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Games like Pale Night

If Pale Night is your kind of game, the closest matches are Flip of Light, BZZZT and Biba`s Adventures — Hardcore Platformer — 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 Pale Night: Help Pal overcome the curse forcing him to hide from light. Explore the world of Vector and join an epic adventure through a beautiful world of shapes and colors in this tight platformer.

2022ActionAdventure11.99 USDWindowsby Pretty French Games
Pale Night — Steam game cover

Players who liked Pale Night also play

Steam players who put hours into Pale Night 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. Flip of Light

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    A precision platformer where you can instantaneously flip from ceiling to floor. Run, jump, and flip your way through difficult and vibrant stages, each themed around a pair of complementary colors. Master a constant barrage of new level mechanics, each designed around your flip ability.

    2023Action3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. BZZZT

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

    2023ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Biba`s Adventures — Hardcore Platformer

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Pale Night.

    Only at first glance it may seem that this is a nice, easy and relaxing game, in fact - danger awaits at every turn! Only the most attentive and agile can get to the finish line, leaving Biba`s alive. And the competitive mode will not let anyone get bored.

    2020IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Guns N' Runs

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Night.

    Guns N’ Runs is a stylish platform game, action and shooter, containing super specials and Dash mechanics at a fast-pace. Unlock hundreds of meticulous challenges and battle bosses. All of this with an immersive soundtrack and an individual narrative for each of the 8 characters.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Cub

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Pale Night.

    From the creators of Golf Club Nostalgia and Highwater. Return to their whimsical, neon-lit apocalypse in a Jungle Book meets The Armageddon fusion. Parkour through the remains of humanity as a child being hunted, while catchy end-of-days tunes and curious survivor stories play on the radio.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. iZBOT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    iZBOT is fast paced, double jumping, wall sliding, edge of your seat platformer that delivers delicious bite sized challenging platforming levels while always keeping you in the action.

    2015ActionIndie1.19 USDSteam ↗
  7. Slime-san: Superslime Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Night.

    Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Will You Snail?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pale Night fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Night.

    A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    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 ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Night.

    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 ↗
  5. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pale Night.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Pale Night.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Pale Night.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Pale Night on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Pale Night.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Pale Night.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Night.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Night.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. BZZZT

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Pale Night.

    Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

    2023ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Cub

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Pale Night.

    From the creators of Golf Club Nostalgia and Highwater. Return to their whimsical, neon-lit apocalypse in a Jungle Book meets The Armageddon fusion. Parkour through the remains of humanity as a child being hunted, while catchy end-of-days tunes and curious survivor stories play on the radio.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Will You Snail?

    WHY THIS

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

    A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pale Night

How much does Pale Night cost?
Pale Night is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pale Night?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pale Night are Flip of Light, BZZZT, Biba`s Adventures — Hardcore Platformer.
Who developed Pale Night?
Pale Night was developed by Pretty French Games.

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 Pale Night.

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