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Games like Pine Harbor

If Pine Harbor is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blood West, EBOLA VILLAGE and Friday the 13th: The Game — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration feels immersive, atmospheric and eerie. 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 Pine Harbor: Pine Harbor was a small fishing town on the shores of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by cliffs and dense pine forests, shrouded in thick fog. But everything changed as a result of a technological disaster. Explore the town, help its residents, and delve into the depths of the dark forests.

2024ActionIndieRPGEarly AccessDeck PlayableWindowsby Vision Forge Team
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Players who liked Pine Harbor also play

Steam players who put hours into Pine Harbor 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. Blood West

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pine Harbor.

    Top pick for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pine Harbor.

    Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!

    2023ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. EBOLA VILLAGE

    WHY THIS

    Shares survival management, environmental storytelling and atmospheric with Pine Harbor.

    Second-strongest match for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pine Harbor.

    EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Friday the 13th: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pine Harbor.

    Third-strongest match for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!

    2017ActionSteam ↗
  4. The Evil Within 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and an unsettling mood with Pine Harbor.

    Ranked #4 for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

    2017ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Borderlands 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an immersive mood with Pine Harbor.

    Ranked #5 for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pine Harbor.

    The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.

    2020ActionRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Evil

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Pine Harbor.

    Ranked #6 for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pine Harbor.

    A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Maid of Sker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pine Harbor.

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Pine Harbor.

    Ranked #8 for Pine Harbor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pine Harbor.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Pine Harbor

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Resident Evil

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Pine Harbor.

    Reviewers of Pine Harbor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares combat, environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Pine Harbor.

    Reviewers of Pine Harbor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    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.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. We Happy Few

    WHY THIS

    Shares an eerie mood with Pine Harbor.

    Reviewers of Pine Harbor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pine Harbor.

    From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Pine Harbor.

    Reviewers of Pine Harbor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pine Harbor.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pine Harbor.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pine Harbor.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Pine Harbor.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pine Harbor.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pine Harbor.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Blood West

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pine Harbor.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Pine Harbor.

    Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!

    2023ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Evil Within 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and an unsettling mood with Pine Harbor.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Pine Harbor.

    Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

    2017ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Pine Harbor.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Pine Harbor.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pine Harbor

Does Pine Harbor run on Steam Deck?
Pine Harbor is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to Pine Harbor?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pine Harbor are Blood West, EBOLA VILLAGE, Friday the 13th: The Game.
Who developed Pine Harbor?
Pine Harbor was developed by Vision Forge 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 Pine Harbor.

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