Games like Highlands, Deep Waters
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Highlands, Deep Waters for fans of indie, adventure, 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 Highlands, Deep Waters 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, more from Hosted Games. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Highlands, Deep Waters: While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer?
Players who liked Highlands, Deep Waters also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Fallen Hero: Rebirth
Top pick for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
Second-strongest match for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
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Innsmouth 22
Third-strongest match for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
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Blackout: The Darkest Night
Ranked #4 for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
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Stronghold: A Hero's Fate
Ranked #5 for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Defend your stronghold from invading monsters and lead your people to glory! Rule your territory, punish your enemies, and build a legacy.
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Cthulhu Mythos ADV The Isle Of Ubohoth
Ranked #6 for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
A horror dice roll adventure inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. Much like in a tabletop RPG, "abilities," "luck," and "dice rolls" influence the story's progression. The protagonist is cursed on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. Investigate the island, uncover the mysteries, and break the curse!
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Choice of Magics
Ranked #7 for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!
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Monster Loves You!
Ranked #8 for Highlands, Deep Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!
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Fallen Hero: Rebirth
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
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Fallen Hero: Retribution
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.
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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
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Tin Star
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and RPG with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
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Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and RPG with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
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Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
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Lords of Infinity
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and RPG with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind Highlands, Deep Waters. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highlands, Deep Waters.
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
Frequently asked about Highlands, Deep Waters
- How much does Highlands, Deep Waters cost?
- Highlands, Deep Waters is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Highlands, Deep Waters?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Highlands, Deep Waters are Fallen Hero: Rebirth, Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One, Innsmouth 22.
- Who developed Highlands, Deep Waters?
- Highlands, Deep Waters was developed by Hosted Games.
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