Games like Laika: Aged Through Blood
If Laika: Aged Through Blood is your kind of game, the closest matches are Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster, HEART ABYSS and NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound — 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 →Laika: Aged Through Blood is a 2023 action-adventure Metroidvania from Brainwash Gang, published by Thunderful Publishing. Set in a post-apocalyptic western world, the game casts players as a coyote mother seeking vengeance against oppressors, with motorbike traversal and combat forming the core loop alongside traditional exploration and progression. Reviewers and players describe the narrative as emotionally charged, with the mother-daughter relationship at its heart proving particularly resonant. The game holds a 93% positive rating from over 3,100 Steam reviews and is verified to run on Steam Deck. Priced at $19.99, it offers a challenging medium-length solo experience with tight gunplay and a distinctive arcade twist on the Metroidvania formula.
About Laika: Aged Through Blood: Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.
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Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster
WHY THIS
Top pick for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
A classic hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania action game, it's time for revenge! Use your Beastmaster skills to unleash your inner beast, fight with your heart-devouring sword and end the threat to Arborea, you decide the ending.
HEART ABYSS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Heart Abyss is a brutal action-platformer inspired by Japan during the 17th and 18th centuries. Wake up your inner beast and take vengeance on those who put a collar around your neck. Find your sister and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of all jinkos.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Aeterna Noctis
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
SteamDolls - Order Of Chaos
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Enter the world of Steamdolls in this narrative-driven stealth-meets-action adventure. Step into the blood-drenched shoes of The Whisper, played by David Hayter, and entrench yourself in the shadows of a labyrinthine city gone mad. You will know 4 words: ACTION, EXPLORATION, STEALTH, AND BLOOD.
SteamDolls - Prologue Demo FREE
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Ranked #6 for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Enter the world of Steamdolls in this narrative-driven stealth-meets-action adventure, featuring a star-studded voice-cast including David Hayter. This concept demo features an introductory prologue and acts as a teaser for the wider Steamdolls universe.
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Laika: Aged Through Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Laika: Aged Through Blood
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Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Mad Max
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
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Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
“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.
The Last of Us™ Part I
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Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Apprehend a Saboteur Stirring up Turbulent Trouble!
Nother: an indie souls-like
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Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.
My Friend Pedro
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Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
The Outlast Trials
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Laika: Aged Through Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Laika: Aged Through Blood at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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 Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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 Laika: Aged Through Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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 Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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 Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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 Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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 Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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 Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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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More from Brainwash Gang
Other recommendable Steam games by Brainwash Gang, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Friends vs Friends
WHY THIS
Another title from Brainwash Gang, the studio behind Laika: Aged Through Blood. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
A frantic, online PvP shooter that combines combat and deck building. Choose a character, customize your card-based loadout, and get ready for the fights of your life!
The Longest Road on Earth
WHY THIS
Another title from Brainwash Gang, the studio behind Laika: Aged Through Blood. Shares Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
Grotto
WHY THIS
Another title from Brainwash Gang, the studio behind Laika: Aged Through Blood. Shares Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.
Nongünz
WHY THIS
Another title from Brainwash Gang, the studio behind Laika: Aged Through Blood. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Nongünz is a nihilistic action platformer roguelike. Nongünz is obscure in both gameplay and theme. Nongünz is a riddle that demands sacrifice.
Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Brainwash Gang, the studio behind Laika: Aged Through Blood. Shares Action with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Nongunz is a roguelite action-platformer. Battle grotesque creatures, kill quickly to maintain your combo meter, and rescue worshipers to become part of your idle army to buy upgrades.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Aeterna Noctis
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Laika: Aged Through Blood.
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.
Frequently asked about Laika: Aged Through Blood
- Is Laika: Aged Through Blood verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Laika: Aged Through Blood 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 Laika: Aged Through Blood cost?
- Laika: Aged Through Blood is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Laika: Aged Through Blood?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Laika: Aged Through Blood are Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster, HEART ABYSS, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound.
- Who developed Laika: Aged Through Blood?
- Laika: Aged Through Blood was developed by Brainwash Gang and published by Thunderful Publishing.
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