Games like Chainsaw Woods
Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to Chainsaw Woods for fans of indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Chainsaw Woods also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Chainsaw Woods: A survival horror game where you must escape from a forest you've gotten lost in. The forest is randomly generated each time you play. Supports online co-op for up to 2 players. Work together to escape from the forest!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Ivory Cage
Top pick for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Descent with your team into the depths of an abandoned theme park to repair its broken machinery, and survive what's still down there.
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Concrete Abyss
Second-strongest match for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Liquidator, you have been re-assigned. Descend into a spatially unstable underground abyss, complete tasks assigned by the C.C.S.R. overseer, scavenge supplies and survive the horrors of the Kaldir conglomerate's negligence alone or with your fellow liquidators.
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It Has My Face
Third-strongest match for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
IT HAS YOUR FACE. Now it wants your life. Hide, seek, and try to kill your clone in this deceptively simple first-person horror roguelite.
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Nasty Zombies
Ranked #4 for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Team up with up to 4 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, and cosmetics.
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NO BACKUP
Ranked #5 for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.
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Dark Hours
Ranked #6 for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.
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Neon Abyss 2
Ranked #7 for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Dive into the cybermyth roguelike chaos of Neon Abyss 2! Now featuring up to 4-player online co-op, more combat styles, and unlimited item synergies, every run delivers a dramatic, action-packed experience you won't forget.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Ranked #8 for Chainsaw Woods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chainsaw Woods at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~79% under Chainsaw Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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?
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The Test
Priced ~58% under Chainsaw Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~69% under Chainsaw Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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.
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shapez
Priced ~79% under Chainsaw Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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!
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The Test: Hypothesis Rising
Priced ~58% under Chainsaw Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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?
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The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Priced ~58% under Chainsaw Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~79% under Chainsaw Woods on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
"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!
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Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
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.
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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It Has My Face
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
IT HAS YOUR FACE. Now it wants your life. Hide, seek, and try to kill your clone in this deceptively simple first-person horror roguelite.
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Neon Abyss 2
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Chainsaw Woods.
Dive into the cybermyth roguelike chaos of Neon Abyss 2! Now featuring up to 4-player online co-op, more combat styles, and unlimited item synergies, every run delivers a dramatic, action-packed experience you won't forget.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Frequently asked about Chainsaw Woods
- How much does Chainsaw Woods cost?
- Chainsaw Woods is listed on Steam at 4.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Chainsaw Woods have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Chainsaw Woods supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Chainsaw Woods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chainsaw Woods are Ivory Cage, Concrete Abyss, It Has My Face.
- Who developed Chainsaw Woods?
- Chainsaw Woods was developed by Ratsuha.
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 Chainsaw Woods.
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