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Games like GoldFish Brain

If GoldFish Brain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Far Star, Luminite Era: Expedition and Hemlon the Grey — 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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About GoldFish Brain: Goldfish Brain is a 2D scrolling platform action game . It adopts a Metroidvania-like design. You need to explore maps and find various ability items to strengthen yourself and break through more challenges.

2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDWindowsby WEI
GoldFish Brain — Steam game cover

Players who liked GoldFish Brain also play

Steam players who put hours into GoldFish Brain 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.

  1. Far Star

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Luminite Era: Expedition

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    In "Luminite Era: Expedition," face unique Boss battles, wield arcane spells, and create distinct equipment combos to unveil the Black Mist's secrets and preserve humanity's last Luminite glimmer amid its relentless spread.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hemlon the Grey

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    Hemlon the Grey is a 2D Souls-like game focused on deflection-based action, where life and death are decided at the edge of the blade. Follow the story of Hemlon, half-demon warrior, slay disrupters and uncover the secrets behind The Broken Wings and the Republic of Reinz.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. The Colony: New Haven Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    New Haven is a utopia under a red moon, turned into a dystopian nightmare. You are a prisoner with no name, waking up in the middle of an emergency. Fight for survival guided by an enigmatic voice in your head, explore a falling world, solve puzzles, and unravel dark secrets.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. PSYCRON

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with GoldFish Brain.

    A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.

    2021ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. MotionRec

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Roboy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Powernaut VANGARDT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for GoldFish Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GoldFish Brain at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with GoldFish Brain.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with GoldFish Brain.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with GoldFish Brain.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Action with GoldFish Brain.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Action with GoldFish Brain.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GoldFish Brain on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with GoldFish Brain.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 GoldFish Brain.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with GoldFish Brain.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 GoldFish Brain.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with GoldFish Brain.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GoldFish Brain.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about GoldFish Brain

How much does GoldFish Brain cost?
GoldFish Brain is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to GoldFish Brain?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GoldFish Brain are Far Star, Luminite Era: Expedition, Hemlon the Grey.
Who developed GoldFish Brain?
GoldFish Brain was developed by WEI and published by IRON LIVER.

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 GoldFish Brain.

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