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Games like Shrine of Haunts

If Shrine of Haunts is your kind of game, the closest matches are 异界双子 -Twin Souls-, Shadows Over Fog City and Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn — 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 Shrine of Haunts: In the summer of 1990, you return to the secluded mountain village of Iwao as your grandfather falls critically ill. The village shrine is said to seal the yokai "Tsuchigumo." As the "Mushi Okuri Festival" nears, its ritual flames may awaken a thousand-year-old curse…

IndieWindowsby VIVIANSOFT
Shrine of Haunts — Steam game cover

Players who liked Shrine of Haunts also play

Steam players who put hours into Shrine of Haunts 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. 异界双子 -Twin Souls-

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    文字ADV《异界双子-twins-》是星律动画和鲲影互娱联合出品的复古类叙事互动游戏,随着叵测迷离的剧情推进,进而会出现互动选项,选项将会大幅度影响玩家能否触发重要剧情,及解锁收集向剧情CG,如果选择不妥甚至也会直接导致走向死亡结局。当你解锁众多支线拼凑所有细节就会发现这个世界的真貌远远超出你的想象。

    2022AdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. Shadows Over Fog City

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    Shadows Over the Fog City is a Republican-era spy visual novel. As an undercover clerk inside an enemy puppet bureau, hide behind files and seals, mislead your enemies, pass intelligence, and survive audits, blame games, and purges. One mistake means death—but you have no choice.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual13.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. April 8th

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.

    AdventureSteam ↗
  5. LakeLady

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.

    2025IndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 鸳鸯风云录——白中悬案(Phoenix sword: The Hidden Scroll)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    In 1630, Ming Dynasty collapses—famine, war, and rebellion plague the land. When a tyrant is murdered in "utopian" Baichu County, detectives Yue Wuxi and Feng Shengjue investigate, unwittingly uncovering a conspiracy that will shake both court and martial world...

    AdventureRPGCasualSteam ↗
  7. [Redacted] The Safehouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.

    2026Indie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 夏末白夜

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shrine of Haunts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    白月高中的知名论坛【白月公园】上,一则怪谈帖子仅仅只花了几天时间,就火遍了整个校园。 明明是一眼假的帖子,却依旧成为了学生们茶余饭后的消遣,甚至被许多学生信以为真。不信鬼神的“现实派”高中生周腾,自然没有把帖子所描述的故事放在眼里。 直到离奇的事情一件一件地发生在了自己的身边……

    2025IndieRPG5.99 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 with Shrine of Haunts.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Shrine of Haunts.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    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 ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shrine of Haunts

What games are most similar to Shrine of Haunts?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shrine of Haunts are 异界双子 -Twin Souls-, Shadows Over Fog City, Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn.
Who developed Shrine of Haunts?
Shrine of Haunts was developed by VIVIANSOFT.

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 Shrine of Haunts.

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