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Games like The Hollow Grounds

If The Hollow Grounds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ecliptica, Voldark and Market at Moonfall — 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 The Hollow Grounds: Survive relentless waves of the Hollowed, upgrade your gear and home, unlock deadly new enemies, take on powerful bosses, and rebirth to grow stronger. Push your limits, climb the leaderboards, and prove you can become the ultimate survivor.

2026ActionStrategyRPGWindowsby Gavin Zastrow
The Hollow Grounds — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Hollow Grounds 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. Ecliptica

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Hollow Grounds.

    Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Voldark

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Hollow Grounds.

    Voldark is an open-world survival crafting game set in a dangerous forest filled with mutant creatures. Gather resources, craft tools and weapons, level up your character, build and defend your base while surviving relentless nighttime attacks.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie10.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. Market at Moonfall

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Hollow Grounds.

    Build and manage a medieval fantasy market by day, then defend it from the monsters your merchants attract at night. Interview strange sellers, shape your town, upgrade your gear, and decide how much danger is worth the profit.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Phantom of the Grove

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Hollow Grounds.

    A fungal fairycore colony sim where you are the vengeful spirit of an ancient forest. Possess and gaslight invaders into fighting each other, reclaim their bodies as fuel for the Grove, and guide your Seely mushroom children to build and expand. The Grove is done being nice.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Hollow Grounds.

    Painted Kingdoms is a minimalist strategy game where you paint, build, and defend your Kingdom of paper. Harness the power of paint to protect it from relentless flames and enemy hordes. Will your Painted Kingdom survive the next wave?

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Tia:weird hunter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Hollow Grounds.

    Welcome to Tia: Weird Hunter, a hand-drawn 2D action RPG. Unleash fast, fluid combos, and take on fierce boss battles that will test your reflexes and skills. Play as the mysterious Scythe Maiden as you explore the vivid, fantastical city known as the Faceless City.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Hollow Grounds.

    The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. Beyond the Map

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Hollow Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Hollow Grounds.

    Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Hollow Grounds.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Hollow Grounds.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with The Hollow Grounds.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Hollow Grounds

What games are most similar to The Hollow Grounds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Hollow Grounds are Ecliptica, Voldark, Market at Moonfall.
Who developed The Hollow Grounds?
The Hollow Grounds was developed by Gavin Zastrow.

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 The Hollow Grounds.

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16 Games Like The Hollow Grounds — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run