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Games like Glittering Sword

If Glittering Sword is your kind of game, the closest matches are Circus Pocus, Restless Night and TUNIC — 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 Glittering Sword: Glittering Sword is replete with spiritual references to classic games from the 90s, and the bright and harmonious visual design sets the player up for an exciting adventure from the very beginning.

2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDWindowsby HugePixel
Glittering Sword — Steam game cover

Players who liked Glittering Sword also play

Steam players who put hours into Glittering Sword 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. Circus Pocus

    WHY THIS

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

    Clowns are very strange characters. Many people like their funny performances in the circus, and someone is afraid of them like fire. Circus Pocus - will tell you a terrible story that unfolded in the walls of the old circus.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Restless Night

    WHY THIS

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

    You will have to take up arms and win back your place among the living. Or rather, bullets and accuracy. In fact, everything is not so simple and you need to keep your eyes open, because you need to fight with the monsters of the afterlife from all points of the earth that want to take your place.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. TUNIC

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Glittering Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    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.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. World to the West

    WHY THIS

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

    World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hyper Light Drifter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Glittering Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. La-Mulana 2

    WHY THIS

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

    The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Crossing Souls

    WHY THIS

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

    California, 1986: A group of friends discover a mysterious pink stone that allows travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control five kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Disc Room

    WHY THIS

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

    Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action with Glittering Sword.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    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 ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    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 ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    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 ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    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 ↗
  8. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Glittering Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Glittering Sword.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Glittering Sword.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Glittering Sword.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Glittering Sword.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Glittering Sword.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from HugePixel

Other recommendable Steam games by HugePixel, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Chop is dish

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Chop is dish-2d-dimensional platformer, where you conroll an angry master-chef who was lost piece of meat-it was stolen. Looking in the root of their troubles hero plunges into the mysterious world of strange creatures, which is fraught with many traps and dangers.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Lord of the click

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Military valor, courage and honor – if these words mean something to you, then you are a direct road to the game Lord of the Click.

    2019ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. More Dark

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Indie and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    More dark - is a two-dimensional platformer with a side view, with elements of puzzles. The game takes place in a strange place called hell. Not a single person who got there will be able to return back. Or can he still?

    2019IndieAdventure10.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Bone Marrow

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Indie and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    Bone Marrow is a game in the genre of role-playing board logic puzzle. During a certain time, combine the figures, increase your characteristics and do away with evil but consider the wrong step can lead to irreversible consequences!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rusty Gun

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Nothing could ruin a sunny day, but the universe had its own plans. The invasion of Earth by hordes of mutants and robots, capturing the mind of living creatures, could not leave aside our hero.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crossbow Crusade

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    You will have to survive among hundreds of monsters thanks to your weapons and accuracy. The monsters have completely lost their fear! They have made a real mayhem, hunting down living people and destroying them. It's time to stop this and put everything back in its place!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Restless Night

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    You will have to take up arms and win back your place among the living. Or rather, bullets and accuracy. In fact, everything is not so simple and you need to keep your eyes open, because you need to fight with the monsters of the afterlife from all points of the earth that want to take your place.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Toadomination

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HugePixel, the studio behind Glittering Sword. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Toadomination is a rogulite, bullethell, looter shooter game that takes you into an ancient confrontation that lasts more than a decade, in a battle between a toad and a viper. Equip yourself with the most powerful weapon, collect capital and meet face to face with the sworn enemy.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. TUNIC

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Glittering Sword.

    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.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hyper Light Drifter

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. La-Mulana 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Disc Room

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Glittering Sword.

    Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Glittering Sword

How much does Glittering Sword cost?
Glittering Sword is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Glittering Sword?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Glittering Sword are Circus Pocus, Restless Night, TUNIC.
Who developed Glittering Sword?
Glittering Sword was developed by HugePixel and published by HugePixel.

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 Glittering Sword.

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