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Games like The Totemist

If The Totemist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Save Us, Doctor Faust!, Yokai Mart and Distant Trails — 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 The Totemist: Craft uncanny totems. Aid troubled townsfolk. Uncover the darkness below. The Totemist is a narrative-driven occult shop sim set in a quietly strange town, where you craft charms inspired by real witchcraft, aid troubled townspeople, and uncover the ancient force festering beneath them.

2026IndieAdventureSimulationRPGWindowsby ShutinStudio
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Steam players who put hours into The Totemist 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. Save Us, Doctor Faust!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Totemist.

    Save Us, Doctor Faust! is an immersive medieval doctor simulator where you diagnose diseases, study medicine, and craft remedies from raw ingredients. Examine your patients, grind and distill ingredients, experiment with recipes — and remember: one mistake could cost a life.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Yokai Mart

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Totemist.

    A convenience store at the edge of the spirit world. Aoi returns to her grandmother's cozy convenience store and discovers it has regulars she never expected. Stock the shelves by day, care for the yokai by night, and slowly unravel the gentle magic Aoi's grandmother has always tended.

    2027IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. Distant Trails

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Totemist.

    Explore open forest, steep mountains and muddy singletrack in this easy-paced outdoor adventure. Take a crew of trail runners out to remote locations to repair damage, protect nature and investigate unexpected events with only their feet for transport and a backpack to carry supplies.

    SportsAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. AI守护天使 AI Eternal Companion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Totemist.

    The AIs from your phone suddenly appear right beside you—and it seems a conflict has broken out between them. In the game, DeepSeek—once a cooperative AI partner—suddenly turns rogue due to an unknown anomaly, becoming a force that disrupts the balance of the world.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Necromancer's Army

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Totemist.

    A dark narrative idle game where your clicks fuel a ritual that begins to answer back. Raise minions, harvest souls, and push deeper into a pact that shouldn't exist. Five acts, three endings, and an Endless Mode.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Grimsorrow Academy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Totemist.

    An idle RPG of dark academia and spellcasting dread. You signed the indenture, the page is still warm. Scry the mirror, stoke the umbra, attend your disciplines, and survive ten years. Do not feed the staircase.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Herald of Moira

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Totemist.

    Explore the region of Rosevale, craft potions through alchemy, lead an investigation against five suspects, and uncover the truth behind a massacre in this semi-open world gothic fantasy RPG.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  8. The Bone Crypt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Totemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Totemist.

    Steam’s first PvP Domino Deckbuilder! Connect pips on bone tiles to chain attacks and outsmart enemies in a tactical roguelike tomb. Master a deep solo campaign or crush rivals in online PvP. No cards, just pure bone-clinking strategy. Do you have the marrow to escape the crypt?

    2026StrategyIndieRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗

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 with The Totemist.

    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. Shares Adventure with The Totemist.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Totemist.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 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 The Totemist.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Totemist.

    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 ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Totemist.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Totemist.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Totemist

What games are most similar to The Totemist?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Totemist are Save Us, Doctor Faust!, Yokai Mart, Distant Trails.
Who developed The Totemist?
The Totemist was developed by ShutinStudio.

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 Totemist.

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