Games like Jusant
If Jusant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Moss: The Forgotten Relic, OUTHATCHED and Kena: Bridge of Spirits — 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 →Jusant is a 2023 action-adventure indie game developed and published by DON'T NOD. Players navigate an immeasurably tall tower using manual climbing controls, progressing through diverse biomes with checkpoint-based progression and environmental puzzles. A watery companion assists growth and ties into both gameplay and narrative. Reviewers highlight that the climbing feels fluid and natural, while the story unfolds through environmental details and journals. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, and relaxing, with the music and visuals enhancing the meditative quality. The world design feels lived in and immersive, and reviewers note the creature companion integrates meaningfully into both mechanics and story. Currently priced at $9.99, it holds an 83 Metacritic score and 93% positive on Steam, verified for Steam Deck.
About Jusant: 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.
Players who liked Jusant also play
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Moss: The Forgotten Relic
WHY THIS
Top pick for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Moss: The Forgotten Relic is an emotional and atmospheric adventure set in the pages of a living storybook, brimming with myth and ancient magic. Guide a tiny but determined hero on a heartfelt journey of challenge, courage, and connection.
OUTHATCHED
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
OUTHATCHED™ is a free and unique experience, where you take on the role of powerful birds fighting it out in a 3v3 team battle.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Third-strongest match for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
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.
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Ranked #4 for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Jusant.
Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Jusant.
Ranked #5 for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
The Big Catch
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
A 3D platformer all about tight expressive movement, and catching some fish, too.
Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint based progression and a relaxing mood with Jusant.
Ranked #7 for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jusant.
Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint based progression and an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Ranked #8 for Jusant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Jusant.
Her legacy lives on! Play the next series of Tomb Raider adventures in this remastered collection of Lara Croft's darkest adventures.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Jusant
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Cairn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Reviewers of Jusant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime.
Flower
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Reviewers of Jusant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Jusant.
Experience award-winning Flower, now available on PC. Flower lets you take control of the wind as you explore and navigate beautiful, lush environments.
ABZU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Reviewers of Jusant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jusant.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
Absolver
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Reviewers of Jusant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Reviewers of Jusant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Jusant.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Reviewers of Jusant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
The Pathless
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Reviewers of Jusant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jusant at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jusant.
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 ~50% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
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 ~55% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jusant.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jusant.
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 ~50% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jusant.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
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 ~70% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jusant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Jusant.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jusant.
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 Jusant.
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 Indie with Jusant.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jusant.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jusant.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jusant.
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.
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More from DON'T NOD
Other recommendable Steam games by DON'T NOD, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
WHY THIS
Another title from DON'T NOD, the studio behind Jusant. Shares Action and Adventure with Jusant.
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Another title from DON'T NOD, the studio behind Jusant. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jusant.
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
Twin Mirror
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Another title from DON'T NOD, the studio behind Jusant. Shares Adventure with Jusant.
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Another title from DON'T NOD, the studio behind Jusant. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jusant.
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Aphelion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Another title from DON'T NOD, the studio behind Jusant. Shares Action and Adventure with Jusant.
Hunted on a frozen planet, astronaut Ariane must brave rugged landscapes and shifting realities to rescue her wounded partner, Thomas. This action-packed sci-fi adventure blends exploration, traversal, and tense stealth gameplay.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
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.
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Jusant.
Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Jusant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jusant.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint based progression and a relaxing mood with Jusant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jusant.
Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint based progression and an atmospheric mood with Jusant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Jusant.
Her legacy lives on! Play the next series of Tomb Raider adventures in this remastered collection of Lara Croft's darkest adventures.
Frequently asked about Jusant
- Is Jusant verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Jusant 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 Jusant cost?
- Jusant is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Jusant?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jusant are Moss: The Forgotten Relic , OUTHATCHED, Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
- Who developed Jusant?
- Jusant was developed by DON'T NOD.
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