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Games like Seeds of Pain

If Seeds of Pain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Thoughtless, Alcyone: The Last City and Room 337 — 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 Seeds of Pain: A group of kids decide to leave their floating island to go and explore the collosal tree that occupies half of their world. They descent will soon become much more dangerous than they thought. Visual Novel with resource management elements in a dark fantasy world.

2027StrategyAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby Aky Heart
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Players who liked Seeds of Pain also play

Steam players who put hours into Seeds of Pain 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. Thoughtless

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Alcyone: The Last City

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Seeds of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Room 337

    WHY THIS

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

    You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures

    WHY THIS

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

    DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery

    WHY THIS

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

    A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!

    2023AdventureSimulationRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Roadwarden

    WHY THIS

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

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

    WHY THIS

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

    The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.

    2020Adventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. ghostpia Season One

    WHY THIS

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

    "In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

    2023Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    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 ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!

    2023AdventureSimulationRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.

    2020Adventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. ghostpia Season One

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Seeds of Pain.

    "In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

    2023Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Seeds of Pain

What games are most similar to Seeds of Pain?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Seeds of Pain are Thoughtless, Alcyone: The Last City, Room 337.
Who developed Seeds of Pain?
Seeds of Pain was developed by Aky Heart.

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 Seeds of Pain.

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