Games like The Holiday Story
If The Holiday Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hotelnomaly, UNPUNISHED and Christmas Nightmare — 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 Holiday Story: The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.
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Steam players who put hours into The Holiday Story 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.
Hotelnomaly
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Top pick for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Hotelnomaly is an endless loop anomaly hunt game where you play as a mechanic hired to fix an elevator in a lonely 1930s hotel. Discover eerie anomalies, navigate haunted corridors, and uncover dark secrets. Could you finish your job and escape safely?
UNPUNISHED
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Realizing that Mark will have to return to his family home, he begins to gradually sort through the family archives. Mark will have to read his parents' old letters, go down into the deepest parts of the house to unravel the secrets that have been hidden from him all these years.
Christmas Nightmare
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Third-strongest match for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
CRUELTY
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Ranked #4 for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
Silent Nights
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Ranked #5 for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Psychopathy Assessment
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Ranked #6 for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Holiday Story.
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
There's Something In The Ice
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Ranked #7 for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...
September 7th
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Ranked #8 for The Holiday Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Holiday Story.
"September 7th" is a short horror game released for Christmas. The plot of the game is simple to the point of banality, and the gameplay is not delayed.The game also contains some Easter eggs and mentions. The game takes place in 2009.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Holiday Story at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~72% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~43% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~57% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~72% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Holiday Story.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~43% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Holiday Story.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~72% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Holiday Story.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~43% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~43% under The Holiday Story on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Holiday Story.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Holiday Story.
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 The Holiday Story.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Holiday Story.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Holiday Story.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Holiday Story.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from JustTomcuk
Other recommendable Steam games by JustTomcuk, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Abandoned Souls
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Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Christmas Nightmare
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Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
The Cursed Tape
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Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Reflection
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Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie with The Holiday Story.
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Silent Nights
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
There's Something In The Ice
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...
In My Head
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Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
The Dark Gift
WHY THIS
Another title from JustTomcuk, the studio behind The Holiday Story. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Holiday Story.
The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.
Frequently asked about The Holiday Story
- How much does The Holiday Story cost?
- The Holiday Story is listed on Steam at 3.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Holiday Story?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Holiday Story are Hotelnomaly, UNPUNISHED, Christmas Nightmare.
- Who developed The Holiday Story?
- The Holiday Story was developed by JustTomcuk.
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 Holiday Story.
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