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Games like The Hermit Chronicles

If The Hermit Chronicles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Frost Survival VR, Missing Plane: Survival and Where's the Boat — 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 Hermit Chronicles: The Hermit Chronicles is a 1st-person survival horror game set in a deep forest. Assuming the role of a hermit, you will have to get food, scout your neighborhood, and search for resources to make gear. But after the sun goes down, you'll have to survive for real...

2023IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDWindowsby WinterTent Studio
The Hermit Chronicles — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Hermit Chronicles also play

Steam players who put hours into The Hermit Chronicles 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. Frost Survival VR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Hermit Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.

    Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Missing Plane: Survival

    WHY THIS

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

    You survived a plane crash, and now you will need to find a way to be rescued, for that you will be building an SOS signal and wait for a rescue. In the meantime you will need to eat, drink and build stuff to stay alive

    2022ActionAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Where's the Boat

    WHY THIS

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

    Where's the Boat is a sandbox open world survival crafting game set on an archipelago of deserted islands. Gather resources, craft tools, tend to your needs and travel from island to island in search for a way back to civilization.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Green Hell VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Hermit Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.

    Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Carrier and Crows

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Hermit Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Crows have downed your plane and you are trapped at the far end of a remote peninsula in northern British Columbia. You must craft the necessary tools to contend with the local eccentrics and find your way back to civilization.

    2024Action11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Stormy Islands

    WHY THIS

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

    Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Soulmask

    WHY THIS

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

    Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. theHunter: Call of the Wild™

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Hermit Chronicles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Hermit Chronicles.

    Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.

    2017SportsAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Hermit Chronicles at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Hermit Chronicles.

    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 ~50% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Hermit Chronicles.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Hermit Chronicles.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Hermit Chronicles.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Hermit Chronicles.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Hermit Chronicles.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Hermit Chronicles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Hermit Chronicles.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  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 The Hermit Chronicles.

    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 The Hermit Chronicles.

    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 The Hermit Chronicles.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Hermit Chronicles

Does The Hermit Chronicles work on Steam Deck?
The Hermit Chronicles is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does The Hermit Chronicles cost?
The Hermit Chronicles is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Hermit Chronicles?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Hermit Chronicles are Frost Survival VR, Missing Plane: Survival, Where's the Boat.
Who developed The Hermit Chronicles?
The Hermit Chronicles was developed by WinterTent Studio.

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 Hermit Chronicles.

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