Games like Hollow Steps
If Hollow Steps is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Talos Principle, Dream Stone and Return of the Obra Dinn — 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 Hollow Steps: You are a customer of a virtual world company Dartom Inc. You are one of the many people who wants to test themselves in one of the many worlds created by the company. On your test, a ghost in the system will change your experience.
Players who liked Hollow Steps also play
Steam players who put hours into Hollow Steps 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.
The Talos Principle
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
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).
Dream Stone
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
You wake up and find yourself trapped in a dream. Only thing in your mind is to wake up. The key to wake up lies within 3 Dream Stones which are awaiting at the end of puzzles you encounter through the game in different dream chapters.
Return of the Obra Dinn
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Myst
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Blue Prince
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
The Assembly
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hollow Steps fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hollow Steps at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hollow Steps on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hollow Steps on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hollow Steps on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hollow Steps on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hollow Steps on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
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 with Hollow Steps.
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 Hollow Steps.
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 Hollow Steps.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
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 with Hollow Steps.
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 Hollow Steps.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from QuickSave
Other recommendable Steam games by QuickSave, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Painted Memories
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Painted Memories is an Action/Adventure game that you journey through using various equipment in your arsenal, such as a crossbow or a torch. You will encounter different creatures, bosses, puzzles and more!
Dream Stone
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
You wake up and find yourself trapped in a dream. Only thing in your mind is to wake up. The key to wake up lies within 3 Dream Stones which are awaiting at the end of puzzles you encounter through the game in different dream chapters.
Chaos Town
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Chaos Town is a top-down chaotic shooter game where everything is destructible!
Deep Sorrow
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Light The Way
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Light The Way is a first-person horror adventure game. It takes place in a storage house after your character is kidnapped by a stranger.
Chaos Village
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Chaos Village is a top-down chaotic shooter game with various weapons, perks and power ups.
Soul Valley
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Soul Valley is a survival, text-reading, treasure hunting, story rich, walking simulator game.
Slay The Bigies
WHY THIS
Another title from QuickSave, the studio behind Hollow Steps. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Slay The Bigies is an anime style hack'n slash action rpg game with randomized loot and inventory system.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Return of the Obra Dinn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Myst
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
The Assembly
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
Frequently asked about Hollow Steps
- How much does Hollow Steps cost?
- Hollow Steps is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hollow Steps?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hollow Steps are The Talos Principle, Dream Stone, Return of the Obra Dinn.
- Who developed Hollow Steps?
- Hollow Steps was developed by QuickSave and published by SA Industry.
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 Hollow Steps.
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