Games like Alchemist
If Alchemist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Overbowed, Wizcave and Alwa's Legacy — 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 →About Alchemist: In this classic retro platformer, take on the role of a skilled Alchemist to battle an evil warlock. Transform into a mighty golden eagle to traverse the winding chambers of the warlock's dread castle, or hurl lightning bolts at terrifying foes, to unite the four pieces of the Spell of Destruction.
Players who liked Alchemist also play
Steam players who put hours into Alchemist 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.
Overbowed
WHY THIS
Top pick for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
Explore a kingdom overrun by evil magic as you fight foes with your own magical bow in this retro inspired action-adventure platformer.
Wizcave
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alchemist.
Take on the role of a magician and explore the mystery of underground caves. Fight monsters and try to recover the artifact from these caves, use your staff to summon spells. The road will not be restless, you will encounter many obstacles and enemies during your journey.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
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!
Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
Follow the story of Xandria, the iron alchemist. Seeking revenge, she accepts the dangerous mission to put an end to the evil that resides in Dracula's castle and torments the people of Transylvania. Fight with an iron whip in this retro-style & Classic-Vania adventure.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Vernal Edge
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alchemist at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Alchemist.
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 ~67% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
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.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alchemist.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alchemist.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alchemist.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alchemist.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Landlord of the Woods
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Alchemist.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Alchemist.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Alchemist.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Alchemist.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alchemist.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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More from Imagine
Other recommendable Steam games by Imagine, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Jumping Jack
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist. Shares Action with Alchemist.
In this addictive arcade style platformer from 1983, jump through 20 levels of moving platforms, zany hazards, and bizarre enemies, each more difficult than the last. Time your jumps carefully, because one wrong move could send you hurtling downwards.
Schizoids
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist. Shares Action with Alchemist.
In this classic top-down space game from 1983, you can take on one of the most dangerous jobs in the galaxy: garbage disposal. Try to survive for as long as possible, while knocking the giant garbage pods into a black hole with your Space-Dozer.
Ah Diddums
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist. Shares Action with Alchemist.
In this classic ZX Spectrum game from 1983, take on the role of the loyal Teddy, trying to leave the toybox to comfort a crying baby. But watch out! The other toys, scared that the baby being comforted will lead to mother turning out the lights, will try to stop you!
Arcadia
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist. Shares Action with Alchemist.
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Stonkers
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist.
One of the world's first real-time strategy games, originally released for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. Move your units across varied terrain to meet the enemy, managing strategic positioning and supply lines.
Cosmic Cruiser
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist. Shares Action with Alchemist.
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
Pedro (C64/Spectrum)
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist. Shares Action with Alchemist.
In this cartoony arcade game, released in 1984 for home microcomputers, take on the role of the titular Pedro, a frustrated gardener trying desperately to protect his precious flower garden from invading animals.
B.C. Bill (C64/Spectrum)
WHY THIS
Another title from Imagine, the studio behind Alchemist. Shares Action with Alchemist.
In this cartooney club-em-up, released in 1984 for home microcomputers by Imagine, take on the role of the titular B.C. Bill, a true paragon of prehistoric sensibilities, solving all his many issues with his versatile wooden club.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
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!
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemist.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
Frequently asked about Alchemist
- How much does Alchemist cost?
- Alchemist is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alchemist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alchemist are Overbowed, Wizcave, Alwa's Legacy.
- Who developed Alchemist?
- Alchemist was developed by Imagine and published by Pixel Games UK.
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 Alchemist.
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