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Games like Peril in the Pines

Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Peril in the Pines for fans of indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Peril in the Pines also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Peril in the Pines: Peril in the Pines is a short & simple first-person horror game where the player is trapped on an island with strange creatures. The player must collect the resources to fix their boat before being caught and getting trapped forever.

2025Indie2.99 USDWindowsby Slippyfop Games
Peril in the Pines — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Lonely Christmas — Steam game cover

    Lonely Christmas

    Top pick for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.49 USDSteam ↗
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    Magnetic: Cage Closed — Steam game cover

    Magnetic: Cage Closed

    Second-strongest match for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    EarWorm — Steam game cover

    EarWorm

    Third-strongest match for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living.  Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account. 

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Everything Is For Humanity — Steam game cover

    Everything Is For Humanity

    Ranked #4 for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Everything is for Humanity is a story-driven, exploration and puzzle-solving based science fiction horror game which sets in a massive science facility in 2020. You will discover tons of things and find out about the blood-chilling truths with its first-person experience.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Sasaeng | 사생 — Steam game cover

    Sasaeng | 사생

    Ranked #5 for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Those Who Remain — Steam game cover

    Those Who Remain

    Ranked #6 for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies - Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies - Complete Edition

    Ranked #7 for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Return to Yeondu High School and uncover the dark truth that remained hidden in this direct sequel to the Korean horror classic. Investigate bizarre phenomena, evade bloodthirsty killers, and unravel a twisting narrative spread across three unnerving episodes.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure10.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    GET EVEN — Steam game cover

    GET EVEN

    Ranked #8 for Peril in the Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Take a deep breath... Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of you memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment.

    2017ActionIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Peril in the Pines at current Steam store prices.

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    POSTAL 2 — Steam game cover

    POSTAL 2

    Priced ~67% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    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 ↗
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    Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk — Steam game cover

    Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    Priced ~50% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    shapez — Steam game cover

    shapez

    Priced ~67% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad — Steam game cover

    Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    Priced ~67% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Montaro — Steam game cover

    Montaro

    Priced ~67% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Bit Blaster XL — Steam game cover

    Bit Blaster XL

    Priced ~67% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Dictators:No Peace Countryballs — Steam game cover

    Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    Priced ~67% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    TYRONE vs COPS — Steam game cover

    TYRONE vs COPS

    Priced ~67% under Peril in the Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    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 ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    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 ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    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 ↗
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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Peril in the Pines.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Peril in the Pines

How much does Peril in the Pines cost?
Peril in the Pines is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Peril in the Pines?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Peril in the Pines are Lonely Christmas, Magnetic: Cage Closed, EarWorm.
Who developed Peril in the Pines?
Peril in the Pines was developed by Slippyfop Games.

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