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Games like MOTHERWARD

If MOTHERWARD is your kind of game, the closest matches are Late Shift, Below, Rusted Gods and The Last Match — 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 MOTHERWARD: You are a young girl searching a hospital for your mother. Remember what you see. When in doubt, take a second look. If everything is as expected, use the upstairs route. If anything is unexpected, use the downstairs route.

IndieAdventureSimulationWindows · macOS · Linuxby Budgie Pixels
MOTHERWARD — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into MOTHERWARD 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. Late Shift

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    Experience found-footage horror through the eyes of a missing cinema employee. Find anomalies, uncover the truth and break the loop. Make sure every room is checked... thoroughly. Navigate a looping cinema and avoid becoming another missing employee.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Below, Rusted Gods

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Last Match

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    Her profile looked perfect. The woman sitting across from you is anything but. What begins as an ordinary date soon turns into a disturbing fight for survival. Watch her behavior, choose your words carefully, and uncover the terrifying truth behind your last match.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Dimhaven - The Lost Source

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!

    2026IndieAdventure20.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grunn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dead end Exit 8

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. While We Wait Here

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for MOTHERWARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with MOTHERWARD.

    Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

    2024AdventureSimulationCasual4.99 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. Shares Indie with MOTHERWARD.

    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 MOTHERWARD.

    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. Shares Indie with MOTHERWARD.

    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 Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    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. Shares Indie and Simulation with MOTHERWARD.

    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 Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Grunn

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with MOTHERWARD.

    PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. While We Wait Here

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with MOTHERWARD.

    Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

    2024AdventureSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about MOTHERWARD

What games are most similar to MOTHERWARD?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MOTHERWARD are Late Shift, Below, Rusted Gods, The Last Match.
Who developed MOTHERWARD?
MOTHERWARD was developed by Budgie Pixels.

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 MOTHERWARD.

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