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Games like Belonging

If Belonging is your kind of game, the closest matches are a permanent echo, The Forgotten City and HOLEHOLE — 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 Belonging: Belonging is a game about a cult and its victims. As a hacktivist breaking into a target location, the player searches an abandoned estate of a cult to find data to leak to the public and uncover uncomfortable truths about what happened to the people that lived there.

2024IndieAdventureWindowsby Farbspiel Interactive
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Players who liked Belonging also play

Steam players who put hours into Belonging 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. a permanent echo

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Belonging fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Belonging.

    Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.

    AdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Forgotten City

    WHY THIS

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

    The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. HOLEHOLE

    WHY THIS

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

    "HOLEHOLE" is a relaxed adventure game where players freely explore a map, collect objects, and assist residents through conversations. The game features a visual novel-style storytelling experience and allows players to progress at their own pace.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.00 USDSteam ↗
  4. Quern - Undying Thoughts

    WHY THIS

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

    Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

    2016Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation

    WHY THIS

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

    It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sunlight

    WHY THIS

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

    Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. LOST ZION

    WHY THIS

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

    Lost Zion is an atmospheric cyberpunk horror game. Awakened by a faint signal as a service bot, explore the forsaken megacity of Lost Zion. Uncover the Emperor's horrific secrets. Obey your sole command: Activate the Gravity Core.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. L.A. Noire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Belonging fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Belonging.

    In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.

    2011StrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Belonging.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Belonging

What games are most similar to Belonging?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Belonging are a permanent echo, The Forgotten City, HOLEHOLE.
Who developed Belonging?
Belonging was developed by Farbspiel Interactive.

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 Belonging.

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