Games like Motherheart
If Motherheart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wild East: The Straw Man, Paradise Killer and Heaven Does Not Respond — 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 Motherheart: Based on the concept album "When They Both Went Under" by Renting Asteroids, an unexpected call pulls you into the private world of a secluded writing circle following a tragedy. In this first-person point and click detective RPG, play as Carmen Voss, trace shared drafts, and survive surreal combat.
Players who liked Motherheart also play
Steam players who put hours into Motherheart 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.
Wild East: The Straw Man
WHY THIS
Top pick for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
1993, just after Czechoslovakia split in two. Play as reporter Marek and investigate the death of a company director in name only. In Prague, journalist Eva pursues a case of her own. Explore locations, read documents, and uncover where their cases meet in a classic 2D point-and-click mystery.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Heaven Does Not Respond
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Life Gallery
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.
The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.
No Return
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
Contradiction: Spot The Liar
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
春泥 Soil of Rebirth
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Motherheart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕，刑警程佑接到报案，动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入，案件的疑点层层浮现，将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动，深埋的真相即将揭开......
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 Motherheart.
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.
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 Indie with Motherheart.
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 with Motherheart.
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 Motherheart.
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 with Motherheart.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Life Gallery
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.
Contradiction: Spot The Liar
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Motherheart.
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Frequently asked about Motherheart
- What games are most similar to Motherheart?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Motherheart are Wild East: The Straw Man, Paradise Killer, Heaven Does Not Respond.
- Who developed Motherheart?
- Motherheart was developed by Renting Asteroids.
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 Motherheart.
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