Games like Elsie
If Elsie is your kind of game, the closest matches are Koboo: The Tree Spirit, Risk of Rain (2013) and 30XX — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, funny and hypnotic. 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 Elsie: Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.
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Steam players who put hours into Elsie 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.
Koboo: The Tree Spirit
WHY THIS
Top pick for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Koboo is a fast paced action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a small tree spirit by attacking their weak points. Forge powerful synergies, explore the Ancient Forest's branching paths, fish, catch bugs and garden to rebuild your home!
Risk of Rain (2013)
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Elsie.
Second-strongest match for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
30XX
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Elsie.
Third-strongest match for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Shadow of the Depth
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Elsie.
Ranked #4 for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Elsie.
Ranked #5 for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Nautical Survival
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and an intense mood with Elsie.
Ranked #6 for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Captain an armed sea vessel to fight off hordes of oceanic terrors! Navigate between outposts to upgrade your boat, equip powerful weapons, manage your economy and hire crew members to your aid in this unique take on the survivors-like formula.
God Of Weapons
WHY THIS
Shares build variety, procedural generation and an intense mood with Elsie.
Ranked #7 for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.
ScourgeBringer
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Elsie.
Ranked #8 for Elsie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
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20XX
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Elsie.
Reviewers of Elsie cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Elsie.
Reviewers of Elsie cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Elsie.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Elsie.
Reviewers of Elsie cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Elsie.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
30XX
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Elsie.
Reviewers of Elsie cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Hades
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Elsie cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Elsie at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Elsie on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elsie.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Elsie on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Elsie on Steam right now. Shares Action with Elsie.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Elsie on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Elsie on Steam right now. Shares Action with Elsie.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elsie.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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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.
Shadow of the Depth
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Elsie.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Elsie.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
ScourgeBringer
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Elsie.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
Frequently asked about Elsie
- Does Elsie run on Steam Deck?
- Elsie is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Elsie cost?
- Elsie is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Elsie?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elsie are Koboo: The Tree Spirit, Risk of Rain (2013), 30XX.
- Who developed Elsie?
- Elsie was developed by Knight Shift Games and published by Playtonic Friends, H2 Interactive Co., Ltd..
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 Elsie.
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