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Games like Whispering Willows

If Whispering Willows is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Fractured Shimmer, MONOPHOBIA and The Rain Spirit : Code Breaker — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its calm yet haunting vibe, handcrafted gothic environments and atmospheric. 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 Whispering Willows: Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDMetacritic 64Windows · macOS · Linuxby Night Light Interactive
Whispering Willows — Steam game cover
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Calm yet haunting vibeHandcrafted gothic environmentsPiece together a melancholic mysteryAtmosphericEerieMelancholic

Players who liked Whispering Willows also play

Steam players who put hours into Whispering Willows 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 Fractured Shimmer

    WHY THIS

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

    The Fractured Shimmer is a 2.5D pixel-art survival horror adventure where you follow Eddy, a journalist investigating a string of unsettling murder cases.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. MONOPHOBIA

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Whispering Willows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Whispering Willows.

    MONOPHOBIA is a 2.5D side-scrolling adventure focused on puzzle-solving and detective works. With light psychological horror, the story follows urban myths and the relationship between the main characters, gradually uncovering mysteries beneath everyday life.

    AdventureSteam ↗
  3. The Rain Spirit : Code Breaker

    WHY THIS

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

    An atmospheric, folk-horror adventure game about uncovering hidden codes in a cursed rain-soaked world. A blend of adventure, fantasy and horror. Uncover a huge interactive world filled with codes , clues and puzzles to unlock in different areas.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Pages of Tomorrow

    WHY THIS

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

    Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Ravens Imaginary Friends

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Whispering Willows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Whispering Willows.

    A Yuri Visual Novel about a girl named Raven who wakes up after an accident to a life changing surprise. Her imaginary friends from when she was little have appeared in the real world and are deeply in love with her! Now she has to make a tough choice to fix this complicated love triangle.

    2027AdventureSteam ↗
  6. OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Whispering Willows.

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

    Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

    2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Blackwell Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Whispering Willows.

    Ranked #7 for Whispering Willows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispering Willows.

    When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Oxenfree

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Whispering Willows.

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

    Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whispering Willows.

    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 ~50% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whispering Willows.

    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. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whispering Willows.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whispering Willows.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whispering Willows.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispering Willows.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whispering Willows.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Whispering Willows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whispering Willows.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 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 Whispering Willows.

    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 Whispering Willows.

    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 Whispering Willows.

    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 Whispering Willows.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Whispering Willows.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Whispering Willows.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Whispering Willows.

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

    Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

    2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Blackwell Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Whispering Willows.

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

    When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Oxenfree

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Whispering Willows.

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

    Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Whispering Willows

How much does Whispering Willows cost?
Whispering Willows is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Whispering Willows?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Whispering Willows are The Fractured Shimmer, MONOPHOBIA, The Rain Spirit : Code Breaker.
Who developed Whispering Willows?
Whispering Willows was developed by Night Light Interactive and published by Akupara 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 Whispering Willows.

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