Games like Hardland
If Hardland is your kind of game, the closest matches are Parallel, Mycorrhiza and Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Hardland: In the year 1018, an adventurer from Samarkand drifts to Hardland. Solve a mystery by delving into the different sides of this fantasy world. Hardland is a bustling kingdom filled with secrets. A kingdom that wants you to listen.
Players who liked Hardland also play
Steam players who put hours into Hardland 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.
Parallel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hardland.
Top pick for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
Parallel is a first-person (third-person optional) RPG adventure game, you will explore a parallel world with a new civilization. Each player will go through different environments, from mysticism, paradise to claustrophobic and destruction scenes. Your choices can change the course of story.
Mycorrhiza
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Hardland.
Third-strongest match for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Gloom and Doom
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hardland.
Ranked #4 for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hardland.
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
The Tau Experiment
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
The Tau Experiment is an MMORPG where you play as an employee with the Tau Corporation. Group up with other players and complete thousands of quests as you work to help put an end to the company's plans.
As Dusk Falls
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hardland.
Ranked #6 for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
Lake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hardland.
Ranked #7 for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Hardland.
Ranked #8 for Hardland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hardland at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hardland on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hardland.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hardland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hardland on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hardland.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hardland on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hardland.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Hardland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hardland.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hardland.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hardland.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Hardland.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Hardland.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Hardland.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Gloom and Doom
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Hardland.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Hardland.
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
Lake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hardland.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Hardland.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Frequently asked about Hardland
- Does Hardland work on Steam Deck?
- Hardland is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Hardland cost?
- Hardland is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hardland?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hardland are Parallel, Mycorrhiza, Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery.
- Who developed Hardland?
- Hardland was developed by Mountain Sheep.
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