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Games like Hornet the Vanguard

If Hornet the Vanguard is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hornet the Vanguard2:The fox smirks, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Sarawak — 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 Hornet the Vanguard: "Reveal all, deceive all." Hornet the Vanguard, a mystery-solving adventure game. Solve mysteries and gather information in the exploration part, and uncover the truth in the deduction part! …The key to the case is always with buddy.

2024IndieAdventure14.99 USDWindows · macOSby Chiptune,Inc.
Hornet the Vanguard — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hornet the Vanguard also play

Steam players who put hours into Hornet the Vanguard 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. Hornet the Vanguard2:The fox smirks

    WHY THIS

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

    ``I hate cherry blossoms. They bring back bad memories.'' The sequel to the escape x mystery adventure game ``Hornet the Vanguard'' is here! Hachiya and Akino - grasp the truth from two perspectives. "I like cherry blossoms. They remind me of important promises."

    2025IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Hornet the Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

    2024Adventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sarawak

    WHY THIS

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

    A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Still Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hornet the Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    Still Life 2 also now available!

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    WHY THIS

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

    Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Room

    WHY THIS

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

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Rusty Lake: Roots

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hornet the Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.

    2016IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Silver Case

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hornet the Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!

    2016Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hornet the Vanguard.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hornet the Vanguard.

    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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    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 ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hornet the Vanguard.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hornet the Vanguard.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hornet the Vanguard.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Hornet the Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Hornet the Vanguard.

    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 Hornet the Vanguard.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Hornet the Vanguard.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Hornet the Vanguard.

    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 ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

    2024Adventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Room

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Rusty Lake: Roots

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hornet the Vanguard.

    Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.

    2016IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hornet the Vanguard

How much does Hornet the Vanguard cost?
Hornet the Vanguard is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hornet the Vanguard?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hornet the Vanguard are Hornet the Vanguard2:The fox smirks, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Sarawak.
Who developed Hornet the Vanguard?
Hornet the Vanguard was developed by Chiptune,Inc..

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 Hornet the Vanguard.

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