Games like Hyss
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Hyss for fans of indie, adventure, 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 Hyss 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. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Hyss: Angry fairies, a kidnapped herd of cows and a devastated cow queen. Play as Vilde and Grusa, throw Ms. Cowknight and solve the fairies’ tricky puzzles to save the kidnapped cows. Hyss is a lighthearted puzzle adventure with focus on platforming, puzzle solving and throwing cows.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hyss at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyss.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyss.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyss.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyss.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyss.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyss.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
NaissanceE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Drop Alive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hyss.
“Happiness is only real when shared, especially with a water drop”. (Isn’t that how it goes?). Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in the greatest journey you’ll ever set out on with the cutest friend.
Raji: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Mimpi Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
Help Mimpi save his friends by peeing on everything in his path in this sequel! No seriously, you save Mimpi’s progress by peeing on checkpoints in this game. Platform through six different worlds of puzzling dreams in this dog adventure. Chill in this trippy, casual illustration come alive.
Omno: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
A standalone mini-adventure introducing you to the world of Omno, an upcoming single player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, where the power of a lost civilisation will carry you through forests, deserts and tundras - even to the clouds
Totally Unbalanced
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
Totally Unbalanced is a 3D platform game where you have to complete puzzles and overcome obstacles. Totally Unbalanced also features (currently) two multiplayer modes : sumo arena with 4 players and racing mode with 16 players.
Clay Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
Explore a world handcrafted from clay. Make dumb jokes with your Foxcat friend. Use magic to solve puzzles. Can you solve the mystery at the Wizard Tower?
Ley Lines
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hyss.
You are the last hope of a ruined world, capable of restoring the severed Ley Lines. Throughout the ruined temple of Miria's Heart, attune to and master five unique powers, allowing you to alter gravity, slow time, shift space, and much more.
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Frequently asked about Hyss
- How much does Hyss cost?
- Hyss is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Hyss?
- Hyss was developed by Sunscale Studios.
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 Hyss.
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