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Games like Else Heart.Break()

If Else Heart.Break() is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beast Agenda 2030, Personal Rocket and hackmud — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative coding sandbox, atmospheric and contemplative. 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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About Else Heart.Break(): A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.

2015IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 79Windows · macOS · Linuxby Erik Svedäng, El Huervo / Niklas Åkerblad, Tobias Sjögren, Oscar "Ratvader" Rydelius, Johannes Gotlén
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Players who liked Else Heart.Break() also play

Steam players who put hours into Else Heart.Break() 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. Beast Agenda 2030

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Inspired by Escape From New York, Shadowrun SNES and Genesis, Deus Ex and H.P. Lovecraft, Beast Agenda 2030 is a Stealth, Gadgets and Hacking focused Action RPG with optional permadeath that encourages you to use your brain to complete missions in procedurally generated city districts.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Personal Rocket

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    A point-and-click adventure about paranoia and loneliness, the evils of capitalism and too much web surfing, the material world and the occult universe. Your typical postmodern blues.

    2022IndieAdventure7.77 USDSteam ↗
  3. hackmud

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Else Heart.Break().

    Third-strongest match for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Else Heart.Break().

    hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.

    2016IndieSimulationMassively Multiplayer18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Quadrilateral Cowboy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Else Heart.Break().

    Ranked #4 for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hacknet

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Else Heart.Break().

    Ranked #5 for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Uplink

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Else Heart.Break().

    Ranked #6 for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.

    2006StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. World Wide Hack

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Else Heart.Break().

    Ranked #7 for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. EXAPUNKS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Else Heart.Break().

    Ranked #8 for Else Heart.Break() fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

    2018IndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Else Heart.Break()

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Else Heart.Break() cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Watch_Dogs™

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Else Heart.Break() cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.

    2014ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Watch Dogs®: Legion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Else Heart.Break().

    Reviewers of Else Heart.Break() cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Build a resistance as you fight to take back a near-future London facing its downfall. Welcome to the Resistance.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Else Heart.Break() at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Else Heart.Break().

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Else Heart.Break().

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Else Heart.Break() on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Else Heart.Break().

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    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 ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Else Heart.Break().

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Else Heart.Break().

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Else Heart.Break()

Does Else Heart.Break() run on Steam Deck?
Else Heart.Break() 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 Else Heart.Break() cost?
Else Heart.Break() is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Else Heart.Break()?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Else Heart.Break() are Beast Agenda 2030, Personal Rocket, hackmud.
Who developed Else Heart.Break()?
Else Heart.Break() was developed by Erik Svedäng, El Huervo / Niklas Åkerblad, Tobias Sjögren and published by Erik Svedäng AB.

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 Else Heart.Break().

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