Games like Emberhaven
If Emberhaven is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ars Notoria, Whisper of the Swallows and Night of the Dead — 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 Emberhaven: Survive in a procedurally generated fantasy world overrun by creeping corruption. Build impenetrable strongholds, tend your farms, forge deadly weapons, and fend off hordes of mutated abominations to defend your last sanctuary.
Players who liked Emberhaven also play
Steam players who put hours into Emberhaven 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.
Ars Notoria
WHY THIS
Top pick for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Emberhaven.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Whisper of the Swallows
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Crashlands
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Valheim
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Dig or Die
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Emberhaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Emberhaven at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Emberhaven on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Emberhaven.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Emberhaven on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Emberhaven on Steam right now. Shares Action with Emberhaven.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Emberhaven on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Emberhaven on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Emberhaven.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Emberhaven.
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 Emberhaven.
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 and Adventure with Emberhaven.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Emberhaven.
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 Emberhaven.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Emberhaven.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Emberhaven.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Crashlands
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Valheim
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Emberhaven.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Frequently asked about Emberhaven
- How much does Emberhaven cost?
- Emberhaven is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Emberhaven have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Emberhaven supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Emberhaven?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Emberhaven are Ars Notoria, Whisper of the Swallows, Night of the Dead.
- Who developed Emberhaven?
- Emberhaven was developed by The Third Variable Co., Ltd. and published by Jexar Games Co., Ltd..
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