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Games like The Bottom of the Well

If The Bottom of the Well is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator, Shopping in a Winter Zombieland and Survive or Thrive — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its customizable character stats matter, 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 The Bottom of the Well: Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.

2016RPGFree To PlayFree to playWindowsby Red Nettle Studio
The Bottom of the Well — Steam game cover
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Achievements are fun and rewardingCustomizable character stats matterEvery decision in a dream shapes realityAtmosphericContemplativeHypnotic

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Steam players who put hours into The Bottom of the Well 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. Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Bottom of the Well.

    From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Shopping in a Winter Zombieland

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Bottom of the Well.

    An apocalyptic Visual Novel from Zombie Zone Germany for Christmas with German voice acting, lots of decisions and seven different endings. There is only a version in German language.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Survive or Thrive

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Bottom of the Well.

    Crikey, mate! You shouldn't be out here all on your own! There's big MONSTAS' runnin' about! And besides... It's not always the beasts that you gotta watch out for. Beasts are easy to predict! They just wanna kill and eat ya! Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first!

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Bottom of the Well.

    Ranked #4 for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Bottom of the Well.

    A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Bottom of the Well.

    Olive is trapped in school in the midst of the apocalypse! With demons slaughtering every dog in sight there's only so many left to spend time with! Will their special someone be Brownie the snack-loving corgi, Sparky the sporty husky or Patches the dalmatian bookworm? You decide!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Bottom of the Well.

    Ranked #6 for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Bottom of the Well.

    One thousand zombies from the massacre of Hachiko High are crashing Olive's birthday party! Trapped in the Grimalkin Estate they'll have to unravel the mystery behind the zombies, all while making sure their friends are having the Purrfect Apawcalypse!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Bottom of the Well.

    Ranked #7 for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Bottom of the Well.

    Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Time Space Rebuild

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Bottom of the Well.

    Ranked #8 for The Bottom of the Well fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Bottom of the Well

Is The Bottom of the Well free to play?
Yes — The Bottom of the Well is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to The Bottom of the Well?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Bottom of the Well are Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator, Shopping in a Winter Zombieland, Survive or Thrive.
Who developed The Bottom of the Well?
The Bottom of the Well was developed by Red Nettle Studio.

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 Bottom of the Well.

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