Games like Windmills
If Windmills is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter, Tails of Iron and Crimson Oath — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 Windmills: Master your combat techniques and explore a magic world in this combat - focused metroidvania. Help the unreliable narrator complete his story which changes depending on the player's actions.
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Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Top pick for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Embark upon a vast, snow-ravaged kingdom in Tails of Iron 2, sequel to the critically acclaimed action-RPG. As Arlo, heir to the Warden of the Wastes, adventure through harsh northern lands, home to giant beasts and ragtag bandits, in an epic quest to overcome an ancient, blood-starved evil.
Tails of Iron
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Second-strongest match for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!
Crimson Oath
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Third-strongest match for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Long may the sun shine! Prepare to suffer! Souls-like combat adventure in a unique world. Learn to fight... then fight to realize your belief.A warrior gradually grows and uncovers the ultimate truth of world change.
Lords of the Fallen
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windmills.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Ranked #5 for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Windmills.
Ranked #6 for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Ranked #7 for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Ranked #8 for Windmills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Windmills
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The Messenger
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Windmills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Windmills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Windmills.
Reviewers of Windmills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windmills.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Castle of Vania
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Windmills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windmills.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Windmills at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Windmills.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Windmills.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Windmills.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Action with Windmills.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Windmills.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Action with Windmills.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Windmills on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Windmills.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Windmills.
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 Windmills.
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 and Indie with Windmills.
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 Windmills.
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 Windmills.
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 Windmills.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Windmills.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Embark upon a vast, snow-ravaged kingdom in Tails of Iron 2, sequel to the critically acclaimed action-RPG. As Arlo, heir to the Warden of the Wastes, adventure through harsh northern lands, home to giant beasts and ragtag bandits, in an epic quest to overcome an ancient, blood-starved evil.
Tails of Iron
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Windmills.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windmills.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Windmills.
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
Frequently asked about Windmills
- Is Windmills verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Windmills 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 Windmills cost?
- Windmills is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Windmills?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Windmills are Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter, Tails of Iron, Crimson Oath.
- Who developed Windmills?
- Windmills was developed by Poor Locke.
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