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Games like The Thin Silence

If The Thin Silence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Songbird Symphony, Repressed and A Void Hope — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its crafting matters for progression, existential themes resonate emotionally 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 The Thin Silence: The Thin Silence explores depression, self-doubt, struggles, and trials. Amongst the darkness, the game features that sound, that thin silence, which calls to us in our darkest hours.

2018IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDMetacritic 67Windows · macOSby TwoPM Studios
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Atmosphere and music are immersiveCrafting matters for progressionExistential themes resonate emotionallyAtmosphericContemplativeDark

Players who liked The Thin Silence also play

Steam players who put hours into The Thin Silence 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. Songbird Symphony

    WHY THIS

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

    Musical Metroidvania, with pixel art to die for. Guide orphaned chick 'Birb', on a platform adventure, as he faces off against the denizens of the forest in rhythm-action boss battles. Acclaimed for its gorgeous animation, and heart-warming storytelling, as Birb strives to discover his true origins.

    2019IndieAdventure4.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Repressed

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as a shadow that’s on a journey inside your mind. Find answers to the questions bothering you. Navigate the maze that is your memory, and ease your mind in the process.

    2019IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. A Void Hope

    WHY THIS

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

    A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Inner Darkness

    WHY THIS

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

    A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. La-Mulana

    WHY THIS

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

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Etherborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thin Silence.

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

    Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

    2019IndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. PONCHO

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thin Silence.

    Ranked #7 for The Thin Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thin Silence.

    A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?

    2015ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. ElecHead

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thin Silence.

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

    ⚡+🤖+🧩

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thin Silence.

    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 The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thin Silence.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thin Silence.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thin Silence.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thin Silence.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Thin Silence.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thin Silence.

    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 ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Thin Silence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Thin Silence.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 and Casual with The Thin Silence.

    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 The Thin Silence.

    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 The Thin Silence.

    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 The Thin Silence.

    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 The Thin Silence.

    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 The Thin Silence.

    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 and Casual with The Thin Silence.

    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 The Thin Silence.

    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. Songbird Symphony

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thin Silence.

    Musical Metroidvania, with pixel art to die for. Guide orphaned chick 'Birb', on a platform adventure, as he faces off against the denizens of the forest in rhythm-action boss battles. Acclaimed for its gorgeous animation, and heart-warming storytelling, as Birb strives to discover his true origins.

    2019IndieAdventure4.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. A Void Hope

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thin Silence.

    A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. La-Mulana

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thin Silence.

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Etherborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thin Silence.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thin Silence.

    Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

    2019IndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. ElecHead

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Thin Silence.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thin Silence.

    ⚡+🤖+🧩

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Thin Silence

How much does The Thin Silence cost?
The Thin Silence is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Thin Silence?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Thin Silence are Songbird Symphony, Repressed, A Void Hope.
Who developed The Thin Silence?
The Thin Silence was developed by TwoPM Studios and published by Nkidu Games 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 The Thin Silence.

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