Games like I Hear the Forest
If I Hear the Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wild n Chill, Klorbiest Catch and The Call Button — 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 I Hear the Forest: A slow-burn folk horror. You play as a forest ranger who finds himself surrounded by talking trees, flying witches' heads, and cursed dryads. You'll be very lucky if you make it out of the forest alive.
Players who liked I Hear the Forest also play
Steam players who put hours into I Hear the Forest 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 n Chill
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Top pick for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Hear the Forest.
Wild n Chill is a laid-back wilderness escape where ya forage, hunt, and craft the off-grid cabin of your dreams. Far from the noise and nonsense, it’s just you, your trusty companion, and a pal or two.
Klorbiest Catch
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Hear the Forest.
Captain a klorb fishing boat on the Klorbing Sea, a modern-day gold rush over the world's most unpredictable waters. Bait & drop catch pots, manage a crew with minds of their own, and out-klorb your rival captains before the quota runs out.
The Call Button
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
A short horror observation thriller. Could you tell what's real and what isn't? You stole intel from your company. Now you wake up in a hospital every day with two choices: take your medication if something looks wrong, or hit the call button if you're sure the room is safe.
The 7th Shift
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Ranked #4 for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Hear the Forest.
Work the overnight shift alone at Founder's Choice Market. Inspect shipments, decide what’s accepted or denied, and stock the shelves. But be careful, your performance is being evaluated, and it determines your fate. Escape after seven shifts or be forced to join the staff that never clocks out
Books for Bad Neighbors
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Ranked #5 for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with I Hear the Forest.
Run a 199X bookshop by mail. Every order tells you what someone plans to do. Your only move is what you put in the box.
Where We Used to Play
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Ranked #6 for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
A first-person psychological horror game focused on observation, anomaly detection, and meaningful choices that lead to multiple endings inside a house filled with forgotten memories.
My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me
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Ranked #7 for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
A dreamlike, half-remembered nowhere. Quietly wander through it, solve opaque puzzles, and meet strange figures as something beautiful unwinds.
I'm not a Psycho Invader
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Ranked #8 for I Hear the Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Hear the Forest.
You've seized the university! Every floor is full of obstacles. Each hostage is valuable, dangerous, or a waste of time. Kill, search, or interrogate: everything costs time, and panic raises the price. Reach the roof before time runs out.
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 I Hear the Forest.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
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 and Simulation with I Hear the Forest.
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 I Hear the Forest.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
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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More from Podoba Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by Podoba Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Back to Hearth
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Another title from Podoba Interactive, the studio behind I Hear the Forest.
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
Blessed Burden
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Another title from Podoba Interactive, the studio behind I Hear the Forest.
Begin your journey as a frail, armless priest and grow stronger through sacred relics. With no weapons but your speed, skill and faith, rise to become a true warrior of God - and face the Devil himself.
Museum of Monoliths
WHY THIS
Another title from Podoba Interactive, the studio behind I Hear the Forest. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Dread Fields
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Another title from Podoba Interactive, the studio behind I Hear the Forest. Shares Indie with I Hear the Forest.
You bought an isolated farm to start a new life. Your peaceful routine is shattered when the former owner's terrible secrets rise from beneath the ground. A slow-burn rural horror.
Job Burnout
WHY THIS
Another title from Podoba Interactive, the studio behind I Hear the Forest. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Hear the Forest.
Psychological horror game about your lovely work. Absurd humor, incompetent management, pointless tasks, weird coworkers, and monsters that show up in the office after the workday ends.
Frequently asked about I Hear the Forest
- What games are most similar to I Hear the Forest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I Hear the Forest are Wild n Chill, Klorbiest Catch, The Call Button.
- Who developed I Hear the Forest?
- I Hear the Forest was developed by Podoba Interactive.
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 I Hear the Forest.
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