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Games like FOUNTAINS

If FOUNTAINS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fire in the Beastlands, GRIME II and Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bosses telegraph attacks clearly, exploration rewards curiosity and atmospheric. 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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About FOUNTAINS: Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.

2024ActionIndieAdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby John Pywell
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Steam players who put hours into FOUNTAINS 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. Fire in the Beastlands

    WHY THIS

    Shares interconnected world design and an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Top pick for FOUNTAINS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Explore the danger and mystery of a fallen land, whose hidden wonders are shrouded and marred by the stranglehold of wickedness. In "Fire in the Beastlands," you are thrust into a world beyond the brink, blamed for its waywardness, and confronted with the choice between revenge and redemption.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. GRIME II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

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

    Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.

    2026ActionIndieRPG27.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

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

    A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. TUNIC

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

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

    Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Pale Coins

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

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

    Journey into the ruthless open world of Pale Coins, an old-school fantasy RPG. Face punishing bosses, goblin-infested dungeons, and discover legendary weapons as you customize your champion and fight across Grenmark for the fabled Champion's Coin.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Eldest Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with FOUNTAINS.

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

    Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

    WHY THIS

    Shares shortcut unlocking and an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

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

    WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Songbringer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Ranked #8 for FOUNTAINS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Imagine if the original Zelda game was set in a science-fiction galaxy. Explore this open-world, action RPG with roguelike and metroidvania elements. Mighty bosses lurk deep within procedurally-generated dungeons. Wield, vanquish, unearth, collect, craft, progress, trip, adventure.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to FOUNTAINS

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. TUNIC

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with FOUNTAINS.

    Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Shadow of the Treasure

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    A fantasy pseudo-card game of 15 levels that tests your thinking and combinatorial skills.

    2023IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with FOUNTAINS.

    Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

    2018Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with FOUNTAINS.

    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.

    2019ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sekira

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Dark forces are penetrating our world! Help the humble priestess Anachel crush the heads of the Dark Lord and all his minions!

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Hyper Light Drifter

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Metroidvania Maker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of FOUNTAINS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under FOUNTAINS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under FOUNTAINS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under FOUNTAINS on Steam right now. Shares Action with FOUNTAINS.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under FOUNTAINS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under FOUNTAINS on Steam right now. Shares Action with FOUNTAINS.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under FOUNTAINS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

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

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under FOUNTAINS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 FOUNTAINS.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. TUNIC

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with FOUNTAINS.

    Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Pale Coins

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Journey into the ruthless open world of Pale Coins, an old-school fantasy RPG. Face punishing bosses, goblin-infested dungeons, and discover legendary weapons as you customize your champion and fight across Grenmark for the fabled Champion's Coin.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Eldest Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Songbringer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with FOUNTAINS.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with FOUNTAINS.

    Imagine if the original Zelda game was set in a science-fiction galaxy. Explore this open-world, action RPG with roguelike and metroidvania elements. Mighty bosses lurk deep within procedurally-generated dungeons. Wield, vanquish, unearth, collect, craft, progress, trip, adventure.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about FOUNTAINS

Is FOUNTAINS verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — FOUNTAINS 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 FOUNTAINS cost?
FOUNTAINS is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to FOUNTAINS?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside FOUNTAINS are Fire in the Beastlands, GRIME II, Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms.
Who developed FOUNTAINS?
FOUNTAINS was developed by John Pywell and published by Crunching Koalas, John Pywell.

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