Games like Ari's Journey
If Ari's Journey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Jack B. Nimble, Tiny Thor 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 Ari's Journey: A retro precision platformer in a top-down action packed story. Navigate tight corridors and fly at high speeds using precise timing as Ari Wick races to stop the Terran Alliance from destroying the Slerians.
Players who liked Ari's Journey also play
Steam players who put hours into Ari'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.
Jack B. Nimble
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ari's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Jump in the shoes of Jack B. Nimble and master the whip in this cute, retro infinite runner.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ari's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ari's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
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.
Dead Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ari's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.
Aeon Drive
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ari's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
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.
JumpJet Rex
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ari's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ari's Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ari's Journey at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ari's Journey.
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 ~50% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ari's Journey.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ari's Journey.
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.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ari's Journey.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ari'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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ari's Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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. Shares Indie with Ari's Journey.
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 Ari's Journey.
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 Ari's Journey.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ari's Journey.
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. Shares Indie with Ari's Journey.
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 Indie with Ari'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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ari's Journey.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
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.
JumpJet Rex
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ari's Journey.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Frequently asked about Ari's Journey
- How much does Ari's Journey cost?
- Ari's Journey is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ari's Journey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ari's Journey are Jack B. Nimble, Tiny Thor, 1 Screen Platformer.
- Who developed Ari's Journey?
- Ari's Journey was developed by Brian West and published by HackBerry Studio.
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 Ari's Journey.
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