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Games like Everhood 2

If Everhood 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Everhood, Hemomancer and Aphantasia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its absurdist humor shines, chaotic but rewarding gameplay and music drives combat uniquely. 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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Everhood 2 is a 2025 action RPG adventure from developers Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca, published by Foreign Gnomes. Players navigate a chaotic narrative through rhythm-based combat encounters, collecting soul weapons while progressing through one-shot achievement challenges. The game combines music-driven combat with a challenging difficulty curve, offering a medium-length single-player experience that fits the sit-down session style. Reviewers note the game's absurdist humor and mysterious atmosphere, while players highlight how music uniquely drives combat and the deliberately unconventional storytelling. The psychedelic art design and whimsical tone create an unsettling yet hypnotic experience. Priced at $19.99 USD and verified for Steam Deck play, the game holds a Metacritic score of 79 with 73% positive reviews from 1,735 Steam users.

About Everhood 2: AN UNCONVENTIONAL ARPG where you battle enemies through musical encounters while being accompanied by a raven who promises to retrieve your voice if you slay the mighty Mind Dragon!🎵

2025ActionIndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 79Windowsby Chris Nordgren, Jordi Roca
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Steam players who put hours into Everhood 2 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. Everhood

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hemomancer

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    A rhythm-enhanced action roguelite RPG with visual novel storytelling. Unravel a story in a surreal world shaped by music, collect trinkets attuned to rhythm, furnish the abyss and make questionable allies. Run with scissors, talk to strangers and make decisions you don’t fully understand.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Aphantasia

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Everhood 2.

    Aphantasia is an Indie RPG created in the RPG Maker engine with a surreal art style.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. BOY BEATS WORLD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    A whimsical rhythm action adventure where you vibe along to the music and attempt to liberate the last living humans.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Once Upon a Jester

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Everhood 2.

    Ranked #5 for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    Travel the kingdom as Jester with his best friend Sok to improvise theatre shows and perform on stages far and wide. Sing your hearts out, crack jokes and impress audiences to become the stars of the famous Royal Theatrical Spectacle!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. RATKING CHAPTER ZERO

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    Become The Salary Man. Unleash ZA BLADE. Save Your Boss. Experience a life OFF ZA CLOCK. a Uniquely Surreal Action Combat, Player Choice Fueled, Point & Click Adventure.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Steel Century Groove

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Everhood 2.

    Ranked #7 for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Everhood 2.

    Steel Century Groove is a rhythm RPG where you pilot mecha in dance battles! Using your own music or the built-in soundtrack, master the deep rhythm combat system, assemble a team of colossal superstars, make friends, and challenge rivals on the road to the ultimate dance championship.

    2026AdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Starstruck: Hands of Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Everhood 2.

    Ranked #8 for Everhood 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    Starstruck: Hands of Time is a story-rich rhythm adventure game where you play guitar and abuse time travel! Control a giant hand destroying a miniature town, or play as the two guitarist kids living in it. For extra fun, optionally plug in a Guitar Hero controller!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Everhood 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Everhood 2.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Everhood 2.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Everhood 2.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Everhood 2.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Everhood 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Everhood 2.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Everhood 2.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Everhood 2.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Everhood 2.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Everhood 2.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Everhood 2.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Everhood 2.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Everhood 2.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck 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. Everhood

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Steel Century Groove

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Everhood 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and RPG with Everhood 2.

    Steel Century Groove is a rhythm RPG where you pilot mecha in dance battles! Using your own music or the built-in soundtrack, master the deep rhythm combat system, assemble a team of colossal superstars, make friends, and challenge rivals on the road to the ultimate dance championship.

    2026AdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Starstruck: Hands of Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Everhood 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Everhood 2.

    Starstruck: Hands of Time is a story-rich rhythm adventure game where you play guitar and abuse time travel! Control a giant hand destroying a miniature town, or play as the two guitarist kids living in it. For extra fun, optionally plug in a Guitar Hero controller!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Everhood 2

Is Everhood 2 verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Everhood 2 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 Everhood 2 cost?
Everhood 2 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Everhood 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Everhood 2 are Everhood, Hemomancer, Aphantasia.
Who developed Everhood 2?
Everhood 2 was developed by Chris Nordgren, Jordi Roca and published by Foreign Gnomes.

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 Everhood 2.

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