Games like Fearmonium
If Fearmonium is your kind of game, the closest matches are Catmaze, ~Azur Ring~virgin and slave's phylacteries and Lovanium - The Rising Suns — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration feels satisfying, atmospheric and dark. 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 Fearmonium: Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.
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Catmaze
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Top pick for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Catmaze is a fairy metroidvania inspired by Slavic myths. Age-old tales will come to life in the unforgettable adventure of Alesta, a sorceress whose courage guides her through mysterious paths and dark forests in search of the lost road to Nav, the world of the dead.
~Azur Ring~virgin and slave's phylacteries
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Second-strongest match for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
New Metroidvania + RPG adventure game. Legendary gear! Unique set, a large number of magical equipment to provide you with unlimited possibilities to equip build. Gorgeous and fluent act combo system, give you the operating space to challenge the limit!
Lovanium - The Rising Suns
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Find a way to escape Lovanium before it's too late. Extract resources, trade them, confront the wildest and most dangerous enemies, and fully harness the power of the suns. Are you up for it?
Light Tracer 2 ~The Two Worlds~
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Meet our princess on her journey homewards, travel thru a great and eldritch world and switch between the Princess and her floating companion while exploring, fighting, puzzle-solving & enjoying the world of this action-adventure RPG
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Ranked #5 for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
异世界生存指南
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Ranked #6 for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
【Real and authentic CRPG】 Online, a unique adventure game! Each character has a distinctive image and skills, with unique styles of movements. Players can work together to encircle powerful fantasy legendary creatures, obtain fantasy ingredients,
DragonLoop
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Ranked #7 for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.
Kotama and Academy Citadel
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Ranked #8 for Fearmonium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Fearmonium
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Psychonauts
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Fearmonium.
Reviewers of Fearmonium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fearmonium.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
Ori and the Blind Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Reviewers of Fearmonium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fearmonium.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Reviewers of Fearmonium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Reviewers of Fearmonium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Fearmonium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Reviewers of Fearmonium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fearmonium.
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fearmonium at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fearmonium.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Action with Fearmonium.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Action with Fearmonium.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fearmonium.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fearmonium.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fearmonium.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Fearmonium on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fearmonium.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Fearmonium.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fearmonium.
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 Fearmonium.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fearmonium.
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 Fearmonium.
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.
Catmaze
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Catmaze is a fairy metroidvania inspired by Slavic myths. Age-old tales will come to life in the unforgettable adventure of Alesta, a sorceress whose courage guides her through mysterious paths and dark forests in search of the lost road to Nav, the world of the dead.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
Kotama and Academy Citadel
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and an atmospheric mood with Fearmonium.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Fearmonium.
In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.
Frequently asked about Fearmonium
- Is Fearmonium verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Fearmonium is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Fearmonium cost?
- Fearmonium is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fearmonium?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fearmonium are Catmaze, ~Azur Ring~virgin and slave's phylacteries, Lovanium - The Rising Suns.
- Who developed Fearmonium?
- Fearmonium was developed by Redblack Spade.
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 Fearmonium.
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