Games like The Endless Empty
If The Endless Empty is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hylics, LISA: The Painful and Everhood — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic 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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LISA: The Painful
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with The Endless Empty.
Second-strongest match for The Endless Empty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Everhood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Third-strongest match for The Endless Empty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Ranked #4 for The Endless Empty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is an anti-adventure game about picking up trash in an alien bazaar. Play as the Janitor, an Alaensee girlbeast with a municipally-subsidized trash incineration job and dreams of leaving the planet of Xabran's Rock far behind her.
OneShot
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Ranked #5 for The Endless Empty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Heartbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Ranked #6 for The Endless Empty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.
Everhood 2
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with The Endless Empty.
Ranked #7 for The Endless Empty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
AN UNCONVENTIONAL ARPG where you battle enemies through musical encounters while being accompanied by a raven who promises to retrieve your voice if you slay the mighty Mind Dragon!🎵
OMORI
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Endless Empty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
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OMORI
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Endless Empty cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Ib
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Reviewers of The Endless Empty cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
OFF
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Reviewers of The Endless Empty cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Endless Empty.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Endless Empty at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
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 ~75% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Endless Empty.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Endless Empty.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
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?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Endless Empty.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Endless Empty on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
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".
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 The Endless Empty.
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 The Endless Empty.
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 The Endless Empty.
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 The Endless Empty.
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 The Endless Empty.
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 The Endless Empty.
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 The Endless Empty.
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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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Everhood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄
Heartbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Endless Empty.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.
Everhood 2
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with The Endless Empty.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Endless Empty.
AN UNCONVENTIONAL ARPG where you battle enemies through musical encounters while being accompanied by a raven who promises to retrieve your voice if you slay the mighty Mind Dragon!🎵
Frequently asked about The Endless Empty
- How much does The Endless Empty cost?
- The Endless Empty is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Endless Empty?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Endless Empty are Hylics, LISA: The Painful, Everhood.
- Who developed The Endless Empty?
- The Endless Empty was developed by Erik Sheader-Smith.
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 The Endless Empty.
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