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Games like Wild Haven

If Wild Haven is your kind of game, the closest matches are Camping Keeper, Captain Contraption’s Safari Park and Project Shoreline — 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 Wild Haven: A short, relaxing nature builder about restoring a broken world. Start with a small shrine, clean up the pollution, and expand your powers as you build. Strategically place wildlife and plants to restore the ecosystem and watch your forest grow!

2026StrategySimulationWindows · macOSby IOGenisys LLC
Wild Haven — Steam game cover

Players who liked Wild Haven also play

Steam players who put hours into Wild Haven 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. Camping Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wild Haven.

    Build the campsite of your dreams, open all year round. Bare pitch or luxury lodge: the choice is yours. Manage plots, restrooms, weather and staff, and watch your campers live, complain… and come back. Reach for the stars!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Captain Contraption’s Safari Park

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wild Haven.

    Build a safari park where strange animals eat, breed and turn against each other in a living, breathing, ecosystem. Design paths to guide your visitors to the best moments, and unlock weirder creatures to clone with every run.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Project Shoreline

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    Step into the tiny metaphorical shoes of a Muri, entrusted with the important task of exploring, cleaning, and restoring a corrupted and decaying beach, one sparkling satisfying patch at a time, in this cute cozy mini-adventure - Project Shoreline!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  4. Stay: Your Forever Pet!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    A cozy pet sim where you raise Ember, your magical fox-like companion. Bring her home, care for her, and venture into the Otherlands together -- deepening your bond one adventure at a time.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual11.69 USDSteam ↗
  5. Nimbit Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    A cozy creature-collecting life sim with deep creature care, roguelite action, and a focus on nurturing, discovery, and atmosphere. Raise adorable Nimbits, build cozy custom habitats, and explore the shifting Underwild to uncover rare species and support their conservation.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. The Regreening

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    The Regreening is a cozy simulation game about restoring nature in a soilpunk fairytale. Grow plants to create living ecosystems, become friends with ancient spirits, make your own upcycling hub, and hug ALL the animals! Can you transform this deserted world into a joyful home again?

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  7. Island Wolves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    You are a wolf. Hunt prey and gather materials to build your camp, decorate your den and grow your pack. Fight off rival wolves or avoid combat altogether by using the environment to your advantage. Explore the islands and discover the truth behind the lost packs.

    2026IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  8. Island Restoration

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Wild Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    Island Restoration is a cleaning game where you heal a scarred world, one island at a time. Clean up hazards, rescue cute wildlife, uncover secrets, and upgrade your equipment as you explore diverse regions and transform ever-changing islands into beautiful paradises.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    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 ↗
  2. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Wild Haven.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

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

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wild Haven

What games are most similar to Wild Haven?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wild Haven are Camping Keeper, Captain Contraption’s Safari Park, Project Shoreline.
Who developed Wild Haven?
Wild Haven was developed by IOGenisys LLC.

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 Wild Haven.

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