Games like The Path of Ren
If The Path of Ren is your kind of game, the closest matches are Aeon Drive, Celeste and Super Magbot — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its completionist secrets feel achievable, chill and nostalgic. 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 The Path of Ren: A challenging precision platformer with tight controls. Master orb abilities to conquer 300+ challenges, collect thought-provoking journal entries, and race the clock in timed trials. Dash, crystalize, ghostify, warp, and slow time as you help a boy recall a wish he was granted by a white fox.
Players who liked The Path of Ren also play
Steam players who put hours into The Path of Ren 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.
Aeon Drive
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with The Path of Ren.
Top pick for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Path of Ren.
Third-strongest match for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Slime-san: Superslime Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Path of Ren.
Ranked #4 for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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!
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with The Path of Ren.
Ranked #5 for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Ageless
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Path of Ren.
Ranked #6 for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Path of Ren.
Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with The Path of Ren.
Ranked #7 for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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!
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Path of Ren fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
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Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Path of Ren cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Path of Ren.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with The Path of Ren.
Reviewers of The Path of Ren cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Path of Ren.
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.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Path of Ren cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Path of Ren cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Path of Ren cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Path of Ren.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Path of Ren at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Path of Ren.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Path of Ren.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Path of Ren.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Path of Ren.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Path of Ren on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 The Path of Ren.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Path of Ren.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Path of Ren.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 The Path of Ren.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Path of Ren.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Path of Ren.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Path of Ren.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with The Path of Ren.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Ageless
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Path of Ren.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Path of Ren.
Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with The Path of Ren.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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!
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Path of Ren.
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.
Frequently asked about The Path of Ren
- How much does The Path of Ren cost?
- The Path of Ren is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Path of Ren?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Path of Ren are Aeon Drive, Celeste, Super Magbot.
- Who developed The Path of Ren?
- The Path of Ren was developed by Shaped by Rain Studios.
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 The Path of Ren.
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