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Games like Lover

If Lover is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Room Stalker, Vellar and Secrets of the Haunted 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.

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About Lover: Lover is a first-person psychological horror game. Presented in a nostalgic and retro environment, player will uncover the cause of the illness through reincarnation and overcome psychological issues. Before darkness consumes your world, find those unspeakable secrets as you face shattered reality.

2024IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDWindowsby Triple E Games
Lover — Steam game cover

Players who liked Lover also play

Steam players who put hours into Lover 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. The Room Stalker

    WHY THIS

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

    You are trapped in a hotel room. Find the anomaly and break free from the loop.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Vellar

    WHY THIS

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

    Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game where a family is dead… but the recordings they left behind slowly reveal a version of events that doesn’t match reality. Explore a shifting house filled with impossible rooms, distorted corridors, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Secrets of the Haunted Mansion

    WHY THIS

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

    "Secrets of the Haunted Mansion" is an immersive interactive adventure game that transports players into the dark and mysterious world of an abandoned and haunted estate. Step into the shoes of an explorer, ready to unearth forgotten secrets and unravel intriguing puzzles.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Untold Memories: Potter's Field

    WHY THIS

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

    After a tragic accident, Mark struggles to recover, battling debt and deep psychological scars. One day, a mysterious job offer appears and seems like hope. As the night begins, everything changes. Is this his chance to start over, or his first step into the heart of darkness?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. It Never Leaves You - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    It Never Leaves You One year after the death of his family, Max is looking for a new beginning. But after an accident in the dense forest, his friend Jack has disappeared. In Chapter 1, explore a dilapidated hospital where reality merges with madness. What is real and what is a hallucination?

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Lunacy: Saint Rhodes

    WHY THIS

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

    Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. My Last Appointment

    WHY THIS

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

    The doctor said today was my last appointment, I'm healthy. Time to go home, what could go wrong?

    2024AdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Mirror Forge

    WHY THIS

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

    Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lover at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lover.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lover.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lover.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lover.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Lover.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lover.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lover.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Lover on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lover.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Lover.

    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 Adventure with Lover.

    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 Indie with Lover.

    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 and Adventure with Lover.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Lover.

    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.

    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 Lover.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lover

How much does Lover cost?
Lover is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Lover?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lover are The Room Stalker, Vellar, Secrets of the Haunted Mansion.
Who developed Lover?
Lover was developed by Triple E 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 Lover.

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