Strand — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cozy and peaceful. 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 Hello Goodboy: A lost soul and his dog set out on an otherworldly trek through the afterlife in this wholesome, non-linear adventure game. Pass into the world beyond, perform acts of kindness for other souls, and mend mistakes from a forgotten past life - all with a very good boy by your side!

2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Rolling Glory Jam
Hello Goodboy — Steam game cover
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Art style is intentionally crafted and beautifulCoco the dog is universally belovedSoothing pacing with no forced tensionAtmosphericCozyPeaceful

Players who liked Hello Goodboy also play

Steam players who put hours into Hello Goodboy 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. Chippy's Escape from Seaberry Keep

    WHY THIS

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

    Bust out of the terrarium, uncover the witch's secrets, make new friends, decorate a mansion, and explore on a great adventure!

    2023IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Six Legends

    WHY THIS

    Shares mini games with Hello Goodboy.

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

    The epic and emotional journey of six dragons growing up in a broken civilization, each with their own unique perspectives on life. Mixing Visual Novel, Point-And-Click, Rhythm, Cooking, Fighting and more, Six Legends is a unique experience about life and friends.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Wayward Strand

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hello Goodboy.

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

    Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. We Took That Trip

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hello Goodboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hello Goodboy.

    A cozy road trip adventure about friendship, loss, and reunion. Drive and customize your van as you journey down ever-changing roads through idyllic landscapes. Meet unforgettable travelers and uncover heartfelt stories along the way, with your feline companion by your side.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Undusted: Letters from the Past

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hello Goodboy.

    Ranked #5 for Hello Goodboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fall of Porcupine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hello Goodboy.

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

    A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

    2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Loot Hound™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Hello Goodboy.

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

    A scavenger hunt with your dog, what will you find today? Loot Hound is a casual exploration game with elements of sim and strategy.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Love, Ghostie

    WHY THIS

    Shares new game plus and a cozy mood with Hello Goodboy.

    Ranked #8 for Hello Goodboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on dates, and watch love bloom! Discover cute romances with a unique story between every pair of residents! How will love blossom in your manor?

    2024IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    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 ~67% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hello Goodboy.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hello Goodboy.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hello Goodboy.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Hello Goodboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hello Goodboy.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    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 Hello Goodboy.

    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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Hello Goodboy.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Undusted: Letters from the Past

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hello Goodboy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fall of Porcupine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hello Goodboy.

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

    A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

    2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Love, Ghostie

    WHY THIS

    Shares new game plus and a cozy mood with Hello Goodboy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Hello Goodboy.

    Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on dates, and watch love bloom! Discover cute romances with a unique story between every pair of residents! How will love blossom in your manor?

    2024IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hello Goodboy

Is Hello Goodboy verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Hello Goodboy 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 Hello Goodboy cost?
Hello Goodboy is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hello Goodboy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hello Goodboy are Chippy's Escape from Seaberry Keep, Six Legends, Wayward Strand.
Who developed Hello Goodboy?
Hello Goodboy was developed by Rolling Glory Jam and published by indie.io.

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 Hello Goodboy.

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