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Games like DATACORE: HAYWIRE

If DATACORE: HAYWIRE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Saga · The Circle, Meine Oma(88) and Project Looking Glass — 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 DATACORE: HAYWIRE: DATACORE: HAYWIRE Is a gritty dystopian top-down Puzzle/Adventure game within the confines of an indestructible fifty thousand square mile cube. With no knowledge of why or how.

StrategyIndieAdventureRPGWindows · Linuxby Rainbow Dye Games
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  1. Saga · The Circle

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    The Holy Sword has been drawn. Now gather the Knights of the Round Table to rebuild the kingdom. Explore and investigate war-torn Britain, and fight in tactical battles where stealing turns matters. In this Literary CRPG, every choice shapes your values, your allies, and the fate of Britain itself.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Meine Oma(88)

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    Of course Grandma loves you — but she loves it even more when you simply listen. Dive into her labyrinth of memories, challenge her stories and watch everything around you fall apart. Can you escape her version of the past?

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Project Looking Glass

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Strawberry Flavor Sci-Fi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    Like strawberries? If they went extinct, how would we find their taste again? This fundamentalist suspense & sci-fi visual novel lets you step into the shoes of an Ocular to unravel a series of conspiracies woven from tech ethics and human nature in a near-future world that could arrive anytime.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Alcyone: The Last City

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Festival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    Party-Based RPG at a Music Festival & Renaissance Faire

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Kindergarten 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for DATACORE: HAYWIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

    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 with DATACORE: HAYWIRE.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about DATACORE: HAYWIRE

What games are most similar to DATACORE: HAYWIRE?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DATACORE: HAYWIRE are Saga · The Circle, Meine Oma(88), Project Looking Glass.
Who developed DATACORE: HAYWIRE?
DATACORE: HAYWIRE was developed by Rainbow Dye Games and published by Rainbow Dye Games .

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