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Games like The Hole

If The Hole is your kind of game, the closest matches are Murder Castle, Human Farm 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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About The Hole: A fantasy-horror-dark-comedy like no other.

2022IndieAdventureRPGFree To PlayCasualFree to playDeck PlayableWindowsby c0d3_r, Jmleach1987
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Steam players who put hours into The Hole 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. Murder Castle

    WHY THIS

    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?

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  2. Human Farm

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Human Farm🐽 – an alternate, Orwellian world where Pigs became the dominant species. Humans are degraded to farmed meat. Create and develop your own slaughterhouse. Your goal: conquer and dominate the human meat industry. Millions of hungry snouts are waiting to be fed!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Oxide Room 104

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 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?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

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

    When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

    2017IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Terror At Oakheart

    WHY THIS

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

    The renowned slasher horror films of the 1980s and 1990s serve as a source of inspiration for Terror at Oakheart. The community of Oakheart has been terrorized by Teddy, a masked serial killer. As the body count rises, you discover there is more going on here than just a man in a mask.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Stay! Stay! Democratic People's Republic of Korea!

    WHY THIS

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

    Try and navigate your way through one of the world's most tightly controlled dictatorships, with two cute soldiers by your side. Avoid getting shot, executed, black-bagged, or tried for treason as you explore Pyongyang's most famous tourist attractions.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Scorn

    WHY THIS

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

    Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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, Human Farm, 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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8 Games Like The Hole — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run