Games like Ingrained
If Ingrained is your kind of game, the closest matches are Is Anybody There?, Lurking Within and Born Into Fear — 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 Ingrained: A nonlinear psychological horror set in a watermill. You were a simple miller with a loving family, but now you are branded as possessed by a demon. Overcome the trials, figure out what happened, and find the one responsible for all your misfortunes.
Players who liked Ingrained also play
Steam players who put hours into Ingrained 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.
Is Anybody There?
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?
Lurking Within
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
You wake up in an unfamiliar bathroom, with no memory of how you got there - but you know this won't end well.
Born Into Fear
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Born Into Fear is a first-person horror game set in an evacuated neighborhood. You'll have to complete task and avoid enemies to destroy the evil Buffer.
Clink
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
The Scourge | Tai Ương
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
The Strange Lights
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
Fuck You Witch
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ingrained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
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 Ingrained.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ingrained.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ingrained.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
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 with Ingrained.
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 Ingrained.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ingrained.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Ingrained
- What games are most similar to Ingrained?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ingrained are Is Anybody There?, Lurking Within, Born Into Fear.
- Who developed Ingrained?
- Ingrained was developed by Spear and Veil.
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 Ingrained.
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