Games like GRIME
If GRIME is your kind of game, the closest matches are Death's Gambit: Afterlife, Vigil: The Longest Night and HunterX — 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 →GRIME is a 2021 Action RPG developed by Clover Bite, set in a surreal dark fantasy world of anatomical horror. Players navigate a metroidvania-style interconnected map, unlocking new abilities to access previously blocked areas. Combat relies on precise parry-based mechanics where players crush foes with living weapons that mutate and evolve, absorbing remains to strengthen their character. Reviewers highlight brutal boss encounters and a challenging experience that rewards persistence. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and offers roughly 10-15 hours of gameplay at $24.99. It holds a 90% positive rating from over 2,100 Steam reviews.
About GRIME: Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Players who liked GRIME also play
Steam players who put hours into GRIME 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.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Top pick for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
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.
HunterX
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
HunterX: code name T
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
GRIME II
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Afterimage
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for GRIME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
Reviewers mention these as similar to GRIME
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Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with GRIME.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GRIME.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GRIME.
“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.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GRIME.
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.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Silk
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRIME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with GRIME.
Enter the biggest handcrafted open world of all time, fifty times larger than Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall! Explore three million square miles of uncharted terrain from Roman Damascus to Three Kingdoms China in an exploration RPG that transports you onto the Ancient Silk Road of 200AD.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GRIME at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under GRIME on Steam right now. Shares Indie with GRIME.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under GRIME on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under GRIME on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRIME.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under GRIME on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under GRIME on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with GRIME.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 GRIME.
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 with GRIME.
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 GRIME.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with GRIME.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 GRIME.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with GRIME.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Clover Bite
Other recommendable Steam games by Clover Bite, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
GRIME II
WHY THIS
Another title from Clover Bite, the studio behind GRIME. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.
Once a Pawn a King
WHY THIS
Another title from Clover Bite, the studio behind GRIME. Shares Indie with GRIME.
Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.
Slingbot Survivors
WHY THIS
Another title from Clover Bite, the studio behind GRIME. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
A fast-paced roguelite auto-shooter where you move using a grappling hook. Swing, sling, and survive against hordes of alien enemies.
Chef Knight
WHY THIS
Another title from Clover Bite, the studio behind GRIME. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Cook what you kill in this cozy fantasy incremental game! Dive into dangerous dungeons, harvest fresh monster ingredients, and serve delicious dishes to hungry adventurers. Slay, cook, sell and upgrade your way to a sprawling dungeon-food empire!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
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.
HunterX
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
HunterX: code name T
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Afterimage
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Frequently asked about GRIME
- Is GRIME verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — GRIME 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 GRIME cost?
- GRIME is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to GRIME?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GRIME are Death's Gambit: Afterlife, Vigil: The Longest Night, HunterX.
- Who developed GRIME?
- GRIME was developed by Clover Bite and published by Akupara 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 GRIME.
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