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Games like Horripilant

If Horripilant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tower Wizard, Loop Alchemist and My Fishing Desktop — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its excellent value under 8, atmospheric and challenging. 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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Horripilant is an indie idle RPG set in a dark fantasy underworld, scheduled for release in 2026. Players progress through incremental gameplay and idle mechanics, with auto-battler encounters and equipment management. Reviewers highlight the bizarre character design and the dark oppressive atmosphere created by striking pixel art. Players appreciate the integrated puzzles and skill trees that add strategic depth. Players note the endless mode and achievement-hunting, with offline progress that continues while away. Players describe the challenging difficulty and tense mood, noting the atmospheric dungeon-crawling experience. It is playable on Steam Deck and holds a 92% positive rating from over 1200 Steam reviews.

About Horripilant: KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.

2026IndieSimulationRPGCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · Linuxby Alexandre Declos , Pas Game Studio
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Bizarre otherworldly character and voice designDark oppressive atmosphere with striking art styleExcellent value under 8AtmosphericChallengingDark

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Steam players who put hours into Horripilant 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. Tower Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Shares idle progression, skill tree progression and indie with Horripilant.

    Top pick for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Loop Alchemist

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    You wake up in an unknown land. Again. Use the experience from every past life and your ever-growing knowledge of alchemy to extend each life through a robust alchemical system. Explore, break through and uncover all the world has to offer in this minimalist RPG distilled down to its purest form

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. My Fishing Desktop

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    🎣 Unwind with this cozy idle fishing game. Cast your line, collect unique fish, and customize your character with fun hats. Add relaxing ambient sounds like rain or jungle vibes to set the mood. Perfect for relaxing in the background while you work or chill. 🎣

    2025SportsIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mystic Brews

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Horripilant.

    Welcome to Mystic Brews, a small clicking game about growing your skills as a potion brewer. Here you will be able to gather herbs, refine it and brew your potions. Summon some wisps, unlock new upgrades to your skills and brew even more potions!

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Don't kill the fish

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    Bring home a digital fish, care for your new aquatic buddy in a cozy corner of your screen, and remember, DON'T KILL THE FISH!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. A Game About Feeding A Black Hole

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Horripilant.

    Ranked #6 for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Horripilant.

    A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.

    2025IndieCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. IDLE BOSS RUSH

    WHY THIS

    Shares idle progression, skill tree progression, indie and an atmospheric mood with Horripilant.

    Ranked #7 for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. FACEMINER

    WHY THIS

    Shares idle progression, resource management and atmospheric with Horripilant.

    Ranked #8 for Horripilant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Horripilant.

    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 ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Horripilant.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Horripilant.

    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 ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Horripilant.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Horripilant.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Horripilant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Horripilant.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    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 ↗
  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 and Simulation with Horripilant.

    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 Horripilant.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horripilant.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Horripilant.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Horripilant.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Horripilant

Does Horripilant run on Steam Deck?
Horripilant is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Horripilant cost?
Horripilant is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Horripilant?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Horripilant are Tower Wizard, Loop Alchemist, My Fishing Desktop.
Who developed Horripilant?
Horripilant was developed by Alexandre Declos , Pas Game Studio and published by Black Lantern Collective.

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