Games like Persephone
If Persephone is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Tale of Bistun, Felix The Reaper and Toxic Yuri — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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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Players who liked Persephone also play
Steam players who put hours into Persephone 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.
The Tale of Bistun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Persephone.
Top pick for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Persephone.
The Tale of Bistun follows an amnesiac stone-carver on his journey up the slopes of the Mount Bistun. He’ll have to battle legions of monstrous foes using fast-paced, melee combat and powerful magical abilities as he explores the real world and the mysterious place, known as the Revelations Realm.
Felix The Reaper
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Persephone.
Second-strongest match for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Felix The Reaper is a challenging and strict 3D puzzle game about bringing humans into deadly situations. You are Felix, the ever-dancing bringer of death, who just so happens to be dangerously in love with Life.
Toxic Yuri
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Persephone.
An overworked office lady discovers a sludge girl abandoned in a box in an alleyway and takes her home. A poisonous and fluffy romance begins. Experience the most toxic love story the world has ever seen.
Lara Croft GO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Persephone.
Ranked #4 for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.
Explosion™
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Persephone.
An indie puzzle game based on satisfying explosions and an exciting story.Use your skills to solve levels with varying TNT's and progress through the fun and exciting story of Amber, you and the Corporation™!
Wintermoor Tactics Club
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.
Puddle Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Persephone.
Ranked #7 for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Persephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Persephone at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
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 ~50% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
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 ~50% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Persephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 Persephone.
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.
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 Indie with Persephone.
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 Persephone.
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 with Persephone.
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 Persephone.
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 Indie with Persephone.
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.
Lara Croft GO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Persephone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.
Wintermoor Tactics Club
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.
Puddle Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Persephone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Persephone.
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
Frequently asked about Persephone
- How much does Persephone cost?
- Persephone is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Persephone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Persephone are The Tale of Bistun, Felix The Reaper, Toxic Yuri.
- Who developed Persephone?
- Persephone was developed by Momo-pi.
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 Persephone.
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