Games like First Winter
Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to First Winter for fans of indie, violent, gore, 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 First Winter 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. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About First Winter: Seemingly trapped in a nightmarish reality of ever changing worlds and environments it's up to you to figure out exactly what has happened on board a stricken nuclear submarine.
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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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Dogolrax
Top pick for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with First Winter.
You awake on an unknown planet with amnesia. What are those horrific monsters? Who are these mysterious priestesses? Inspired by cult classics such as "Another World", "Flashback" and others, Dogolrax aims to surprise you in ways few games have.
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Uventa
Second-strongest match for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with First Winter.
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
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Welcome to the Game
Third-strongest match for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with First Winter.
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
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Apocryph: an old-school shooter
Ranked #4 for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with First Winter.
Apocryph is an old-school fantasy shooter inspired by Hexen, Heretic, Painkiller and Strife.
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DUNGEONS OF CHAOS
Ranked #5 for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with First Winter.
Retro turn-based 2D pixelart RPG. Exploration, character choices, riddles and challenges. 80+ hours of gameplay.
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Darkness Assault
Ranked #6 for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with First Winter.
The number of missing in the city increased. People talk about the experiments on human beings. And now, only you can figure out if it was true. Especially because you have no choice. Mysteriously, you find yourself in a terrible location 40 meters underground. Your name is Katrine, and you do not remember anything about your past.
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LINCH
Ranked #7 for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with First Winter.
If you both like playing cards with your friends and cruelty and carnage, you are in the right place! Some can say these things cannot be combined, but we’ve done the work – and unleash our Frankenstein for you.
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Last Salvo
Ranked #8 for First Winter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with First Winter.
Last Salvo is a dynamic ww2 shooter. To survive battles after battles, mastery of your weapons and knowing your enemies are key. Only the skilled can survive.
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Frequently asked about First Winter
- What games are most similar to First Winter?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside First Winter are Dogolrax, Uventa, Welcome to the Game.
- Who developed First Winter?
- First Winter was developed by Dan Sanderson and published by danthaigames.
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 First Winter.
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