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Games like Hollow Descent

If Hollow Descent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Epsylon - The Guardians of Xendron, The Gods of the Red Planet and Mandated Fate — 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 Hollow Descent: A narrative-driven RPG where you investigate an anomaly consuming the world. Explore, engage in turn-based combat, and make choices that shape the story, your allies, and the fate of everything.

AdventureRPGWindowsby Hollow Descent Studio
Hollow Descent — Steam game cover

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  1. Epsylon - The Guardians of Xendron

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

    A private eye mystery game where you decide how to solve the case. Use your detective skills to solve the case or rely on the abilities of your little dragon partner to see things from a new angle.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Gods of the Red Planet

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

    Your team must uncover the secrets of the Terraforming Center on Mars and face an overwhelming battle for the future of the Red Planet. But remember: every choice you make will shape the outcome of this fight.

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mandated Fate

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Hollow Descent.

    A dystopian future-noir social thriller. As an Imperial Inspector, navigate a towering technocratic empire where loyalty is survival. Investigate secrets, manipulate factions, and make brutal moral choices. In this alternate history, will you uphold the regime or subvert the truth?

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  4. Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Hollow Descent.

    In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.

    2025AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Jewel of Monostructure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

    Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.

    2021IndieAdventure2.03 USDSteam ↗
  6. Agarta

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

    Agarta has been designed to show you how valuable and important every decision you make in your individual life, every choice you make is. Because every choice you make is also a renunciation and you cannot undo any decision.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 好久不见 - Long Time No See

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Hollow Descent.

    The story centers around a frustrated middle-aged man named Yu Kaijie. Along with his friend Ma Zhigao, they participated in a class reunion and used the chance to rob the safe of their rich classmate. But against all expectations, the tranquil villa turned into a closed-off crime scene...

    2020IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. A Case of Distrust

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hollow Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

    A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.

    2018IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  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 Hollow Descent.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  4. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Hollow Descent.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Hollow Descent.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hollow Descent

What games are most similar to Hollow Descent?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hollow Descent are Epsylon - The Guardians of Xendron, The Gods of the Red Planet, Mandated Fate.
Who developed Hollow Descent?
Hollow Descent was developed by Hollow Descent Studio.

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 Hollow Descent.

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