Games like Hippocampus
If Hippocampus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crowned In Steel, Blasphemous and Onimusha: Way of the Sword — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its memory exploration drives progression, atmospheric and challenging. 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Hippocampus 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.
Crowned In Steel
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
Crush your enemies, break your chains, and carve your way to the warlord who burned your land. A skill-based action-adventure with brutal combat and full dismemberment.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hippocampus.
Second-strongest match for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hippocampus.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
An Oni Gauntlet-wielding samurai makes a stand in Kyoto against the encroaching Genma menace. Through gritty, blood-soaked brawls, he searches for his reason to fight. What fate awaits at the end of his path?
Thymesia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hippocampus.
Ranked #4 for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hippocampus.
Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hippocampus.
Ranked #5 for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
Blade of Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hippocampus.
Ranked #6 for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hippocampus.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
Slain 2: The Beast Within
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
A brutal gothic hack-and-slash where steel and savagery collide. As Prince Akran, wield the sentient blade Bathoryn, embrace your werewolf fury, and battle through a dying world against the forces of Vroll. The quest begins now.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hippocampus.
Ranked #8 for Hippocampus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Ravenous Devils
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hippocampus.
Another title from Bad Vices Games, the studio behind Hippocampus. Shares Indie with Hippocampus.
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
While We Wait Here
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hippocampus.
Another title from Bad Vices Games, the studio behind Hippocampus. Shares Adventure with Hippocampus.
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Sexual Void
WHY THIS
Another title from Bad Vices Games, the studio behind Hippocampus. Shares Indie with Hippocampus.
Nothing in here, except Vicky, sexy outfits and a JOI game
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hippocampus.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hippocampus.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hippocampus.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
Blade of Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hippocampus.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Hippocampus.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hippocampus.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Frequently asked about Hippocampus
- Is Hippocampus free to play?
- Yes — Hippocampus is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Hippocampus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hippocampus are Crowned In Steel, Blasphemous, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
- Who developed Hippocampus?
- Hippocampus was developed by Bad Vices Games.
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 Hippocampus.
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