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Games like Empty Handed

If Empty Handed is your kind of game, the closest matches are MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH, Age Of Forays and DUNGEONS OF CHAOS — 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 Empty Handed: 2d point-and-click 3rd person indie horror game where you collect items and clues and solve puzzles to uncover a mystery while evading the frequent pursuit of an unstoppable killer.

2017IndieAdventureRPGViolentGore2.50 USDWindowsby Stay Awake Games
Empty Handed — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Empty Handed 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. MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH

    WHY THIS

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

    There are lots of exciting experiences and tasks waiting for you in the game. Do you like the tasks to be solved? Do you like excitement when someone is chasing you and you need to find the key to the mystery? Then this game is for you. We are continually developing and engaging in more and more puzzles and tasks.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Age Of Forays

    WHY THIS

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

    Feel yourself in the role of warrior. Do raids, improve your ship, improve your hero, control your combat unit. Become a part of the great history of the northern kingdom

    2018ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. DUNGEONS OF CHAOS

    WHY THIS

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

    Retro turn-based 2D pixelart RPG. Exploration, character choices, riddles and challenges. 80+ hours of gameplay.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 绝境幸存者 Escape Zombie Land

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a side scrolling platform game that includes multiple story lines, puzzle solving and levels, also it has Semi-RPG elements which brins more fun to the gamer, the game is presented in retro piexel art.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Silver Island

    WHY THIS

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

    The hood has been infested with a plague of creeps and uglies. Zombies ate your cat and you're out for revenge. However, what started as a simple mission to bludgeon, dismember and hack to pieces the hordes of hell unfolds into an epic quest through the slums, graveyards, 99-cent stores, whorehouses and polluted lakes of Silver island in...

    2017ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Pocket Universe : Create Your Community

    WHY THIS

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

    Prepare for a brand new adventure in Pocket Universe, a game which combines adored mechanics from strategy and RPG genres. Our vision is an experience which does not solely revolve around the player, but also the world itself which is inhabited by artificially intelligent agents.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Brave

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a MOD game, different MOD will have different gameplay, RPG/FPS, and so on.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Stay Woke Etheral Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Empty Handed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empty Handed.

    After experiencing a traumatic accident, you awake to find yourself in a strange, new, and dynamic foggy town, that is filled to the brim with oddities and quirks. Players will experience a little yet big tale about what goes on in the afterlife.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empty Handed.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~40% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empty Handed.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Empty Handed.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Empty Handed.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Empty Handed.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Empty Handed.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Empty Handed.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Empty Handed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Empty Handed.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 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 Empty Handed.

    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. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Devolverland Expo

    WHY THIS

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

    Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. SUCCUBUS: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. My Friend is a Raven

    WHY THIS

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

    You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.

    2020IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  6. Welcome To The Dark Place

    WHY THIS

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

    The train is the only escape.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Bad Dream: Fever

    WHY THIS

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

    The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Half-Life: A Place in the West

    WHY THIS

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

    In a devastated America, sinister commandos are kidnapping children and taking them to a hidden city with a mysterious cosmic tower at its heart – a tower that may prove to be humanity’s salvation, or its doom. Join three survivors in this fan-made comic as they attempt to unlock the city’s secrets.

    2016IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Empty Handed

How much does Empty Handed cost?
Empty Handed is listed on Steam at 2.50 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Empty Handed?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Empty Handed are MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH, Age Of Forays, DUNGEONS OF CHAOS.
Who developed Empty Handed?
Empty Handed was developed by Stay Awake Games.

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 Empty Handed.

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