Games like It's a Long Way
If It's a Long Way is your kind of game, the closest matches are Moustache Mountain, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures and Abathor — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About It's a Long Way: It's a Long Way is a modern 2D platformer, a dystopian adventure set in a corporation, all done in pixel art and with a nostalgic 80s / 90s vibe.
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Steam players who put hours into It's a Long Way also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Moustache Mountain
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Top pick for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
A young moustache enthusiast goes on an adventure, to climb the highest flying mountain in search of a magical moustache gel!
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.
Abathor
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Hell is Other Demons
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Ranked #4 for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
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Ranked #6 for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Cursed to Golf
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Ranked #7 for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Cursed to Golf is a challenging golf-like adventure where every shot counts. Players are tasked with making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and tons of replayability, will you make it back alive or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?
Volgarr the Viking
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Ranked #8 for It's a Long Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below It's a Long Way at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with It's a Long Way.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with It's a Long Way.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with It's a Long Way.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Casual with It's a Long Way.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Casual with It's a Long Way.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Action with It's a Long Way.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under It's a Long Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with It's a Long Way.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with It's a Long Way.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with It's a Long Way.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with It's a Long Way.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with It's a Long Way.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with It's a Long Way.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.
Abathor
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with It's a Long Way.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Frequently asked about It's a Long Way
- How much does It's a Long Way cost?
- It's a Long Way is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to It's a Long Way?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside It's a Long Way are Moustache Mountain, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, Abathor.
- Who developed It's a Long Way?
- It's a Long Way was developed by Monster Crossing Studio, Hike-a-tale and published by Hike-a-tale.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on It's a Long Way.
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