Games like Whisper of the Swallows
If Whisper of the Swallows is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Forest, Ars Notoria and MISERY — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Whisper of the Swallows: Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Steam players who put hours into Whisper of the Swallows 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.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Top pick for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Ars Notoria
WHY THIS
Shares skill progression, base building and an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Second-strongest match for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Whisper of the Swallows.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
MISERY
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Third-strongest match for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Craftopia
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and a challenging mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Ranked #4 for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares base building, procedural generation and a tense mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Ranked #5 for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Necesse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Ranked #6 for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Nightingale
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering and an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Ranked #7 for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Whisper of the Swallows.
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Rising World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Ranked #8 for Whisper of the Swallows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Whisper of the Swallows at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Priced ~50% under Whisper of the Swallows on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Whisper of the Swallows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Whisper of the Swallows on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Whisper of the Swallows on Steam right now. Shares Action with Whisper of the Swallows.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Whisper of the Swallows on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Whisper of the Swallows on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Whisper of the Swallows.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Whisper of the Swallows.
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 Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
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 Whisper of the Swallows.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Whisper of the Swallows.
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 Whisper of the Swallows.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whisper of the Swallows.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
MISERY
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares base building, procedural generation and a tense mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Necesse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Whisper of the Swallows.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Whisper of the Swallows.
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Frequently asked about Whisper of the Swallows
- Does Whisper of the Swallows run on Steam Deck?
- Whisper of the Swallows is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Whisper of the Swallows cost?
- Whisper of the Swallows is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Whisper of the Swallows have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Whisper of the Swallows supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Whisper of the Swallows?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Whisper of the Swallows are The Forest, Ars Notoria, MISERY.
- Who developed Whisper of the Swallows?
- Whisper of the Swallows was developed by Blown Leaves.
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 Whisper of the Swallows.
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