Games like Josh Journey: Darkness Totems
Below are 14 hand-picked alternatives to Josh Journey: Darkness Totems for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Josh Journey: Darkness Totems also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Josh Journey: Darkness Totems: Josh Journey: Darkness Totems is a hand drawn beat’em up game about four brave heroes, that use their skills to defeat the Nightmare Monsters using special combo attacks in a co-op gameplay.
Players who liked Josh Journey: Darkness Totems also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
- 1
Shing!
Top pick for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
- 2
Battletoads
Second-strongest match for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
• Over-the-top combat with combos and hard-hitting morph attacks • Wild, varied gameplay sequences for all types of gamers • Hand-drawn animation feels like playing a cartoon • Drop-in couch co-op for three players
- 3
Pulling No Punches
Third-strongest match for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
A classic 2D arcade action game animated frame by frame. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.
- 4
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Ranked #4 for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Choose a side, master your moves, and embrace your destiny in an epic beat 'em up adventure inspired by the hit show. Take control of 8 playable characters with deep movesets, combos, progression, real-time character swaps, ultimate attacks, and much more!
- 5
Absolum
Ranked #5 for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
- 6
Unruly Heroes
Ranked #6 for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
- 7
Ogre Tale
Ranked #7 for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
- 8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Ranked #8 for Josh Journey: Darkness Totems fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Narrow it down
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.
- 1
- 2
Battletoads
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
• Over-the-top combat with combos and hard-hitting morph attacks • Wild, varied gameplay sequences for all types of gamers • Hand-drawn animation feels like playing a cartoon • Drop-in couch co-op for three players
- 3
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Choose a side, master your moves, and embrace your destiny in an epic beat 'em up adventure inspired by the hit show. Take control of 8 playable characters with deep movesets, combos, progression, real-time character swaps, ultimate attacks, and much more!
- 4
Unruly Heroes
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
- 5
Ogre Tale
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
- 6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Frequently asked about Josh Journey: Darkness Totems
- How much does Josh Journey: Darkness Totems cost?
- Josh Journey: Darkness Totems is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Josh Journey: Darkness Totems have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Josh Journey: Darkness Totems 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 Josh Journey: Darkness Totems?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Josh Journey: Darkness Totems are Shing!, Battletoads, Pulling No Punches.
- Who developed Josh Journey: Darkness Totems?
- Josh Journey: Darkness Totems was developed by Provincia Studio and published by QUByte Interactive.
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 Josh Journey: Darkness Totems.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.