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Games like Hold On

If Hold On is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pink Gum, The Simplest Game in the World and MaryPark St. — 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 Hold On: Struggle. Fall. Triumph. Hold on. A small yet grand journey across life. Simple interactions connect seemingly unrelated moments, from the microscopic to the cosmic.

AdventureWindows · macOSby The Sheep's Meow
Hold On — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hold On also play

Steam players who put hours into Hold On 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.

  1. Pink Gum

    WHY THIS

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

    A short and deeply emotional game experience where life itself is presented through a unique perspective.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Simplest Game in the World

    WHY THIS

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

    You can beat this game with any key on your keyboard. ANY key, I mean it.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MaryPark St.

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Hold On fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hold On.

    MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. P.I.G.E.O.N.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hold On fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hold On.

    P.I.G.E.O.N. is a short surrealist visual novel RPG in which you become a pigeon, armed with a camera, sent to spy. You will have to make choices, but you won't always be able to make a choice.

    IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  5. stikir

    WHY THIS

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

    This game is about making this game.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Beginner's Guide

    WHY THIS

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

    The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

    2015IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hold On fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hold On.

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. What's Your Gender?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hold On fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    An antichamber inspired educational puzzle game, that allows you to simultaneously explore a non-euclidean maze and concepts and terms related to gender, identity and expression in a playful and reassuring manner.

    2021IndieCasual1.99 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 Hold On.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hold On

What games are most similar to Hold On?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hold On are Pink Gum, The Simplest Game in the World, MaryPark St..
Who developed Hold On?
Hold On was developed by The Sheep's Meow.

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 Hold On.

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