Games like On the Hearth
If On the Hearth is your kind of game, the closest matches are Go North, The Abbess Garden and Strange Antiquities — 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 On the Hearth: As an apprentice wise-woman during the height of the witch trials, decrypt decades of magical research, explore the wilds for peculiar reagents, and experiment with arcane potions. All the while solving a myriad of mysteries whilst preparing your close-knit village for an encroaching church-crusade.
Players who liked On the Hearth also play
Steam players who put hours into On the Hearth 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.
Go North
WHY THIS
Top pick for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
Explore beautiful mazes, discover unique items and help other explorers complete unusual side quests in this cozy and narrative-driven adventure!
The Abbess Garden
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with On the Hearth.
Cozy third-person gardening in 1643 France. As Agnès, restore a forbidden abbey garden, grow and identify real plants through the seasons, uncover a spy plot, help the community, and find queer romance.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Down in Bermuda
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
An unnatural storm leaves an adventurous aviator stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda. Overcome creatures of the deep and unravel the islands secrets in search of a way back home.
Escape From Mystwood Mansion
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Wayward Strand
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.
Pentiment
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for On the Hearth fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with On the Hearth.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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 On the Hearth.
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 Adventure with On the Hearth.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with On the Hearth.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
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 On the Hearth.
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 Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
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 On the Hearth.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Down in Bermuda
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
An unnatural storm leaves an adventurous aviator stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda. Overcome creatures of the deep and unravel the islands secrets in search of a way back home.
Escape From Mystwood Mansion
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with On the Hearth.
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Pentiment
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with On the Hearth.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Frequently asked about On the Hearth
- What games are most similar to On the Hearth?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside On the Hearth are Go North, The Abbess Garden, Strange Antiquities.
- Who developed On the Hearth?
- On the Hearth was developed by Earl Grimm Games.
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 On the Hearth.
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