Games like We Were Here Before
If We Were Here Before is your kind of game, the closest matches are 异馆十二月, Ostera : The curse of... and Sunset Magna Carta — 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 We Were Here Before: The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
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异馆十二月
WHY THIS
Top pick for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with We Were Here Before.
Manage a mysterious house by day and explore a cursed town by night. Build bonds with three heroines, uncover clues through AI-driven conversations, survive deadly visits and battles, and seek the truth behind the December cycle before it claims everyone again.
Ostera : The curse of...
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with We Were Here Before.
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Sunset Magna Carta
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with We Were Here Before.
Sunset Magna Carta (formerly Fertility, Crime, and Economy) is a political simulation game. As a cabinet minister of the United Realm, you will implement policies, handle social crises, and try to sustain order and national prosperity. Be careful: consequences may defy your intentions.
Astronaut: The Best
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Ranked #4 for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with We Were Here Before.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
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Ranked #5 for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Were Here Before.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
WTF Is Wrong With You?
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Ranked #6 for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with We Were Here Before.
Have you ever wondered WTF Is Wrong With You? Well, so have we... Let's find out together, shall we?
Survivor Dieland
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Ranked #7 for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with We Were Here Before.
You're gonna get yourself killed being out here all by your lonesome... There's monsters on this island! Besides, It's not always the beasts you should be afraid of... Beasts are easy to predict. They just want to kill and eat you. Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first...
7Days Origins
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Ranked #8 for We Were Here Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Were Here Before.
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
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 We Were Here Before.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 We Were Here Before.
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 with We Were Here Before.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with We Were Here Before.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Were Here Before.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Were Here Before.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with We Were Here Before.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about We Were Here Before
- What games are most similar to We Were Here Before?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside We Were Here Before are 异馆十二月, Ostera : The curse of..., Sunset Magna Carta.
- Who developed We Were Here Before?
- We Were Here Before was developed by Inkdrift.
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 We Were Here Before.
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