HOLE similar games & best alternatives

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HOLE

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Casual & Hard FPS. Be careful with jam.

What works

  • Addictive and tense gunplay
  • Unique weapon jamming and heat mechanics
  • Engaging progression and customization
  • Eerie and surreal atmosphere
  • Excellent value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor optimization and performance issues
  • Limited content and short length
  • Clunky leaning and movement controls
  • Minimal narrative and story
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Zortch

  • Red Alliance

  • Ground Zero

  • The Light Brigade

  • Beyond Citadel

  • Selaco

Less expressive

Games that feels like HOLE but with less self-expression and customization

  • Nightmare House: The Original Mod

  • Suite 776

  • SCP: Ground Zero

  • Dead Seater

  • Lost in Vivo

  • FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with HOLE. 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 HOLE. These titles are not in What to play next.

HOLE: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026