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Games like HEARKEN

If HEARKEN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Iron Courier, Radio Decay and Subterror — 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 HEARKEN: A blind co-op horror-comedy for 2-4 players. Sound is your only sight — every whisper, footstep, and shout lights up the dark, and calls the monster that hunts by ear. Sneak, haul cargo, and scream at exactly the wrong moment.

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Alichal
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Steam players who put hours into HEARKEN 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. Iron Courier

    WHY THIS

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

    Operate a tank across a desolate, post-apocalyptic haunted wasteland. Take delivery contracts, search procedural bunkers for cargo, and haul it — while being hunted above and below ground. You can't fight them. You can only outrun them. 1–2 player co-op survival horror.

    AdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. Radio Decay

    WHY THIS

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

    A 1-6 player co-op survival horror set in a supernatural nuclear apocalypse. Drop-pod into an abandoned city to extract radioactive artifacts while being hunted by giant bug-like monsters. Rebuild your decaying body with prosthetic limbs, arm yourself, and radio your friends for help.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Subterror

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore abandoned biospheres at the bottom of the ocean, alone or with up to 4 friends.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sketchy's Contract

    WHY THIS

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

    A 1-8 player co-op sci-fi looter horror game that takes place on a mysterious asteroid belt where players must complete contracts by traveling to exotic planets to kill creatures, find loot, and/or farm planetary materials that they must return to an ominous figure named Sketchy.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure8.09 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bughouse

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bunker Invaders

    WHY THIS

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

    A co-op horror game where you must scavenge for loot and maintain the bunker to keep it standing

    2024ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Agonize

    WHY THIS

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

    Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Cursed Companions

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for HEARKEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HEARKEN.

    If we say the wrong words... WE DIE! This game kills you with your own voices! Online co-op where everyone gets a forbidden word, say it and you kill your friends. Explore spooky dungeons, cast spells and defeat monsters with your voices. 8-player Co-op Mode. 16-player Traitor Mode

    2026ActionIndieAdventure6.29 USDSteam ↗

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 HEARKEN.

    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 Action and Adventure with HEARKEN.

    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 Action and Indie with HEARKEN.

    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 HEARKEN.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about HEARKEN

Does HEARKEN have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — HEARKEN supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to HEARKEN?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HEARKEN are Iron Courier, Radio Decay, Subterror.
Who developed HEARKEN?
HEARKEN was developed by Alichal.

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 HEARKEN.

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