Games like Elli
If Elli is your kind of game, the closest matches are SCHiM, Effie and Omno — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and relaxing. 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 →About Elli: A whimsical hand-crafted single-player adventure. Discover a delightful world, inhabited by the playful and usually helpful Mandragora. Collect gems and and hidden coins and exchange them for a variety of robes, staffs and hats. Simple pick up and play controls, suitable for kids and big kids!
Players who liked Elli also play
Steam players who put hours into Elli 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.
SCHiM
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Top pick for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
SCHiM is a game about jumping from shadow to shadow in a relaxing and lively environment. This 3D platformer takes elements of light, shadow & animation and adds them directly to the gameplay, delivering an experience that you will only find in SCHiM.
Effie
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Elli.
Second-strongest match for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
Effie is a 3D action-adventure game that combines classic elements from the genre, such as combat, platforming, and puzzles, with the exploration of an expanded world. Live a unique fantasy adventure and relive the look and feel of old-school video-games!
Omno
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Third-strongest match for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.
Semblance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Ranked #4 for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut
WHY THIS
Shares hidden collectibles and an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Ranked #5 for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elli.
Jump into adventure in Nikoderiko: The Magical World - Director's Cut, a love letter to platformers! Play in single-player or couch co-op, and enjoy 8 colorful worlds, classic platforming challenges, and music by legendary composer David Wise.
Refunct
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Ranked #6 for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.
Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Ranked #7 for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.
Arise: A Simple Story
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Ranked #8 for Elli fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Elli at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Elli on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Elli on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Elli on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Elli.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Elli on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Elli.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Elli on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Elli.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Elli on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elli.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Elli on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Elli.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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 and Casual with Elli.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elli.
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 Elli.
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 and Casual with Elli.
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 and Adventure with Elli.
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 Elli.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Elli.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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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.
SCHiM
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
SCHiM is a game about jumping from shadow to shadow in a relaxing and lively environment. This 3D platformer takes elements of light, shadow & animation and adds them directly to the gameplay, delivering an experience that you will only find in SCHiM.
Semblance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut
WHY THIS
Shares hidden collectibles and an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Elli.
Jump into adventure in Nikoderiko: The Magical World - Director's Cut, a love letter to platformers! Play in single-player or couch co-op, and enjoy 8 colorful worlds, classic platforming challenges, and music by legendary composer David Wise.
Arise: A Simple Story
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elli.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elli.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Frequently asked about Elli
- Does Elli run on Steam Deck?
- Elli is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Elli cost?
- Elli is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Elli?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elli are SCHiM, Effie, Omno.
- Who developed Elli?
- Elli was developed by BandanaKid.
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 Elli.
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