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Games like Lone Fungus

If Lone Fungus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Haiku, the Robot, Mira's Brush and Flippin Kaktus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration rewards creative traversal, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Lone Fungus: A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!

2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby BASTI GAMES
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Exploration rewards creative traversalFungal movement tech feels fresh and rewardingHollow knight style combat with celeste like platformingAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Lone Fungus also play

Steam players who put hours into Lone Fungus 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. Haiku, the Robot

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mira's Brush

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Lone Fungus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lone Fungus.

    Mira's Brush is a cute color based platformer. As a house painter, use Mira's magic brush to steal color from enemies and use those colors to jump, dash and figure her way through Chromaland. 🌈🖌️

    2022Indie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Flippin Kaktus

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    Flippin Kaktus is an action-driven vendetta with 80s vibes, featuring a spiky hero with the thorny past and rage-outbreaks combat style.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Trash Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Lone Fungus.

    Ranked #4 for Lone Fungus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lone Fungus.

    Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Astalon: Tears of the Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lone Fungus.

    Ranked #5 for Lone Fungus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Lone Fungus.

    Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!

    2021ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

    WHY THIS

    Shares precision platforming and an atmospheric mood with Lone Fungus.

    Ranked #6 for Lone Fungus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Lone Fungus.

    Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

    2024ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Alwa's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Gato Roboto

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Lone Fungus

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. Ori and the Blind Forest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lone Fungus.

    Reviewers of Lone Fungus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Lone Fungus.

    “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

    2015ActionDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    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.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Celeste

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lone Fungus.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lone Fungus.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lone Fungus.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lone Fungus.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lone Fungus.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Lone Fungus.

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

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lone Fungus.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lone Fungus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lone Fungus.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 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 Lone Fungus.

    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 Lone Fungus.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Lone Fungus.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Haiku, the Robot

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

    WHY THIS

    Shares precision platforming and an atmospheric mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

    2024ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Alwa's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Gato Roboto

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Lone Fungus.

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

    Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lone Fungus

Is Lone Fungus verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Lone Fungus is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Lone Fungus cost?
Lone Fungus is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Lone Fungus?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lone Fungus are Haiku, the Robot, Mira's Brush, Flippin Kaktus.
Who developed Lone Fungus?
Lone Fungus was developed by BASTI GAMES.

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 Lone Fungus.

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