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Games like Toymaker

Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Toymaker for fans of indie, rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Toymaker also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Toymaker: Toymaker is a roleplaying game that takes place in a dark, snow-filled world, where life is harsh and the people living there have become hard and cold. In this land, the darkness has eyes, the winter wind whispers with a piercing voice and the frost hungers for warm flesh.

2017IndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Red Skald
Toymaker — Steam game cover
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    OMORI — Steam game cover

    OMORI

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

    Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Psicose? — Steam game cover

    Psicose?

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

    Running away is your only option, but beware, it can also be your end. Nathanael must go through a mysterious mansion while fleeing from something that pursues him, but ends up getting involved in an occult ritual that puts him on the threshold between reality and the surreal.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    SINNERS — Steam game cover

    SINNERS

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

    You wake up in a cold and dark cell. You look around. Everything seems abandoned and run-down. All of a sudden, the speaker on the wall activates with a loud and shrill noise. A voice comes through the speaker. It tells you to leave the room. Will you get your freedom back?

    2019IndieRPGCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Corpse Party — Steam game cover

    Corpse Party

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

    A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Witch's House MV — Steam game cover

    The Witch's House MV

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

    A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Aooni — Steam game cover

    Aooni

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

    [This is the origin of "Blue Tragedy"]The legendary horror game "Ao Oni" is now available on Steam!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Coffin of Ashes — Steam game cover

    Coffin of Ashes

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

    Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?

    2016IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Bleeding Knife — Steam game cover

    Bleeding Knife

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

    Bleeding Knife is a classic horror game based on exploration, puzzle solving and story-telling. You will have to search for items and pick the right choices to be able to make it to the end of the game.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Toymaker at current Steam store prices.

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    Psicose? — Steam game cover

    Psicose?

    Priced ~86% under Toymaker on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Toymaker.

    Running away is your only option, but beware, it can also be your end. Nathanael must go through a mysterious mansion while fleeing from something that pursues him, but ends up getting involved in an occult ritual that puts him on the threshold between reality and the surreal.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    SINNERS — Steam game cover

    SINNERS

    Priced ~43% under Toymaker on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Toymaker.

    You wake up in a cold and dark cell. You look around. Everything seems abandoned and run-down. All of a sudden, the speaker on the wall activates with a loud and shrill noise. A voice comes through the speaker. It tells you to leave the room. Will you get your freedom back?

    2019IndieRPGCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Bleeding Knife — Steam game cover

    Bleeding Knife

    Priced ~43% under Toymaker on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Toymaker.

    Bleeding Knife is a classic horror game based on exploration, puzzle solving and story-telling. You will have to search for items and pick the right choices to be able to make it to the end of the game.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Toymaker

Does Toymaker run on Steam Deck?
Toymaker is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Toymaker cost?
Toymaker is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Toymaker?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Toymaker are OMORI, Psicose?, SINNERS.
Who developed Toymaker?
Toymaker was developed by Red Skald.

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 Toymaker.

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