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Games like Arnold

If Arnold is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rotatex 2, City 13 and R.T.O. Tales of the Dark Lands - Deluxe Edition — 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 Arnold: Control a spaceship and fight against treacherous aliens.

2021ActionAdventure6.99 USDWindowsby Dnovel
Arnold — Steam game cover

Players who liked Arnold also play

Steam players who put hours into Arnold 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. Rotatex 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Arnold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    Rotatex 2 is a Ninja cat with spinning, jumping puzzles and parkour!

    2021ActionAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. City 13

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Arnold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    City 13 is a fast-paced, hardcore 2D platformer in the spirit of classic games straight from the nineties

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. R.T.O. Tales of the Dark Lands - Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    R.T.O. Deluxe Edition Platform action retro 16-bit style.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Galacticon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Arnold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Arnold.

    Galacticon is a video game with the look and feel of arcade cabinet games from the early 80's in the style of Williams classics: "Defender" or "Joust", with the gameplay of legendary "Jetpac", and with touches of "puzzle".

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Robot Robert

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Arnold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    Robert the Robot is an action-platformer. A huge and dangerous alien world awaits you. If, of course, you can defeat those who stand in your way, in 2D battles in the style of Contra.

    2021ActionAdventure0.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. POPAPOM

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Arnold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    A fast-paced action platformer roguelite with frantic combat, hundreds of modifying items, and dangerously charismatic monsters in the best arcade arena style. It’s time to make a POPAPOM!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Feeling Square?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Arnold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Arnold.

    Something huge is Coming Soon...

    2020ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Downwell

    WHY THIS

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

    Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    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 ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Action with Arnold.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Arnold.

    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 ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Arnold.

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Arnold.

    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 ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    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 ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Action with Arnold.

    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 ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Arnold on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Arnold.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Arnold.

    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 ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Dnovel

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

  1. BlackEye

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    BlackEye is an adventure game, and its main character is the inhabitant of the world of Koyte. This mysterious world is divided into two - upper and lower ones. No one inhabitant of the upper world would voluntarily go down to the lower world. However the main character has to reach the bottom!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Get Achievements for Achievements

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    The main goal of this game is to get achievements.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cyberoque

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    The game takes place in 2215. Suddenly terrible news has come from the outskirts of the solar system: our civilization was attacked by the alien armies. A terrible war begins, humanity is surrounded, enemy space ships press the earth's army.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Halloween Pumpkin Story

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    Evil spirits on the Day of All Saints give the pumpkin power and send into the otherworldly dark world of nightmare and horror, and what will happen to the pumpkin you will be able to find yourself in the world of the game!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Super Jet Juck

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    Super Jet Juck is a dynamic puzzle and adventure game. Join the soldiers Juck and Tom!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. CRYEP

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    CRYEP is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer that combines the genre of "rogue" and the mechanics of Contra. Actions take place in a parallel universe, year 3318. Go on an expedition and fight with alien enemies.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. SAMS

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    Classic shooter with traveling to various exotic planets.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Moi Mei

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dnovel, the studio behind Arnold. Shares Action and Adventure with Arnold.

    The fate of his brother in danger, May is going to be a dangerous journey.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Arnold

How much does Arnold cost?
Arnold is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Arnold?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arnold are Rotatex 2, City 13, R.T.O. Tales of the Dark Lands - Deluxe Edition.
Who developed Arnold?
Arnold was developed by Dnovel and published by Conglomerate 5.

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 Arnold.

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