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SoloDarkHorrorThird Person
Steam👍 88%· 10KIGDB81· 5OC78· 161
Year 2025Dev Bloober TeamOn Xbox · Linux · Switch
13 Puzzle games like Heartworm that you should try
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More about this game →Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.
We filtered the 50 games similar to Heartworm down to the 13 that fit the “Puzzle” category. Cronos: The New Dawn, Resident Evil and Resident Evil Code: Veronica X top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Heartworm.
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Within the “Puzzle” category, the closest game to Heartworm is Cronos: The New Dawn — scoring 84/100 on our similarity scale. Resident Evil and Resident Evil Code: Veronica X follow close behind.
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The best puzzle games like Heartworm
13 similar games foundUpdated May 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Heartworm. Each one has been evaluated across 8 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
ShooterTPS
SoloDarkHorrorThird PersonMelee
IGDB79· 3
Year 1996Dev Capcom Planning Room 2 · Virgin Interactive Entertainment
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, melee combat and exploration and discovery
It predates Heartworm by 29 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Visuals100
ShooterTPS
SoloDarkHorrorThird Person
Year 2001Dev Nextech · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PS4
ShooterTPS
SoloDarkHorrorThird PersonSci-Fi
IGDB69· 2
Year 2002Dev Computer Artworks · Black Label GamesOn PC
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling and setting scifi
It predates Heartworm by 23 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100Setting69
ShooterTPS
SoloDarkHorrorThird PersonMultiplayer
Year 2000Dev Nextech · Eidos Interactive
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling and multiplayer gameplay
It predates Heartworm by 25 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Tone100Setting100Visuals100Game mode54
ShooterTPS
SoloDarkHorrorThird PersonMelee
IGDB83· 4
Year 2011Dev Grasshopper Manufacture · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: melee combat, while skipping survival mechanics
It predates Heartworm by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting100Visuals100
ShooterTPS
SoloThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 85%· 1.4K
Year 1999Dev Core Design · Aspyr MediaOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, precision platforming and melee combat, while skipping survival mechanics
It predates Heartworm by 26 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100
ShooterTPS
SoloThird PersonMeleeExploration
Steam👍 87%· 5.9KIGDB60· 6
Year 2006Dev Crystal DynamicsOn PlayStation 3 · PC
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and first-person shooting, while skipping survival mechanics
It predates Heartworm by 19 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100
ShooterTPS
SoloThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 72%· 882IGDB60· 1
Year 2000Dev Core Design · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, first-person shooting and precision platforming, while skipping survival mechanics
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Heartworm.
It predates Heartworm by 25 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100
ShooterTPS
SoloDarkCo-opRangedNarrative
Steam👍 79%· 15KRAWG👍 8%· 76
Year 2009Dev Invent4 Entertainment · Strategy FirstPlaytime ~3hOn PC
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, roguelike runs and strong narrative focus, while skipping survival mechanics
In Bad Rats, the player controls the rats that try to kill their prisoner, the cat, in a cruel and unusual manner. ###Premise The goal of the game is to kill the cat. Each level is a maze with rats on one side, and the imprisoned cat's cell on the other.
Where it drifts furthest from Heartworm: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Heartworm.
It predates Heartworm by 16 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Tone86Game mode77Visuals0
ShooterTPS
SoloThird PersonSci-FiExploration
IGDB92· 4
Year 2007Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, setting scifi and exploration and discovery, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Heartworm: setting.
It predates Heartworm by 18 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Setting0
ShooterTPS
SoloThird PersonMeleeRangedNarrative
Steam👍 87%· 2.4K
Year 1997Dev Core Design · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and first-person shooting, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Heartworm: tone.
It predates Heartworm by 28 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone0
ShooterTPS
SoloThird PersonMeleeMagicHardcore
Steam👍 84%· 1.5K
Year 1998Dev Core Design · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and first-person shooting, while skipping survival mechanics
Where it drifts furthest from Heartworm: tone.
It predates Heartworm by 27 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone0