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Games like WaxHeart

If WaxHeart is your kind of game, the closest matches are KON: Tale of the Darkness, Creep and Bobo and the Chest of Nightmares — 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 WaxHeart: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure platformer where a wax child with a lantern for a heart journeys through a ruined world in search of their lost memory.

IndieAdventureFree to playWindows · macOSby WaxHeart Team
WaxHeart — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into WaxHeart 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. KON: Tale of the Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for WaxHeart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with WaxHeart.

    A dark-fantasy interdimensional adventure. Snap your fingers to explore overlapping realities, face high-intensity platforming sections, solve environmental puzzles, and escape a deadly force threatening to consume everything.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. Creep

    WHY THIS

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

    Experimental dark platform game that takes place inside a struggled man's inner world represented as the worm world. You control the worm form of this man as he shows why this world exists and how it's like to live there. You also visit past memories/analogies and gain new abilities.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Bobo and the Chest of Nightmares

    WHY THIS

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

    Jump, glide, and outsmart traps in this spooky 3D platformer! Smash obstacles, solve puzzles, and fend off evil spirits to defeat The Dream Master. Collect hidden treasures and restore joy to a world shrouded in darkness!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Always in Mind

    WHY THIS

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

    Wield extraordinary powers born from forgotten memories to escape a subconscious on the brink of collapse. Team up with Proxy, a living archive of your family’s history, as you slow time, bend gravity, and manifest memories in a coming-of-age adventure where technology and imagination collide.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Al'ulA

    WHY THIS

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

    Al’ulA is a first-person non-euclidean puzzle game set in a strange fractal dimension inspired by medieval Morocco. You will use an alien artefact to solve puzzles while guided by a strange alien entity.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Moony Mayhem: Cheeks Unleashed

    WHY THIS

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

    You are randomly assigned “Civic Disturbance Duty” and must complete tasks using the power of your butt. Explore a world filled with absurd gameplay, chaotic tasks, and mediocre visuals.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Bunderkin: The Ocular Eclipse

    WHY THIS

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

    Trapped in a 3‑day time loop, you must master each moment and live the perfect day or watch the town that despises you fall into darkness.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit

    WHY THIS

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

    Ripped from his shrine by a forbidden ritual, Kumarn - a young child spirit is cast into a world where haunting ancient folklore has become a terrifying reality. Relentlessly stalked by twisted creatures born from Thai tales, they must brave a land consumed by darkness to find their way home.

    AdventureSteam ↗

Frequently asked about WaxHeart

Is WaxHeart free to play?
Yes — WaxHeart 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 WaxHeart?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside WaxHeart are KON: Tale of the Darkness, Creep, Bobo and the Chest of Nightmares.
Who developed WaxHeart?
WaxHeart was developed by WaxHeart Team.

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 WaxHeart.

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