Games like Hostil
If Hostil is your kind of game, the closest matches are Missi, The Fire Nobody Started and Pine: A Story of Loss — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Hostil: Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
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Steam players who put hours into Hostil 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.
Missi
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Missi is a cozy point & click game in a watercolor hand-drawn world. Solve puzzles together with a cute white mouse, using clues in sketches of past adventures. Try to trick the Mushroom Spider and the Crow King by collecting all medicinal herbs for her sick son.
The Fire Nobody Started
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service. Passengers are advised that this train consists of 9 cars, divided by each era. Please mind the fire. This train is ready to depart, please stand clear of the fire.
Pine: A Story of Loss
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Miniatures
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
All You Can Eat
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Meet a modern hero of our times, a man so lazy he decided to quit his job and just spend his life inside an All-you-can-eat diner. As years go by, his freeloading nature becomes legend, but then a tragedy occurs - the diner is about to close down! Will he settle down and get a regular job? Never!!!
Gorogoa
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Monolith
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hostil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Hostil
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The Witness
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
The Stanley Parable
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hostil.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
The Talos Principle
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Oxenfree
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
DIG THE GROUND
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hostil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Casual with Hostil.
Dig the Ground is a unique Match3 puzzler in which you have to match gems of the same color and use all sorts of tools to clear the ground tiles beneath you.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hostil at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hostil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hostil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hostil on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Hostil.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hostil on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hostil.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hostil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hostil.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hostil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hostil.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hostil on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hostil.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hostil.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Hostil.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hostil.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hostil.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hostil.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pine: A Story of Loss
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Miniatures
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Gorogoa
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Monolith
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostil.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Frequently asked about Hostil
- How much does Hostil cost?
- Hostil is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hostil?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hostil are Missi, The Fire Nobody Started, Pine: A Story of Loss.
- Who developed Hostil?
- Hostil was developed by Eteru Studio.
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 Hostil.
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