Harvester similar games & best alternatives

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Harvester

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

Should you play it?

A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!

What works

  • Unique and disturbing story
  • Strong narrative and atmosphere
  • Freedom of choice and exploration
  • Cult classic with dark humor
  • Engaging fmv and voice acting

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and luck-based combat
  • Obscure and frustrating puzzles
  • Dated graphics and interface
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Not suitable for sensitive players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today

  • Phantasmagoria

  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

  • Realms of the Haunting

  • Lamentum

  • Fran Bow

Less violent

Games that feels like Harvester but with less combat and destruction

  • The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition

  • Metaphobia

  • Dark Fall: The Journal

  • Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition

More expressive

Games that feels like Harvester but with more self-expression and customization

  • Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2

  • Burnhouse Lane

  • Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance

  • The Coma 3: Bloodlines

  • killer7

  • Loretta

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Phantasmagoria

  • Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards

  • Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail

  • Just King

  • Outpost

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Harvester. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Harvester. These titles are not in What to play next.

Harvester: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026