Games like Hollow Cocoon
If Hollow Cocoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication, Abandoned Souls and Platform 8 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and dark. 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 Hollow Cocoon: "Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Players who liked Hollow Cocoon also play
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
WHY THIS
Shares stealth, environmental storytelling and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Top pick for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
Abandoned Souls
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Platform 8
WHY THIS
Shares replayability, exploration and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Third-strongest match for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Dead Take
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Ranked #4 for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Welcome to Kowloon
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Ranked #5 for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
ROUTINE
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Hollow Cocoon.
Ranked #6 for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies - Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Hollow Cocoon.
Ranked #7 for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Return to Yeondu High School and uncover the dark truth that remained hidden in this direct sequel to the Korean horror classic. Investigate bizarre phenomena, evade bloodthirsty killers, and unravel a twisting narrative spread across three unnerving episodes.
Still Wakes the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares stealth avoidance and an atmospheric mood with Hollow Cocoon.
Ranked #8 for Hollow Cocoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, exploration and an atmospheric mood with Hollow Cocoon.
Reviewers of Hollow Cocoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Hollow Cocoon.
Reviewers of Hollow Cocoon cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Amnesia: The Bunker
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hollow Cocoon.
Reviewers of Hollow Cocoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Hunting grounds
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hollow Cocoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Hunting grounds - Take on a fleet of space pirates as you pilot your starship in this arcade shoot'em up! Blow up enemies and collect bonuses in the vastness of the vast space and break new score records. How far can you go on this adventure?
Clock Tower: Rewind
WHY THIS
Shares environmental puzzle solving, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Reviewers of Hollow Cocoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hollow Cocoon at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Hollow Cocoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Hollow Cocoon.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hollow Cocoon.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
WHY THIS
Shares stealth, environmental storytelling and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
Platform 8
WHY THIS
Shares replayability, exploration and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Dead Take
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Hollow Cocoon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Cocoon.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Frequently asked about Hollow Cocoon
- Is Hollow Cocoon verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Hollow Cocoon is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Hollow Cocoon cost?
- Hollow Cocoon is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hollow Cocoon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hollow Cocoon are The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication, Abandoned Souls, Platform 8.
- Who developed Hollow Cocoon?
- Hollow Cocoon was developed by NAYUTA STUDIO.
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