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Games like Hell: distant lights

If Hell: distant lights is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sin-Cay, ARKOS 2 and Sokocat - Dungeon — 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 Hell: distant lights: A puzzle with shooter elements and a small addition of horror.

2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDWindowsby Ivan Pichugin
Hell: distant lights — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hell: distant lights also play

Steam players who put hours into Hell: distant lights 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. Sin-Cay

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hell: distant lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    A sci-fi adventure with shooter and puzzle elements. The game follows the adventures of Shin-kai, a half-divine creature animated by ancient magic in an uncharted and mysterious world. The story begins in 1959 in the Soviet Union, in a place called "the mountain of the dead".

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. ARKOS 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Hell: distant lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Arkos 2 is a first-person fantasy shooter with destructible voxel environment inspired by the classic retro shooters from 90-s

    2025ActionIndie12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sokocat - Dungeon

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on a challenging feline adventure in the style of Sokoban, moving blocks, avoiding traps, and collecting precious artifacts with our furry protagonist! Get ready to unravel puzzles and explore dungeons full of surprises!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. FREAKHUNTER

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hell: distant lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    A dungeon-crawler-rail-shooter-action hybrid for sickos. Blast FREAKS into pieces with juicy non-traditional FPS gameplay!

    2024ActionIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Rescue Operation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Hell: distant lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Is a first-person shooter game. The game will follow the scenario of the game, and destroy the enemies in its path

    2021ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Escape from DuFo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Hell: distant lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    A short atmospheric and simple puzzle game in which you try to escape from a dungeon.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Cemetery Warrior V

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hell: distant lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Powerful masters of the worlds challenge the demon and are going to destroy it with the help of hordes of their minions

    2021ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 3D PUZZLE - Alchemist House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hell: distant lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Collect a 3D puzzle, transferring things to the right places to create a beautiful house.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure199.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hell: distant lights at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hell: distant lights.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Hell: distant lights on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    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 Hell: distant lights.

    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 Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hell: distant lights.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hell: distant lights.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hell: distant lights.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Hell: distant lights.

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

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Ivan Pichugin

Other recommendable Steam games by Ivan Pichugin, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Escape from the tomb tower

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ivan Pichugin, the studio behind Hell: distant lights. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell: distant lights.

    Escape from the crypt tower, where spent hundreds of years. Dark atmosphere and riddles.

    2019IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 3d Maze In Space

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ivan Pichugin, the studio behind Hell: distant lights.

    3d labyrinth with procedurally generated levels. Character wakes up in an incomprehensible place and gradually remembers what happened, while making his assumptions about where he got into.

    2020Casual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Just get in through the door

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ivan Pichugin, the studio behind Hell: distant lights. Shares Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    This is a first-person puzzle game. All you need to do here is to get in through the door. You need to interact with cubes, elevators, etc.

    2021IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ars Demonium Invocatum

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ivan Pichugin, the studio behind Hell: distant lights. Shares Indie with Hell: distant lights.

    The greatest book on demonology has fallen into your hands. Decipher the secret names of demons and subjugate them to your will.

    2024Indie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hell: distant lights

How much does Hell: distant lights cost?
Hell: distant lights is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hell: distant lights?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hell: distant lights are Sin-Cay, ARKOS 2, Sokocat - Dungeon.
Who developed Hell: distant lights?
Hell: distant lights was developed by Ivan Pichugin.

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 Hell: distant lights.

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