Games like The spring
If The spring is your kind of game, the closest matches are 家屋探索 -Japanese House Exploration-, Resident Fear : Redistribution and Zombie Hell: Infected City — 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 The spring: The spring is a Japanese-style first-person horror game that can be completed in about an hour. Set in a silent hot spring inn, players must escape the looming terror and struggle to survive.
Players who liked The spring also play
Steam players who put hours into The spring 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.
家屋探索 -Japanese House Exploration-
WHY THIS
Top pick for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The spring.
『Japanese House Exploration』is a first-person puzzle horror adventure game set in a traditional Japanese house. You explore a house that is both eerie and nostalgic. To find a dear friend.
Resident Fear : Redistribution
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
"Survive a zombie nightmare in 'Resident Fear: Redistribution.' Explore, solve puzzles, and confront the undead in this thrilling horror adventure from Gamesoft Studios."
Zombie Hell: Infected City
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
Zombie Hell is an FPS where you take on the role of the head of a family – a father fighting for his family's survival, lest they all meet a grim end at the rotting hands of a zombie horde in an apocalyptic city.
Cold Nights
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
A quiet house. A long night. Keep the lights on - or find out what happens when they fade. Cold Nights is a grounded psychological horror about staying calm when your home turns against you. The lights flicker, the power drops, and the silence grows heavier with every minute.
AccidentHouse
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
【This is the fear of someone trapped in a dark, abandoned house.】 This evolving short horror game, which was developed by a 19 year old Japanese student, is coming to Steam!
100 Yen Exorcist
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
Welcome to your part-time job cleaning up evil spirits! We picked up everything you’ll need from a 100-yen shop—more or less. Use your supplies properly, or just chuck them at the ghosts. Your call.
You had a bad dream
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
A minimalist horror game where you move through procedurally generated narrow corridors and avoid lurking monsters.
The Lifeline
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The spring fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
To escape this terrifying hospital, you must leave your fears behind. Can you do it? Explore, face zombies, use weapons, avoid traps, and react fast to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The spring at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The spring on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The spring on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The spring.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The spring on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The spring.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The spring on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The spring.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The spring on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The spring.
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!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The spring on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The spring.
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.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The spring on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The spring.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 The spring.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The spring.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 The spring.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
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.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
OnlyCans: Thirst Date
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The spring.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Frequently asked about The spring
- How much does The spring cost?
- The spring is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The spring?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The spring are 家屋探索 -Japanese House Exploration-, Resident Fear : Redistribution, Zombie Hell: Infected City.
- Who developed The spring?
- The spring was developed by Akaji Games.
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 The spring.
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