Games like Phoenotopia: Awakening
If Phoenotopia: Awakening is your kind of game, the closest matches are Omega Mouse Zero, HAAK and Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters are endearing, incredible amount of heart and writing quality is exceptional. 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 Phoenotopia: Awakening: Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Players who liked Phoenotopia: Awakening also play
Steam players who put hours into Phoenotopia: Awakening 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.
Omega Mouse Zero
WHY THIS
Top pick for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Discover the Omega-Verse, a captivating multiverse crafted by a dedicated solo developer. Omega Mouse Zero introduces innovative 2.5D Metroid-Vania platforming and exploration. Dive into hidden depths, uncover secrets, and immerse yourself in thrilling action as you explore this vibrant realm.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Second-strongest match for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Third-strongest match for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Sequel to the critically acclaimed action adventure. Experience a gorgeous new third person 3D view and embark on an epic journey that unfolds the mysteries of what happened 1000 years ago.
Souldiers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Ranked #4 for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Iconoclasts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Ranked #5 for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Bookbound Brigade
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Ranked #7 for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Owlboy
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Ranked #8 for Phoenotopia: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Phoenotopia: Awakening
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La-Mulana
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and a nostalgic mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
Elliot Quest
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Elliot Quest is an adventure/RPG where players explore the mysterious Urele island in search of an ancient demon. With 5 dungeons to conquer, 16 bosses to defeat, and countless treasures to discover and hidden areas. Well-balanced gameplay easy to pick up but challenging to master.
Aquaria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.
CrossCode
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
TUNIC
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
Adventure Game
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
A VR adventure game: explore dungeons, fight monsters, and solve puzzles to uncover the mysteries of a strange island
Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Phoenotopia: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Phoenotopia: Awakening at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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 ~80% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Action with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Phoenotopia: Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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?
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 Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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 Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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 Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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 Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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 Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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 Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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.
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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.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Sequel to the critically acclaimed action adventure. Experience a gorgeous new third person 3D view and embark on an epic journey that unfolds the mysteries of what happened 1000 years ago.
Souldiers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
Iconoclasts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Owlboy
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenotopia: Awakening.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Frequently asked about Phoenotopia: Awakening
- Does Phoenotopia: Awakening work on Steam Deck?
- Phoenotopia: Awakening is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Phoenotopia: Awakening cost?
- Phoenotopia: Awakening is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Phoenotopia: Awakening?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Phoenotopia: Awakening are Omega Mouse Zero, HAAK, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm.
- Who developed Phoenotopia: Awakening?
- Phoenotopia: Awakening was developed by Cape Cosmic and published by Cape Cosmic, Flyhigh Works.
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