Games like Hearthsail
If Hearthsail is your kind of game, the closest matches are Star Catcher, Tales from The Dancing Moon and Sailwind — 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 Hearthsail: A relaxing co-op ocean adventure for you and your friends. Captain your own boat, build up your island home, and explore a vibrant archipelago full of secrets and stories. No game overs, no ticking clocks — just sail, fish, and create your own perfect slice of the sea.
Players who liked Hearthsail also play
Steam players who put hours into Hearthsail 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.
Star Catcher
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Top pick for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
An atmospheric solo or co-op fishing adventure set across a sea of stars. Sail between ancient islands, catch lost souls, uncover forgotten lore, discover powerful relics, and unlock new regions as you draw closer to the truth of what lies beyond.
Tales from The Dancing Moon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
Tales from the Dancing Moon is a mystery adventure game set in a world inspired by portal-fantasy novels and UK culture. After the events of a shadow-beast invasion on a seaside town, complete villager quests and find hidden diaries to understand your role in this mysterious character-driven story.
Sailwind
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!
Moonglow Bay
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Ranked #4 for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
Embark on a journey as a rookie angler in Moonglow Bay, fulfilling your partner's final wish. Team up with friends, family, and neighbours to hone your fishing skills, nourish relationships, and restore a remote town's fractured community in this slice-of-life fishing RPG!
Farm Together 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hearthsail.
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in the long awaited sequel to the cozy, relaxing farming experience!
Critter Cove
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Hearthsail.
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
On Your Tail
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
A cozy detective adventure where you play as a vacation-bound writer who stumbles upon an idyllic town plagued by an enigmatic thief. Crack the case in this charming seaside town, build relationships, and unravel secrets in a world full of quirky characters and heartwarming stories.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hearthsail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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 Adventure with Hearthsail.
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 and Simulation with Hearthsail.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hearthsail.
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 Hearthsail.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hearthsail.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hearthsail.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
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!
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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.
Tales from The Dancing Moon
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
Tales from the Dancing Moon is a mystery adventure game set in a world inspired by portal-fantasy novels and UK culture. After the events of a shadow-beast invasion on a seaside town, complete villager quests and find hidden diaries to understand your role in this mysterious character-driven story.
Farm Together 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hearthsail.
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in the long awaited sequel to the cozy, relaxing farming experience!
Critter Cove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Hearthsail.
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
On Your Tail
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
A cozy detective adventure where you play as a vacation-bound writer who stumbles upon an idyllic town plagued by an enigmatic thief. Crack the case in this charming seaside town, build relationships, and unravel secrets in a world full of quirky characters and heartwarming stories.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hearthsail.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Frequently asked about Hearthsail
- Does Hearthsail have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Hearthsail supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Hearthsail?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hearthsail are Star Catcher, Tales from The Dancing Moon, Sailwind.
- Who developed Hearthsail?
- Hearthsail was developed by Joshua Gerke.
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 Hearthsail.
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