Games like Islets
If Islets is your kind of game, the closest matches are SHEEPO, Wuppo: Definitive Edition and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cute art style, seamless movement and platforming and atmospheric. 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 →Islets is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Kyle Thompson and published by Armor Games Studios. Set across a fragmented world of sky islands, the game combines character-driven progression with exploration, combat, and platforming in a hand-crafted non-procedural world. Players control Iko as they adventure through interconnected environments, unlocking new abilities that create fresh combat challenges and movement options. Reviewers highlight the cute art style, engaging combat system that introduces new challenges alongside each ability unlock, and seamless platforming that encourages fluid exploration. The narrative has been described by players as wholesome with a satisfying conclusion. The game supports solo play with normal difficulty and offers a medium-length experience, currently priced at $19.99 USD on Steam. It has received a 96% positive rating from over 1,000 Steam reviews.
About Islets: Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Players who liked Islets also play
Steam players who put hours into Islets 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.
SHEEPO
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Islets.
Top pick for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
WHY THIS
Shares exploration with Islets.
Third-strongest match for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
The Pathless
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Islets.
Ranked #4 for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.
Crypt Custodian
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Islets.
Ranked #5 for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Islets.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Islets.
Ranked #6 for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
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.
Haiku, the Robot
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Yoku's Island Express
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Islets.
Ranked #8 for Islets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Islets.
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Islets
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Islets.
Reviewers of Islets cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
SHEEPO
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Islets.
Reviewers of Islets cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Islets cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Islets at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Islets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Islets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Islets.
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 Islets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Islets.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Islets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Islets.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Islets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Islets.
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 ~65% under Islets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Islets.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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 Islets.
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 with Islets.
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.
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 Adventure with Islets.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
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.
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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.
SHEEPO
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Islets.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Islets.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
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.
Haiku, the Robot
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
Yoku's Island Express
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Islets.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Islets.
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
Frequently asked about Islets
- Does Islets work on Steam Deck?
- Islets is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Islets cost?
- Islets is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Islets?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Islets are SHEEPO, Wuppo: Definitive Edition, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.
- Who developed Islets?
- Islets was developed by Kyle Thompson and published by Armor Games Studios.
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