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Games like Once We're Home

If Once We're Home is your kind of game, the closest matches are Devil's Drizzle, Tightrope Theatre and Mira and the Legend of the Djinns — 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 Once We're Home: An Action-Adventure-Platformer-RPG-lite of our rescue dog Marduk, the zoomies-powered & always hungry husky! Find out how he found his home with us, and how we found family with each other.

ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindowsby Otter Make Games Inc.
Once We're Home — Steam game cover

Players who liked Once We're Home also play

Steam players who put hours into Once We're Home 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. Devil's Drizzle

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    Devil's Drizzle is a 2D platformer that narrates the story of a kid in pursuit of his friend, an umbrella. Brave the storm and outrun the clutches of the demonic Pazuzu in this audacious effort to save your buddy.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Tightrope Theatre

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    Tightrope Theatre is now hiring daredevils! Hop on a shaky unicycle and complete increasingly dangerous tightrope acts! Do you have what it takes to become a superstar?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mira and the Legend of the Djinns

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    An epic 2D pixel art style Metroidvania, inspired by Moroccan culture and spiritual traditions. Wield powerful ancient weapons and forge your way through unrelenting deserts, crumbling necropoli, floating islands and dangerous mountains as you try to uncover the secret of the last Djinn.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Alruna: End of History

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    Alruna; now in wide-screen! A different kind of Metroidvania, a tour-de-force of game design, with world-class temples and dungeons. Dead men yearn for Heaven, but Elysium remains out of their grasp.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure9.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Samurai Kento

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.39 USDSteam ↗
  6. Perception: Heart and Mind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    Perception: Heart and Mind is an action-adventure game that emphasizes precision platforming, mental + physical combat, and decision-making driven by either your heart or mind. Navigate a dangerous-interconnected world and confront the unpredictable behavior of Rootbranch's residents. Try the Demo!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Binky's Trash Service

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    Storm evil lairs... and take out the trash! Play as BINKY in a perilous, precision platformer where you run a garbage collection service for EVIL LAIRS! Optimize your speedrun strats and empty all the trash in 15 unique and colorful mini-Metroidvania maps!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Aggelos 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Once We're Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Once We're Home.

    With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.

    2026ActionAdventureSteam ↗

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 Once We're Home.

    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 Action and Adventure with Once We're Home.

    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 Once We're Home.

    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 Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    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 Once We're Home.

    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. 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 Once We're Home.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Once We're Home.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Once We're Home.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Once We're Home

What games are most similar to Once We're Home?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Once We're Home are Devil's Drizzle, Tightrope Theatre, Mira and the Legend of the Djinns.
Who developed Once We're Home?
Once We're Home was developed by Otter Make 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 Once We're Home.

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