Games like Rift World
If Rift World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Elysium Trials, Lichenvale and BouncingBalls — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Rift World: Rift World is a hardcore FPS game full of action-fueled magical encounters set in a surreal parallel world.
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Steam players who put hours into Rift World 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.
Elysium Trials
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Top pick for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift World.
Skill-based Fantasy Shooter on rails with an Epic touch, how you defeat enemies matter! Shoot, unleash powerful lightning magic, and Dragons, beware of dragons as you battle through 8 unique enemies all with unique attacks in vastly different worlds with an epic fantasy rock/metal soundtrack.
Lichenvale
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Second-strongest match for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift World.
Lichenvale is a first person slasher offering fast-paced melee combat mixed with tactical use of spells and dashing around your enemies. Battle through nightmarish hordes of monsters representing your innermost fears in this 90's hits inspired title.
BouncingBalls
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Third-strongest match for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift World.
You will start with a weapon in a kind of training box with the sides slanted. Then balls fall from the sky that you have to hit, big balls that are easy to hit and small balls that are difficult to hit. Try to get as far as you can and don't let the balls hit you
Crystal Riders VR
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Ranked #4 for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift World.
Test your archery skills in this action-packed virtual reality reimagination of the endless runner genre. Immerse yourself in diverse landscapes, shoot tornadoes out of a bow, battle giant dragons, and much more in this progressively chaotic adventure. How far can you get?
Runewaker
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Ranked #5 for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Rift World.
An incredibly difficult first person spellshooting souls-like with an emphasis on combat, exploration and puzzle solving.
Skibidi Toilet Hero
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Ranked #6 for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift World.
Fast-Paced ULTRAKILL and DOOM like game where you are playing as the last Cameraman, who has to fight off the army of Skibidi Toilets using various weapons and cheerful music 🚽 (And little bit of pure brainrot)
Spell Defender
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Ranked #7 for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift World.
Spell Defender is a 3D, Third-Person, wave defence, survival Roguelite. Use magical powers to defeat waves of enemies. Each wave rewards you with a choice of a new power. Find synergies and combine these powers to create the ultimate defender.
They Killed Your Cat
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Ranked #8 for Rift World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rift World.
A short but relentless first-person shooter featuring manual reloading, walking, and blinking, with settings that let you customize your experience.
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Frequently asked about Rift World
- Is Rift World free to play?
- Yes — Rift World is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Rift World?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rift World are Elysium Trials, Lichenvale, BouncingBalls.
- Who developed Rift World?
- Rift World was developed by Nick Paladino.
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 Rift World.
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