Games like The Glitch Fairy
If The Glitch Fairy is your kind of game, the closest matches are False Princess Iruruu, Spell Crisis and Farlands Journey — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its forgiving backtracking rewards exploration, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 The Glitch Fairy: The Glitch Fairy is a fast action platformer starring Monie, a spunky fairy with the unusual power to ''glitch'' her enemies.
Players who liked The Glitch Fairy also play
Steam players who put hours into The Glitch Fairy 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.
False Princess Iruruu
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
False Princess Iruruu is an action-packed, story-rich adventure game with a rhythmic, Sekiro-like combat system. Follow Iruruu, a girl from the western steppes of China, as she embarks on a dangerous journey to fulfill a summons from the royal Qing court.
Spell Crisis
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Shoot your spells as a little witch in this retro action 2D shooter platformer with exploration elements featuring 80's cute retro pixel art and music. Your choices matters: unleash magics, paths and hidden items according to your decisions.
Farlands Journey
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Glitch Fairy.
Farlands Journey is a cute 2D platformer about a little sorceress. Using various magic wands she defeats enemies and solves puzzles to recover the stolen power of her Magic Academy.
The Wizard and The Slug
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Ranked #4 for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Jump, dash, and shoot your way through this story-rich action 2D platformer. Together with your magical wizard companion, play as the world's cutest, fastest, most agile slug as you explore a world full of charm, humor, and endearing characters.
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Ranked #5 for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Decline's Drops
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and an atmospheric mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Ranked #6 for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Grab your punching gloves, put your clogs on and smash your way in the world of Decline's Drops, a fully hand-drawn platform-brawler full of weird frogs, bizarre chickens and odd hydras! Avenge your destroyed garden and defeat the 6 heads of the Eternal Corp.! If you can, that is.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Ranked #7 for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
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!
DOOMBLADE
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Ranked #8 for The Glitch Fairy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Glitch Fairy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
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 ~55% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
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 ~59% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Glitch Fairy.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~91% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
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 ~73% under The Glitch Fairy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 The Glitch Fairy.
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 The Glitch Fairy.
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 The Glitch Fairy.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Glitch Fairy.
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 The Glitch Fairy.
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 The Glitch Fairy.
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.
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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.
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Decline's Drops
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and an atmospheric mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
Grab your punching gloves, put your clogs on and smash your way in the world of Decline's Drops, a fully hand-drawn platform-brawler full of weird frogs, bizarre chickens and odd hydras! Avenge your destroyed garden and defeat the 6 heads of the Eternal Corp.! If you can, that is.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Glitch Fairy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Glitch Fairy.
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!
Frequently asked about The Glitch Fairy
- Is The Glitch Fairy verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Glitch Fairy 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 The Glitch Fairy cost?
- The Glitch Fairy is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Glitch Fairy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Glitch Fairy are False Princess Iruruu, Spell Crisis, Farlands Journey.
- Who developed The Glitch Fairy?
- The Glitch Fairy was developed by Cannon Cow.
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 The Glitch Fairy.
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