Games like Owlboy
If Owlboy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alwa's Legacy, Iconoclasts and Chasm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming pixel art, compelling story and nostalgic gameplay. 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 →Owlboy is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by D-Pad Studio. Players control a winged protagonist navigating an atmospheric open world, engaging in combat, exploration, and platforming across cloud-bound environments. Reviewers and players describe the experience as atmospheric, nostalgic, and whimsical, with the charming pixel art and compelling story frequently highlighted as standout features. The game offers a medium-length solo experience with challenging gameplay suited to players who enjoy sit-down sessions. Priced at $19.99, it runs verified on Steam Deck and holds an 86% positive rating from 2,379 Steam reviews.
About Owlboy: Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Players who liked Owlboy also play
Steam players who put hours into Owlboy 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.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Owlboy.
Top pick for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Iconoclasts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Second-strongest match for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Chasm
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Ranked #4 for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Horace
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Owlboy.
Ranked #5 for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
Noreya: The Gold Project
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Ranked #6 for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Venture into a frenetic metroidvania and take part in a fight between divinities where you will have to choose between Corrupting Gold and Purifying Light to achieve your ends.
Jet Kave Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Owlboy.
Ranked #7 for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Ranked #8 for Owlboy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Owlboy
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Titan Souls
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.
Banished
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Owlboy.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
SteamWorld Dig 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
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.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
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.
CrossCode
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Reviewers of Owlboy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Owlboy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Owlboy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Owlboy.
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 Owlboy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Owlboy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Owlboy.
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 ~50% under Owlboy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Owlboy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Owlboy.
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 Owlboy.
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 and Adventure with Owlboy.
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 Owlboy.
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 Owlboy.
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 and Adventure with Owlboy.
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 Owlboy.
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 Action and Indie with Owlboy.
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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Head-to-head comparisons
More from D-Pad Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by D-Pad Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Savant - Ascent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Another title from D-Pad Studio, the studio behind Owlboy. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!
Savant - Ascent REMIX
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Owlboy.
Another title from D-Pad Studio, the studio behind Owlboy. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Savant - Ascent REMIX is an explosive shoot-em-up / scrolling shooter, starring an acrobatic wizard on an elevator-ride. Unlock destructive spells & acrobatic moves as you survive through a tower brimming with robotic fiends!
Vikings On Trampolines
WHY THIS
Another title from D-Pad Studio, the studio behind Owlboy. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
It's all about trampolines! Stay on the trampolines and push your opponents off to win. Brawl against your friends or work together to save the kingdom. Big bosses, big minigames and evil balloons..? Play solo or local multiplayer for up to 4 players! Accessible controls: Only one hand needed.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Owlboy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Iconoclasts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Chasm
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Horace
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Owlboy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
Noreya: The Gold Project
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Venture into a frenetic metroidvania and take part in a fight between divinities where you will have to choose between Corrupting Gold and Purifying Light to achieve your ends.
Jet Kave Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Owlboy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Owlboy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Owlboy.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Frequently asked about Owlboy
- Is Owlboy verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Owlboy 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 Owlboy cost?
- Owlboy is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Owlboy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Owlboy are Alwa's Legacy, Iconoclasts, Chasm.
- Who developed Owlboy?
- Owlboy was developed by D-Pad Studio.
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 Owlboy.
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