Games like Hopeless
If Hopeless is your kind of game, the closest matches are Corridors, Uncanny Tales: Cold Road and The Beast Inside — 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 Hopeless: HOPELESS is a first-person psychological horror game where players explore looping, distorted environments, observe subtle changes in reality, and survive an ever-shifting space.
Players who liked Hopeless also play
Steam players who put hours into Hopeless 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.
Corridors
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hopeless.
A shooter / gem collection game that lives in your files. Corridors combines high-score action with a fully functional, intuitive file and media explorer. Play in our preset world for competition, or turn your PC and its files into the setting. Lightweight, portable, runs native on most systems.
ActionSteam ↗Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hopeless.
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
The Beast Inside
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hopeless.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Trepang2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hopeless.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Husk
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
HROT
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hopeless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
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 Hopeless.
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. Shares Action with Hopeless.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hopeless.
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 with Hopeless.
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 Action and Indie with Hopeless.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hopeless.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Hopeless.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Trepang2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Hopeless.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Frequently asked about Hopeless
- What games are most similar to Hopeless?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hopeless are Corridors, Uncanny Tales: Cold Road, The Beast Inside.
- Who developed Hopeless?
- Hopeless was developed by landlucian.
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 Hopeless.
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