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Games like Adam's Ascending

If Adam's Ascending is your kind of game, the closest matches are SILO27: Crashlanded, CYBER-ASSASSIN™ and Slime Labs — 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.

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About Adam's Ascending: You play as Adam, an explorer searching for your long-lost father. After discovering a powerful secret, a chain of events leads him to a mysterious island with supernatural powers. Investigate how you've arrived there, but most importantly who you need to become to bring your father home.

2020ActionIndieAdventureEarly Access4.99 USDWindowsby Parable Worlds
Adam's Ascending — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Adam's Ascending 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.

  1. SILO27: Crashlanded

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    An interstellar cargo ship crashlands on a planet that should not have been there.Explore, solve puzzles and fight your way through ancient ruins to find the portal that will bring you back on Earth.

    2022ActionAdventureEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. CYBER-ASSASSIN™

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    Fast, brutal Hack and Slash combat awaits in the Vengeance Demo of CYBER-ASSASSIN™. This game is in early development.

    ActionAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  3. Slime Labs

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    You are a slime trying to traverse the labs with your ability to jump, shoot, control projectile speed, and equip fancy hats and weapons what could possibly go wrong.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dawn Vantor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    Dawn Vantor is a single-player stealth-action story game where you play a lone elite operative sent on a final covert mission. Infiltrate hostile forests and caves, eliminate enemy forces, uncover a hidden base, and destroy it before dawn.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Infected Backrooms: Multiplayer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    Enter the surreal world of Backrooms in our multiplayer 2-8 players Co-Op & PvP game. Become monsters or survivors, where players must infect others or use their guns to stay alive. With fast-paced gameplay and a creepy atmosphere, it's perfect for Backrooms fans for having fun with friends

    2023ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Project Sakura

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    An unknown outbreak has erased people’s good emotions, turning them into hate-filled Kagebito who can still use their intelligence. Asumi, journeys through a world in chaos to save her friend Yuna.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. It Comes In Waves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    A short, minimalist, experimental open-world adventure about guilt and grief. Explore, shoot, scavenge and bring a specimen to The Sanctuary. Beware PERMADEATH.

    2023ActionAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Clown2Beat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Adam's Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    You are selected to be part of a circus, open the doors and beat the Clowns, solving the challenges before the clock ends.

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Adam's Ascending at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Action with Adam's Ascending.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Action with Adam's Ascending.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Adam's Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Adam's Ascending.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Adam's Ascending.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Adam's Ascending.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adam's Ascending.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Adam's Ascending.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Adam's Ascending

How much does Adam's Ascending cost?
Adam's Ascending is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Adam's Ascending?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Adam's Ascending are SILO27: Crashlanded, CYBER-ASSASSIN™, Slime Labs.
Who developed Adam's Ascending?
Adam's Ascending was developed by Parable Worlds.

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 Adam's Ascending.

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