Games like The Mothering
If The Mothering is your kind of game, the closest matches are ZHITEN, The Jurassic Labyrinth and THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Mothering: Explore an abandoned orphanage as you uncover the dark secrets it holds in this love letter to early 2010's horror games.
Players who liked The Mothering also play
Steam players who put hours into The Mothering 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.
ZHITEN
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
Some villages aren't just abandoned, they are cursed. Zhiten, a victim of clashing cults, awakens from its slumber with Nikolay's return. While Nikolay searches for traces of the past, he will be forced to meet the village's new owners.
The Jurassic Labyrinth
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
A psychological horror puzzle game set in a living labyrinth that adapts to your choices. Solve shifting mechanisms, navigate ever-changing corridors, and evade a relentless presence that learns your behavior as you try to escape.
THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion is a survival horror game. Contains Fear, Stealth, Exploration/Puzzle solving, Item management. Moreover "Multiple First-Person Views" provides a new level of fear, immersion, strategy. Steal the vision of "something" lurking in the abandoned house and try to survive.
Those Who Remain
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
Bughouse
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
Hollow Cocoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
"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.
White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies - Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
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.
Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Mothering fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
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 The Mothering.
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 The Mothering.
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 The Mothering.
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 The Mothering.
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 Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
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 The Mothering.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mothering.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Mothering.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Frequently asked about The Mothering
- What games are most similar to The Mothering?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Mothering are ZHITEN, The Jurassic Labyrinth, THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion.
- Who developed The Mothering?
- The Mothering was developed by Insanctum Games.
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 The Mothering.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.