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Games like Unwanted Host

If Unwanted Host is your kind of game, the closest matches are INFERIUS, Ledgermain and From The Void — 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.

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About Unwanted Host: Survive a live torture show where a parasite is trying to kill you in this strategy roguelite. Heal your body, search for the invader, and kill it with a well-placed injection, all while managing the time left until the parasite retaliates. Indulge your viewers long enough to reclaim your freedom.

StrategyIndieCasualWindowsby Quokka Games Lite
Unwanted Host — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Unwanted Host 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. INFERIUS

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    Descend through nine dominions of Hell in a first-person horror roguelike deckbuilder. Wield Major Arcana tarot cards, upgrade your deck between deaths, use your lantern to survive the dark, and defeat each ruler before your sanity breaks.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Ledgermain

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    A roguelite deckbuilder about one thing: watching the numbers go up. Stack cards, chain jokers, and stamp your deck into an engine that snowballs from thousands into the billions.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. From The Void

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    Command a fleet of customizable spaceships, go through intense battles and create builds with unique synergies. Think your placements and upgrades as they will shape the fleet's fate and determines victory or defeat. Test your strategic skills in this rogue-like autobattler game.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    A single-player roguelike deck-builder set in a fallen kingdom. Draft cards, chain elemental resonances, fight through procedural maps of battles, shrines, and bosses. Spend Ash at the Forge for permanent upgrades. Eight heroes, brutal Ascension tiers.

    2026StrategyIndie8.09 USDSteam ↗
  5. Heatspire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    Build devastating chains in this satisfying Connect-Four roguelike. Battle drunk ogres and loud knights, stack run-defining charms, drink powerful brews, and push your luck for explosive combos.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crownbreakers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  7. Forged Cards

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    A roguelike deckbuilder where YOU forge the cards. Slot casts into molds, temper their power, and etch combo inscriptions. Pick your path, battle, bargain, or brave the unknown, then outplay your enemy in simultaneous, position-based combat. Each run is different and each deck yours.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Blackout Jack

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Unwanted Host fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Unwanted Host.

    A cursed blackjack roguelite adventure where your secret objective is to kill the dealer. Gamble your life building a stacked deck of powerful synergies and combos. Explore the seedy underbelly of a medieval city, form your plan, and kill the dealer before he kills you.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗

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 and Casual with Unwanted Host.

    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.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Unwanted Host.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Casual with Unwanted Host.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Unwanted Host.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Unwanted Host.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Unwanted Host.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Unwanted Host

What games are most similar to Unwanted Host?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Unwanted Host are INFERIUS, Ledgermain, From The Void.
Who developed Unwanted Host?
Unwanted Host was developed by Quokka Games Lite.

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 Unwanted Host.

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