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Games like Sunblaze

If Sunblaze is your kind of game, the closest matches are Celeste, BZZZT and Light of Life — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Sunblaze: Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.

2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDMetacritic 78Windows · macOS · Linuxby Games From Earth
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Advanced spike jumping with tight timingMemorization and route optimization matter more than reflexesPuzzle like route planning with multiple solutionsAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Sunblaze also play

Steam players who put hours into Sunblaze 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. Celeste

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sunblaze.

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

    Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BZZZT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    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. Light of Life

    WHY THIS

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

    Light of Life is a challenging precision platformer about an elf named Elanor who possesses incredible power! Using a bow and arrow with the mission: to recover all life fragments stolen by the goblins.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sunblaze.

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

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lost Words: Beyond the Page

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Aeon Drive

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Fowl Damage

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. La-Mulana 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    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 ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Sunblaze

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Super Meat Boy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sunblaze.

    Reviewers of Sunblaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Sunblaze.

    The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

    2010Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dustforce DX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Sunblaze.

    Reviewers of Sunblaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sunblaze.

    Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Wings of Vi

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Sunblaze.

    Reviewers of Sunblaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sunblaze.

    Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Celeste

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sunblaze.

    Reviewers of Sunblaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sunblaze.

    Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The End Is Nigh

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sunblaze.

    Reviewers of Sunblaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sunblaze.

    The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. BZZZT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

    Reviewers of Sunblaze cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sunblaze.

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sunblaze.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sunblaze.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sunblaze.

    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 ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sunblaze.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sunblaze.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sunblaze.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sunblaze.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Sunblaze on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sunblaze.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Sunblaze.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Sunblaze.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Sunblaze.

    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 ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree 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. Celeste

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sunblaze.

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

    Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BZZZT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    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. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Sunblaze.

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

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lost Words: Beyond the Page

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sunblaze.

    A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Fowl Damage

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. La-Mulana 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sunblaze.

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Sunblaze

How much does Sunblaze cost?
Sunblaze is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sunblaze?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sunblaze are Celeste, BZZZT, Light of Life.
Who developed Sunblaze?
Sunblaze was developed by Games From Earth and published by Bonus Stage Publishing, Leoful.

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 Sunblaze.

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