Games like The Hole
If The Hole is your kind of game, the closest matches are Murder Castle, Arrogation: Unlight of Day and Amnesia: The Dark Descent — 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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Murder Castle
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Top pick for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hole.
You are trapped inside a masterpiece of madness. Unravel the chilling mystery of H.H. Holmes Murder Castle. In this atmospheric true crime escape simulator, every room is a puzzle and every document a shocking discovery. Can you escape the architect of death?
Arrogation: Unlight of Day
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Second-strongest match for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hole.
Arrogation: Unlight of Day is a psychological horror game set in World War II. You will play as a lone reporter searching for his lost family in an abandoned village from 80s China. Beyond darkness, you will find nightmarish creatures and secrets from the long lost Imperial Japanese Army.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Third-strongest match for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hole.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
The Blind Prophet
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Ranked #4 for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hole.
A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.
Immortal Mantis
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Ranked #5 for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Hole.
Discover secrets, solve puzzles and survive the serial-killer in this pixelated topdown. You are Akin, an exterminator, who bought a house in a rural area, but the past of this house will affect your present.
Bride into the Cave
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Ranked #6 for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hole.
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
At Home Alone II
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Ranked #7 for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hole.
A recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process? and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Oxide Room 104
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Ranked #8 for The Hole fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hole.
A bone-chilling body-horror game with escape room gameplay. Bad decisions have brought Matthew to this terrifying motel. Now it’s up to you to decide how to escape - will you make it out alive?
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Frequently asked about The Hole
- Does The Hole run on Steam Deck?
- The Hole is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is The Hole free to play?
- Yes — The Hole 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 Hole?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Hole are Murder Castle, Arrogation: Unlight of Day, Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
- Who developed The Hole?
- The Hole was developed by c0d3_r, Jmleach1987 and published by BuffNerd Studios.
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 Hole.
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