Games like The Whittled Horse
Games like The Whittled Horse include OneShot, Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, Carto, Outcore: Desktop Adventure, and Ib. We matched them by the tags players give The Whittled Horse on Steam (Exploration, Multiple Endings, Puzzle, Bikes, and 2.5D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

OneShot
Shared: Story Rich · Puzzle · Cute

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Cute

Carto
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Cute

Outcore: Desktop Adventure
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Story Rich

Ib
Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · 2D

OMORI
Shared: Multiple Endings · Story Rich · 2D

Undertale
Shared: Multiple Endings · Story Rich · 2D

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Story Rich

TUNIC
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Cute

FAR: Lone Sails
Shared: Exploration · 2.5D · Puzzle

Hollow Knight
Shared: Exploration · 2D · Multiple Endings

Word Game
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · 2D

INSIDE
Shared: 2.5D · Story Rich · Multiple Endings

ANIMAL WELL
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · 2D

Murders on the Yangtze River
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Story Rich

FEZ
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Indie

Slime Rancher
Shared: Exploration · Cute · Adventure

Webbed
Shared: Exploration · Cute · 2D

Stray
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Cute

Papers, Please
Shared: Multiple Endings · Puzzle · Indie

UNREAL LIFE
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Story Rich

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Cute

Bugsnax
Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Cute

TEST TEST TEST
Shared: Puzzle · Cute · 2D