Games like In Woods
If In Woods is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mercenaries of the Kingdom: First Blood, FatalZone and Army of Ruin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and hypnotic. 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.
Get personalized picks →About In Woods: In Woods is a roguelike survival game set in a forest. Fight monsters, level up, gather wood to craft items, and enhance your power to face stronger foes. Survive and defeat the final boss to claim ultimate victory!
Players who liked In Woods also play
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Mercenaries of the Kingdom: First Blood
WHY THIS
Shares crafting system and a contemplative mood with In Woods.
Top pick for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with In Woods.
Party-based rogue-lite RPG set in Earthial, a fantasy world. Hire various races of mercenaries, equip them, create battle formations, and grab the loot! Kill tens of thousands of enemies using steel and spells!
FatalZone
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Second-strongest match for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!
Army of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Third-strongest match for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with In Woods.
Ranked #4 for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Ranked #5 for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!
Space Hack
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Ranked #6 for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Space Hack is an isometric action RPG set in space, featuring fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, loot progression, and dozens of levels to explore aboard a doomed colony ship.
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Ranked #7 for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
Hades II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Ranked #8 for In Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Reviewers mention these as similar to In Woods
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Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Reviewers of In Woods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
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!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Reviewers of In Woods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with In Woods.
Reviewers of In Woods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below In Woods at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with In Woods.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Woods.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares Action with In Woods.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Woods.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with In Woods.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares RPG with In Woods.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under In Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with In Woods.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with In Woods.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Army of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with In Woods.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
Hades II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with In Woods.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with In Woods.
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Frequently asked about In Woods
- How much does In Woods cost?
- In Woods is listed on Steam at 3.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to In Woods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside In Woods are Mercenaries of the Kingdom: First Blood, FatalZone, Army of Ruin.
- Who developed In Woods?
- In Woods was developed by Vision Party.
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 In Woods.
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