Games like Stardrytch
If Stardrytch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow Life, EMBER and 1 Screen Platformer — 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 Stardrytch: Stardrytch is a challenging action-platformer set in a lost world where sci-fi and fantasy collide. Embark on a dangerous journey, discover a forgotten land, unlock mighty powers and battle terrifying monsters to find a way home.

Players who liked Stardrytch also play
Steam players who put hours into Stardrytch 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.
Shadow Life
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Top pick for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stardrytch.
Explore temples and caves. Slay monsters and avoid traps and hazards. Uncover hidden rooms. Destroy the Book of Dark Magic to defeat the evil spirit that inhabits this world.
EMBER
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
EMBER is a dark cinematic 2.5D platformer. Descend through a beautiful and merciless world of ancient ruins, forgotten rituals, and creatures born from grief. Every path demands sacrifice, every mistake brings death, and sorrow alone walks beside you. Observe, endure, and rise again.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
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.
LAPIN
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Ranked #4 for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
LAPIN is a 2D precision platformer game featuring a group of brave rabbit explorers. Break through life-threatening obstacles with precise controls, and embark on an adventure filled with new encounters and stunning landscapes!
TetherGeist
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Ranked #5 for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
PulseCharge
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Ranked #6 for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
2D platforming with an emphasis on speed and exploration! Absorb enemy attacks to charge up your own attacks! You must absorb, dodge and weave your way through intense gauntlets and defeat your evil self.
Sword of Destiny
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Ranked #7 for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
Fight to restore the peace and justice in the world by thwarting the treacherous plans of the King, who turns the innocent into mindless skeletons to conquer the world.
Downwell
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Ranked #8 for Stardrytch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Stardrytch.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stardrytch.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stardrytch.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stardrytch.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stardrytch.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stardrytch.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Stardrytch
- What games are most similar to Stardrytch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stardrytch are Shadow Life, EMBER, 1 Screen Platformer.
- Who developed Stardrytch?
- Stardrytch was developed by Nils Kastens.
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 Stardrytch.
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