Games like Slime's Journey
If Slime's Journey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Samurai Kento, Runnyk and Beaked Buccaneer — 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 Slime's Journey: A mini metroidvania with retro style graphics about a Slime who have his parents took by an Evil Shaman, and now fight against lots of magical creatures to get them back!
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Steam players who put hours into Slime's Journey 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.
Samurai Kento
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Top pick for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!
Runnyk
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A 2D mini action RPG about Runnyk, a viking who goes on a journey for the Four Magical Runes to find a way to save his beloved.
Beaked Buccaneer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Beaked Buccaneer is a 2D mini metroidvania full of treasures and pirates that tells the story of a parrot who wants to become a pirate legend!
Beholgar
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Chronicles of the Wolf
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Ranked #6 for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Hunt the legendary Beast of Gévaudan in Chronicles of the Wolf! Step into the boots of Mateo Lombardo in this epic adventure featuring brutal bosses, vast castles, and secrets to uncover. Narration by the legendary Robert Belgrade and other special appearances!
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Slime's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Slime's Journey at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~50% under Slime's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~50% under Slime's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Slime's Journey.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Slime's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime's Journey.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under Slime's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~50% under Slime's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~50% under Slime's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime's Journey.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~50% under Slime's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Slime's Journey.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime's Journey.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime's Journey.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime's Journey.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Other recommendable Steam games by lightUP, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sokoban Land DX
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Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Slime's Journey. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime's Journey.
A 2D top-down Puzzle/Sokoban game that can be played in single-player (controlling one or two characters at same time) or with a friend in local co-op mode.
Milo's Quest
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Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Slime's Journey. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A mini zelda-like 2D top-down puzzle/adventure game about a dog, bones and a lot of ghosts!
Barry the Bunny
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Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Slime's Journey. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A 2D platformer with short challenging levels about a bunny who builds bridges.
Mina & Michi
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Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Slime's Journey. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A 2D top-down puzzle/adventure game about friendship featuring 2 players local co-op.
Prehistoric Dude
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Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Slime's Journey. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A retro style mini metroidvania game about a caveman who loves ham!
Super Wiloo Demake
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Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Slime's Journey. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A 2D platformer featuring colorful 8-bit style graphics and 5 different worlds! It's a Demake version of "WILOO", featuring Completely new graphics, new Power-ups and other improvements.
Mages and Treasures
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Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Slime's Journey. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
A 2D top-down adventure game about Powerful Mages, treasures, amulets and a lot of magical evilish creatures!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Beholgar
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slime's Journey.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
Frequently asked about Slime's Journey
- How much does Slime's Journey cost?
- Slime's Journey is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Slime's Journey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slime's Journey are Samurai Kento, Runnyk, Beaked Buccaneer.
- Who developed Slime's Journey?
- Slime's Journey was developed by lightUP.
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 Slime's Journey.
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