Games like Whispers in the Forest
Games like Whispers in the Forest include Terraria, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, They Are Billions, The Escapists, and Until We Die. We matched them by the tags players give Whispers in the Forest on Steam (Strategy, Adventure, Survival, Pixel Graphics, and Side Scroller): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Terraria
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Pixel Graphics

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Shared: Strategy · Zombies · Singleplayer

They Are Billions
Shared: Strategy · Survival · Base Building

The Escapists
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Until We Die
Shared: Strategy · Survival · Pixel Graphics

Rise to Ruins
Shared: Strategy · Survival · Pixel Graphics

RimWorld
Shared: Strategy · Survival · Base Building

Forager
Shared: Survival · Pixel Graphics · Adventure

The Final Station
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Survival · Adventure

Stoneshard
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Survival

Grim Nights
Shared: Strategy · Survival · Side Scroller

Sheltered
Shared: Survival · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Strategy

Infection Free Zone
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Survival

This War of Mine
Shared: Survival · Strategy · Singleplayer

7 Days to Die
Shared: Survival · Zombies · Base Building

SANABI
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Adventure · 2D

Organ Trail: Director's Cut
Shared: Strategy · Zombies · Pixel Graphics

Kingdom Two Crowns
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Singleplayer

Home Behind
Shared: Adventure · Survival · Strategy

Rain World
Shared: Survival · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Frostpunk
Shared: Survival · Strategy · City Builder

Mist Survival
Shared: Survival · Zombies · Adventure

Colony Survival
Shared: Survival · Strategy · Base Building