Rank 01Games like Whispering Willows
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- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Whispering Willows also play
The closest matches to Whispering Willows: Oxenfree, The Haunting of Joni Evers, An English Haunting, Goetia, and Enigma of Fear. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares backtracking exploration and puzzle solving with Whispering Willows.
- $7.49 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
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Rank 03Why this
Shares puzzle solving with Whispering Willows.
- $9.79 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Whispering Willows
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- Released: 2014
- Developer: Night Light Interactive
- Price: $1.99−80%checked Oct 31
- 81% of 474 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 64
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Calm yet haunting vibe
- Handcrafted gothic environments
- Piece together a melancholic mystery
- Atmospheric
- Eerie
- Melancholic
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Whispering Willows at current Steam store prices.
The Charnel House Trilogy
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Whispering Willows.
Keepsake
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Whispering Willows.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Oxenfree
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Whispering Willows.
The Haunting of Joni Evers
Why this: Shares backtracking exploration and puzzle solving with Whispering Willows.
Children of Silentown
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Whispering Willows.
About Whispering Willows
The closest matches to Whispering Willows: Oxenfree, The Haunting of Joni Evers, An English Haunting, Goetia, and Enigma of Fear. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Whispering Willows is your kind of game, the closest matches are Oxenfree, The Haunting of Joni Evers and An English Haunting — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, eerie and melancholic, and single out its backtracking exploration and ghost interaction. 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.
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.
Is Whispering Willows worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 81% of 474 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Calm yet haunting vibe
- Handcrafted gothic environments
- Piece together a melancholic mystery
- Switch between human and spirit forms to solve puzzles
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I am sorry but I must say that is the single most boring game I have ever spent my time on. I understand it's independent, it's a small company, but it actually looks more like a concept of what the game should be than the actual product…”
People who play it also play: Oxenfree, The Haunting of Joni Evers, An English Haunting
Mobile version
Whispering Willows is also on Google Play and App Store. What the store pages declare:
- No ads declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- No in-app purchases declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- No In-App Purchases listed on the App Store (checked 2026-11-05, source)
- App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-05, source)
On our lists: Pay once, no in-app purchases
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Frequently asked about Whispering Willows
Can I run it?
How much does Whispering Willows cost?
Whispering Willows is listed on Steam at 1.99 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 Oxenfree, The Haunting of Joni Evers, An English Haunting.
Who developed Whispering Willows?
Whispering Willows was developed by Night Light Interactive and published by Akupara Games.