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Games like Haven

If Haven is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bule Form, 机影:夏夜梦寻 and FallingStarTown: The Ghost From Past — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its relationship chemistry feels authentic, atmospheric and cozy. 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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Haven is a 2020 indie action-adventure RPG developed by The Game Bakers, set on a mysterious planet where two lovers have escaped to live together. The game combines turn-based combat with planet exploration, resource gathering, and crafting. Players can experience the narrative solo or through local co-op mode. Reviewers and players have described the atmosphere as atmospheric and cozy, with the relationship chemistry between the protagonists feeling authentic. Players also note the exploration is satisfying and unhurried, and many find the soundtrack immersive and memorable. The game is verified to run on Steam Deck, priced at $24.99, and holds an 89% positive review score from over 2,500 Steam reviews.

About Haven: Two lovers gave up everything and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Glide through a mysterious landscape, explore a fragmented world and fight against what’s trying to tear them apart in this RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom.

2020IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 73Windowsby The Game Bakers
Haven — Steam game cover
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Art style is stunning and uniqueExploration is satisfying and unhurriedRelationship chemistry feels authenticAtmosphericCozyEmotional

Players who liked Haven also play

Steam players who put hours into Haven 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. Bule Form

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    《蓝色形态(Bule Form)》是一款BL向角色扮演。以都市为主要活动地点,在都市与战区之间辗转。在战斗中打败你的敌人,探索地图破解机关谜题推进剧情发展。

    2024IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 机影:夏夜梦寻

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    "Start your dream-seeking journey in the future city!" - In the game, players will play the role of "Park Bo-myeong", the deputy director of the AI ​​Inspection Bureau, and travel through the summer night of the future city "Golden City" with their assistant robot "Dill".

    2027IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. FallingStarTown: The Ghost From Past

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    "On the last night of the year, the dead will turn into transparent ghosts,reunite with loved ones." Lost memories, an odd festival, and the night of the meteor shower... All these elements are intricately connected. But what truth awaits Tianhai?

    2022IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Haven.

    Ranked #4 for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    "Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tales of ARISE

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and an emotional mood with Haven.

    Ranked #5 for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Haven.

    300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!

    2023ActionRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Eden Eternal-聖境伝説

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Haven.

    Ranked #6 for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Haven.

    The return of classic MMORPG ! Global Direct Operations!Rich gameplays and multiple updates. Ride adorable alpaca and start your adventure with players worldwide!

    2023ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗
  7. Nocturnals

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Haven.

    Ranked #7 for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.

    2024IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Ys X: Nordics

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Haven.

    Ranked #8 for Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Haven.

    Explore uncharted islands, engage in fast-paced action combat, and experience the high seas adventures of unlikely allies Adol and Karja in Ys X: Nordics!

    2024ActionAdventureRPG47.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

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

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Haven on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Haven.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Haven on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Haven.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Haven.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Haven.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Haven.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from The Game Bakers

Other recommendable Steam games by The Game Bakers, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Cairn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Haven.

    Another title from The Game Bakers, the studio behind Haven. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime.

    2026ActionSportsIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Furi

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The Game Bakers, the studio behind Haven. Shares Indie with Haven.

    The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Squids Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The Game Bakers, the studio behind Haven. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haven.

    Build your team of Squid heroes for epic turn-based battles against corrupted crabs and shrimps! Steev and the rest of the Squids are in danger! An infectious ooze is corrupting their world, and this band of unlikely heroes needs to fight back to save their kingdom.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Furi Demake - The Chain

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The Game Bakers, the studio behind Haven. Shares Indie with Haven.

    Fight your way free in this 8-bit-inspired version of Furi's first boss fight against The Chain. Frantic action, nervous controls, a blend of shoot and sword fight reimagined in 90s style. Only 1 boss fight! A gift to Furi’s fans.

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Haven

Is Haven verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Haven is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Haven cost?
Haven is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Haven have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Haven supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Haven?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Haven are Bule Form, 机影:夏夜梦寻, FallingStarTown: The Ghost From Past.
Who developed Haven?
Haven was developed by The Game Bakers.

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 Haven.

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