Games like Heart of the Forge
If Heart of the Forge is your kind of game, the closest matches are Haunted Attractions, GLIMWISP: Twin Sparks and FROG IN THE HOLE! — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Heart of the Forge: Heart of the Forge is a cozy 2D blacksmithing simulator with deep exploration. Mine resources beneath the roots of an ancient Oak, craft items by hand, and fulfill orders for the locals. Restore a run-down workshop under the watchful eye (and loud snoring) of your grumpy mentor.
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Haunted Attractions
WHY THIS
Top pick for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heart of the Forge.
Build haunted theme parks and supervise ghosts in this cozy afterlife sim. Construct fun attractions, manage resources, recruit cute ghosts and haunt the park in order to spook and delight the guests!
GLIMWISP: Twin Sparks
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forge.
A cozy hand-drawn 2D side-scrolling urban fantasy. In a world where two planets collided, you roam with your twin sister as an inventor brother—light on combat and puzzles, heavy on wandering, meeting strangers, and uncovering whimsical tales and warm little moments.
FROG IN THE HOLE!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Heart of the Forge.
Earn a $1,000,000,000 payout by sacrificing frogs to the hole. In this incremental sandbox, you'll build physics-based factories, to scale from manual tossing to managing a chaotic swarm. Sweep, magnetize, master the skill tree and chain combos. What happens to the sacrifices? BECOME WORTHY.
Foxy Dumplings
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Ranked #4 for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forge.
In Foxy Dumplings, you’ll run your own food truck and make friends along the way. Cook dumplings from all over the world, take good care of your clients, and discover how a meal can mend more than just hunger in this cozy cooking sim. Rise to the top of Foxtagram, one heartfelt dish at a time.
Afterdepth
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forge.
Explore, build, and survive in the depths of a forgotten world. Manage oxygen, power, and resources as you uncover the secrets buried beneath the surface.
Farm & Feast
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Ranked #6 for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heart of the Forge.
Grow fresh ingredients and run your own little restaurant. Enjoy a peaceful day that stretches from the field to the table. Plan a fresh menu for a delightful day, keep your pantry full, and make your customers happy. Earn your own money and build your little world step by step.
Focus Grove
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Ranked #7 for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heart of the Forge.
Focus Grove is a work companion that grows with your progress. Build your farm, use productivity tools and unlock new content by completing your real-life tasks. Improve your focus, well-being and work-life balance.
Winter Nest
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Ranked #8 for Heart of the Forge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forge.
You play as a beetle exploring the underground world, working together with ants. Expand the nest, gather resources, and maintain the nest’s temperature to survive the long winter.
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 Heart of the Forge.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Heart of the Forge.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heart of the Forge.
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 Heart of the Forge.
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 and Simulation with Heart of the Forge.
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 Heart of the Forge.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forge.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heart of the Forge.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Heart of the Forge
- What games are most similar to Heart of the Forge?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heart of the Forge are Haunted Attractions, GLIMWISP: Twin Sparks, FROG IN THE HOLE!.
- Who developed Heart of the Forge?
- Heart of the Forge was developed by Stamina Zero.
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 Heart of the Forge.
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