Games like Kena: Bridge of Spirits
If Kena: Bridge of Spirits is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hexrite, Surfing Legends and Soulframe — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and melancholic. 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 →Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a 2022 third-person action-adventure indie title from Ember Lab that blends puzzle-platforming with soulslike combat. Players guide Kena, a young Spirit Guide, through a forgotten village toward a sacred Mountain Shrine, freeing trapped spirits with the help of her Rot spirit companions. The game features difficulty-adjustment options, a rot-companion-management system, and a photo-mode. Reviewers note that the photo-mode rivals AAA projects, while players describe the Rot companions as adorable and customizable. Players and reviewers alike highlight that the soulslike combat feels satisfying without being overly punishing, and that the storytelling is poignant and emotionally engaging. The game is priced at $39.99 USD and holds a 93% positive rating from 6769 Steam reviews, with verified Steam Deck compatibility.
About Kena: Bridge of Spirits: A story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat. Untangle the past as Kena, a young Spirit Guide in search of the sacred Mountain Shrine. Help free the spirits trapped in a forgotten village with the help of the Rot, her adorable (yet powerful) spirit companions.
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Hexrite
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Top pick for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
You are a sorcerer seeking to fulfil a magical ritual to summon an ancient dead deity. Cast mystical domes, explore fantastical realms and meet a peculiar cast of characters in this stylized PS2-inspired action-platformer!
Surfing Legends
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Second-strongest match for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Surf the waves, rescue the wildlife, and collect the magic diamonds in this thrilling single player adventure! Buy faster boards and beat the clock to open new levels!
Soulframe
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Third-strongest match for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
From the creators of Warframe emerges a new Fantasy Action RPG. Forge your legend with blade, bow, and magick as you lead the charge against a world-devouring corruption.
Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
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Ranked #4 for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Embark on a journey full of danger in this action RPG, inspired by Greek and Roman mythologies. Explore the breathtaking city of Aphes and forge your way through legions of unique foes and mythical bosses to discover the truth behind the city’s curse.
Fragments Of A Mind
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Ranked #5 for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Explore a surreal world of Cassandra's twisted dreams. Help her recover lost memories and reveal a dark secret hidden deep in her mind. Run, fight and solve puzzles to reach your goal!
Dogu the Adventurer
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Ranked #6 for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Dogu the Adventurer is a story-based action adventure game that takes place in different worlds. Help Dogu to find his homeland while exploring worlds and islands with his balloon.
Jusant
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Ranked #7 for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
Decay of Logos
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Ranked #8 for Kena: Bridge of Spirits fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Immerse yourself in the world of Decay Of Logos and unravel its mysteries. Explore old dungeons, battle unforgiving foes and journey through a vibrant interconnected fantasy realm with your mystical elk companion.
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Immortals Fenyx Rising
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Immortals Fenyx Rising brings grand mythological adventure to life. Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods.
Overlord™
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Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Shares a whimsical mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Disney•Pixar WALL-E
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Based on the 2008 computer animated film from Pixar Animation Studios, the video game version of WALL-E involves playing as the lonely robot as he navigates a trash-tainted world and begins an unlikely trek across the cosmos.
Nother: an indie souls-like
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Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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.
RUSH: A Disney • PIXAR Adventure
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Shares a whimsical mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Rush: A Disney•Pixar Adventure invites families and fans of all ages to experience the worlds of six beloved Disney•Pixar films like never before. Team up with characters from The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up, Cars, Toy Story, and Finding Dory to solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets.
Tomb Raider: Legend
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Reviewers of Kena: Bridge of Spirits cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Follow Lara Croft down a path of discovery as she travels the globe to remote, exotic locales in search of one of history's greatest artifacts, that unleashes unwelcome figures from Lara's mysterious past.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kena: Bridge of Spirits at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~88% under Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~63% under Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam right now. Shares Action with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Is Kena: Bridge of Spirits verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Kena: Bridge of Spirits 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 Kena: Bridge of Spirits cost?
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kena: Bridge of Spirits?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kena: Bridge of Spirits are Hexrite, Surfing Legends, Soulframe.
- Who developed Kena: Bridge of Spirits?
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits was developed by Ember Lab.
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