Games like Skate Story
If Skate Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Entogious, Hemomancer and Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its soundtrack enhances gameplay experience, atmospheric and emotional. 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 →Skate Story is a challenging solo action-adventure RPG with sports elements, developed by Sam Eng and published by Devolver Digital. Set in a surreal underworld, players progress from beginner to hardened skater using music-synced skate mechanics with procedural generation. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, emotional, and whimsical, and reviewers highlight how the philosophical narrative resonates with players and the soundtrack enhances gameplay. Character personalization and distinctive visual art direction round out the offering. The game released in 2025 at $19.99 USD and runs verified on Steam Deck, with a 97% positive rating from 1,754 Steam reviews.
About Skate Story: Ollie, kickflip, and grind your way through the ash and smoke of the Underworld as you take on a seemingly impossible quest. Skate fast to destroy demons and save other tortured souls on your journey from fragile beginner to a hardened skater.
Players who liked Skate Story also play
Steam players who put hours into Skate Story 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.
Entogious
WHY THIS
Top pick for Skate Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Skate Story.
Kill an angel in a real-time-turn-based combat style thats COMPLETELY UNFAIR and take it’s heart. Die 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times who cares? Become the richest man alive. Hmmmm COWS?!?!!.
Hemomancer
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Skate Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Skate Story.
A rhythm-enhanced action roguelite RPG with visual novel storytelling. Unravel a story in a surreal world shaped by music, collect trinkets attuned to rhythm, furnish the abyss and make questionable allies. Run with scissors, talk to strangers and make decisions you don’t fully understand.
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Skate Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Skate Story.
Experience unparalleled board control and responsiveness while you skate iconic real-world skate spots. This is the evolution of skateboarding gameplay. With Independent Foot Control and unique physics-based gameplay, skate gamers finally have the expressive controls they have always dreamed of.
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Skate Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Skate Story.
Drop in to Olliwood and prepare for finger-flippin’ mayhem in this follow up to cult skateboarding smash OlliOlli.
The Ramp
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Skate Story.
Ranked #5 for Skate Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Skate Story.
A digital toy for skateboard loving people. Pure flow, no extra fluff.
Aphantasia
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Skate Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Skate Story.
Aphantasia is an Indie RPG created in the RPG Maker engine with a surreal art style.
Tanuki Sunset
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Skate Story.
Ranked #8 for Skate Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Skate Story.
Master the longboard as you drift through stunning mountain ranges, swerve through bustling city streets, and along the sandy beaches of Sunset Island. Train to perform epic tricks, from jumping off-ramp to longboarding backwards. Grab Your Longboard and Race to the Top in Tanuki Sunset!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Skate Story
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Rez Infinite
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Skate Story.
Reviewers of Skate Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Skate Story.
The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.
Session: Skate Sim
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Skate Story.
Reviewers of Skate Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Indie with Skate Story.
Made by and for skaters, the dual stick controls faithfully reproduce your feet on the skateboard for an ultra-realistic experience. Try out real-life iconic skate spots, customise your skater and equipment with items from the top brands
skate.
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Skate Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Sports with Skate Story.
Experience improved Flick-It controls, the rich physics based skateboarding gameplay that provides those “only in skate.™“ moments and off-board exploration for full freedom in the online multiplayer world of San Vansterdam.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Skate Story at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Skate Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Skate Story.
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 Skate Story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skate Story.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Skate Story on Steam right now. Shares Action with Skate Story.
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 Skate Story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skate Story.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Skate Story on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Skate Story.
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 Skate Story.
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 Skate Story.
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 Skate Story.
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 and Adventure with Skate Story.
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 Skate Story.
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 Skate Story.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Skate Story.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with Skate Story.
Experience unparalleled board control and responsiveness while you skate iconic real-world skate spots. This is the evolution of skateboarding gameplay. With Independent Foot Control and unique physics-based gameplay, skate gamers finally have the expressive controls they have always dreamed of.
Tanuki Sunset
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Skate Story.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with Skate Story.
Master the longboard as you drift through stunning mountain ranges, swerve through bustling city streets, and along the sandy beaches of Sunset Island. Train to perform epic tricks, from jumping off-ramp to longboarding backwards. Grab Your Longboard and Race to the Top in Tanuki Sunset!
Frequently asked about Skate Story
- Is Skate Story verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Skate Story 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 Skate Story cost?
- Skate Story is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Skate Story?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Skate Story are Entogious, Hemomancer, Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game.
- Who developed Skate Story?
- Skate Story was developed by by Sam Eng and published by Devolver Digital.
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