Games like My Very Own Light
If My Very Own Light is your kind of game, the closest matches are Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence, Baladins and Together: Moon Escape — 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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Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence
WHY THIS
Top pick for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
Brutal next chapter of Amiga's legendary beat'em up 'Franko: The Crazy Revenge' is here. It's time to clean the streets of shit. The iconic game finally gets a sequel it deserves. Are you ready? They are coming!
Baladins
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
Embark on a whimsical journey and bring joy to a bright fantasy world in this roleplaying adventure for 1-4 players. Craft your own story and solve quests how you like, but beware, for every time you fail the Dragon will send you back in time!
Together: Moon Escape
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
A handcrafted two player adventure set in low gravity. Solve intricate asymmetric puzzles and escape Moontella’s extremely profitable slime empire through chaos, laughter, and unforgettable true co-op moments with your partner.
Curse of the Sea Rats
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with My Very Own Light.
Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!
Lord Ambermaze
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with My Very Own Light.
Lord Ambermaze is a charming adventure set on a mysterious island where the world only moves when you do. Battle quirky enemies, solve clever puzzles, bond with island dwellers, and save your little sister by uncovering the dark lord’s terrible secret.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with My Very Own Light.
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!
Reventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!
Salt and Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for My Very Own Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below My Very Own Light at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under My Very Own Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Very Own Light.
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 ~50% under My Very Own Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under My Very Own Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Very Own Light.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under My Very Own Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Very Own Light.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under My Very Own Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
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 My Very Own Light.
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 Adventure with My Very Own Light.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
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 Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
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 My Very Own Light.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
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.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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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.
Together: Moon Escape
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
A handcrafted two player adventure set in low gravity. Solve intricate asymmetric puzzles and escape Moontella’s extremely profitable slime empire through chaos, laughter, and unforgettable true co-op moments with your partner.
Reventure
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Very Own Light.
The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!
Salt and Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Frequently asked about My Very Own Light
- How much does My Very Own Light cost?
- My Very Own Light is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does My Very Own Light have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — My Very Own Light supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to My Very Own Light?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside My Very Own Light are Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence, Baladins, Together: Moon Escape.
- Who developed My Very Own Light?
- My Very Own Light was developed by The Wild 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 My Very Own Light.
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