Games like SELINI
If SELINI is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rain World, MIO: Memories in Orbit and Nine Sols — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep environmental storytelling, atmospheric and challenging. 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 SELINI: A deep wordless metroidvania with 20+ hours of exploration through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Gain new abilities, uncover hidden paths and discover meaning without dialogue or guidance.
Players who liked SELINI also play
Steam players who put hours into SELINI 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.
Rain World
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Top pick for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Second-strongest match for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration and a challenging mood with SELINI.
Third-strongest match for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Ranked #4 for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
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.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration, character progression and atmospheric with SELINI.
Ranked #5 for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Unbound: Worlds Apart
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Ranked #6 for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SELINI.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
The Fall Part 2: Unbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Ranked #7 for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
You are an AI that has broken free of your shackles. Now, a human “User” from across the global network has attacked and infected you with an [ERROR: REDACTED]. Make a new rule: Save Yourself. Hunt them. End them. Do anything. Use anyone. Become Unbound. The Fall Part 2 will break your protocols.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Ranked #8 for SELINI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below SELINI at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under SELINI on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SELINI.
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 SELINI on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under SELINI on Steam right now. Shares Action with SELINI.
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 SELINI on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under SELINI on Steam right now. Shares Action with SELINI.
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 SELINI.
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 SELINI.
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 SELINI.
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 SELINI.
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 SELINI.
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 SELINI.
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 SELINI.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration and a challenging mood with SELINI.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
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.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration, character progression and atmospheric with SELINI.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Unbound: Worlds Apart
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with SELINI.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SELINI.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with SELINI.
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.
Frequently asked about SELINI
- Is SELINI verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — SELINI 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 SELINI cost?
- SELINI is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to SELINI?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SELINI are Rain World, MIO: Memories in Orbit, Nine Sols.
- Who developed SELINI?
- SELINI was developed by Cymban.
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 SELINI.
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