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Games like REKA

If REKA is your kind of game, the closest matches are Towers of Aghasba, Free as birds : UAZO and Fields of Aaru — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its active developer community, calm gameplay atmosphere and explore slavic folklore. 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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REKA is an early-access cozy life sim from Emberstorm Entertainment, published by Fireshine Games. Set within Slavic folklore, players take on the role of a witch navigating a long-form adventure that combines building mechanics, crafting, exploration, and puzzle-solving. The game is priced at $19.99 USD and is verified to run smoothly on Steam Deck, allowing for comfortable sit-down sessions. Players describe the experience as cozy and relaxing, highlighting the calm gameplay atmosphere and the opportunity to explore rich Slavic-inspired settings. Reviewers note the active developer community and the game's welcoming, unhurried difficulty. Currently holding an 83% positive rating from 1,785 Steam reviews, the title offers a charming solo experience for those seeking a gentle, atmospheric adventure.

About REKA: Channel your inner witch! Build your cozy chicken-legged hut, practice witchcraft, and forage for ingredients in autumnal woodlands. Solve quests & uncover the great mysteries of the legendary witch Baba Jaga…

2024IndieAdventureRPGCasualEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Emberstorm Entertainment
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Players who liked REKA also play

Steam players who put hours into REKA 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. Towers of Aghasba

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with REKA.

    Top pick for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with REKA.

    Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Free as birds : UAZO

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with REKA.

    Soar as a curious bird on a mysterious island filled with secrets, ancient ruins, and hidden wonders. Explore with your friends, gather resources, build, survive and uncover the island’s story in this serene adventure.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Fields of Aaru

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with REKA.

    A cozy life sim set in the mystical afterlife of Ancient Egypt. Farm along the Nile, befriend the locals, and decorate your eternal home. Venture into the desert and discover oases, pyramids, and tombs. Unlock magical powers by restoring ancient obelisks and making offerings to the gods.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Ars Notoria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with REKA.

    Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Craftopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting with REKA.

    Ranked #5 for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with REKA.

    Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Runika: A World of Little Legends

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with REKA.

    Ranked #6 for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with REKA.

    Build a farm… to save the world. Runika blends a cozy 2D sandbox with an unfolding story about a world being pulled into the mysterious Rift. Grow crops at your own pace, build your farm, gather resources, craft your own equipment, and uncover what awakens within the Rift.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Smalland: Survive the Wilds

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with REKA.

    Ranked #7 for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with REKA.

    Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cowboy Life Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with REKA.

    Ranked #8 for REKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with REKA.

    “Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under REKA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with REKA.

    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 REKA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with REKA.

    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 REKA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with REKA.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under REKA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with REKA.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under REKA on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with REKA.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under REKA on Steam right now. Shares RPG with REKA.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under REKA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with REKA.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under REKA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with REKA.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with REKA.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about REKA

Is REKA verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — REKA 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 REKA cost?
REKA is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to REKA?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside REKA are Towers of Aghasba, Free as birds : UAZO, Fields of Aaru.
Who developed REKA?
REKA was developed by Emberstorm Entertainment and published by Fireshine 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 REKA.

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