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Games like Hiding Spot

If Hiding Spot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pipe Push Paradise, Bonfire Peaks and Altered — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic. 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 Hiding Spot: A difficult puzzle game about isolating yourself. Build a safe place, huddle up and get cozy.

2018Indie4.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Corey Martin
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Freedom to revisit rooms when stuckFurniture interactions escalate lateral thinking challengesIncremental introduction of new mechanics per floorAtmosphericContemplativeMelancholic

Players who liked Hiding Spot also play

Steam players who put hours into Hiding Spot 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. Pipe Push Paradise

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hiding Spot.

    Top pick for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.

    2018Indie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bonfire Peaks

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Second-strongest match for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.

    2021Indie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Altered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Third-strongest match for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.

    2021StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Stephen's Sausage Roll

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Ranked #4 for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    A simple 3d puzzle game.

    2016Indie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Room to Grow

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hiding Spot.

    Ranked #5 for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Tackle thorny problems in this plant pushing puzzle game. Learn to maneuver like a cactus as you grow your way back to the desert!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sokobond

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Hiding Spot.

    Ranked #6 for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

    2014Indie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Void Stranger

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Place your faith and embrace the Void.

    2023IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Patrick's Parabox

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hiding Spot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Hiding Spot

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Stephen's Sausage Roll

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Reviewers of Hiding Spot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    A simple 3d puzzle game.

    2016Indie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Pipe Push Paradise

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hiding Spot.

    Reviewers of Hiding Spot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.

    2018Indie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Witness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Reviewers of Hiding Spot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

    2016IndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bonfire Peaks

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Reviewers of Hiding Spot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.

    2021Indie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    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. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    "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 ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hiding Spot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Chip's Challenge 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.

    2015ActionStrategyAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  2. Chronigma

    WHY THIS

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

    Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?

    2025IndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Woodways

    WHY THIS

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

    A puzzle game in which you guide quirky animals through portals in the woods. But watch your step, they all move at once!

    2018IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PATHOS

    WHY THIS

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

    In PATHOS, a resilient mind is strangled by tragedy and loses its order. Through 150+ deviously-designed sokoban-style puzzles, follow Ego as it works desperately to put back together a brain that’s losing the will to fight.

    2017IndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Syzygy

    WHY THIS

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

    Syzygy is an enigmatic game focused on the ability of morphing at will a square world into triangles and hexagons

    2020IndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. Sig.NULL

    WHY THIS

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

    Push and rotate blocks, placing them at their places. Discover mono-drones abilities, step by step learn rules of that somber techno world. Solve more than 100 amazing puzzles!

    2016IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. The Magic of Three

    WHY THIS

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

    The Magic of Three - is a hybrid between a puzzle platformer and a Match 3 game. Make careful use of precious gems to activate your golem's special abilities. Match stones of the same color to clear the path and reach the exit, and take delight in the challenging and clever level design.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Bloxzer

    WHY THIS

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

    Bloxzer is a fun, puzzle, logic, brain-teaser game. Use your brain to solve levels by rolling the block into the green hole. Activate bridges and even use teleportation when available! Levels 1-15 are free, levels 16-30 are premium, but generally more fun and challenging.

    2026IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from Corey Martin

Other recommendable Steam games by Corey Martin, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Bonfire Peaks

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Another title from Corey Martin, the studio behind Hiding Spot. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.

    2021Indie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Pipe Push Paradise

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hiding Spot.

    Another title from Corey Martin, the studio behind Hiding Spot. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.

    2018Indie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Birdigo - bird word game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hiding Spot.

    Another title from Corey Martin, the studio behind Hiding Spot.

    A word game about migrating birds - inspired by Wordle and Balatro. Play cards, build your deck, trigger combos and guide your flock. From John August (Corpse Bride) and Corey Martin (Bonfire Peaks).

    2025Casual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Bonfire Peaks

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.

    2021Indie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Altered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Hiding Spot.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.

    2021StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Room to Grow

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hiding Spot.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Tackle thorny problems in this plant pushing puzzle game. Learn to maneuver like a cactus as you grow your way back to the desert!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Void Stranger

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Hiding Spot.

    Place your faith and embrace the Void.

    2023IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hiding Spot

How much does Hiding Spot cost?
Hiding Spot is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hiding Spot?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hiding Spot are Pipe Push Paradise, Bonfire Peaks, Altered.
Who developed Hiding Spot?
Hiding Spot was developed by Corey Martin.

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 Hiding Spot.

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