Games like The Rift Between Us
If The Rift Between Us is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Light Of Vertical, Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior and Crimson Spine — 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.
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Steam players who put hours into The Rift Between Us 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.
The Light Of Vertical
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Top pick for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
A Metroidvania-style action adventure set in the collapsing "Sky City." Play as a life form awakening in darkness, explore decaying areas, interact with NPCs, battle bosses, collect cards, and uncover the truth through stylized art and deep storytelling.
Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Rift Between Us.
A brutal action game set in a collapsing sci-fi nightmare. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you descend into a twisted post-apocalyptic world.
Crimson Spine
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Third-strongest match for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
A Metroidvania set in a dark fantasy world where Raed, a knight resurrected under mysterious circumstances, uses her new heart as a weapon to recover her lost memories.
Setsuna
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Ranked #4 for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
Play as "Setsuna," an android assassin. In this cyberpunk-themed 2D action-adventure game, traverse a futuristic metropolis ruled by a super-corp alongside your accompanying AI, clash with powerful enemies, collect abilities to explore the unknown, and search for the meaning of your existence.
Voidwrought
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
ITORAH
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Ranked #7 for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Ghost Song
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Rift Between Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rift Between Us.
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 with The Rift Between Us.
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 The Rift Between Us.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rift Between Us.
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 with The Rift Between Us.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 The Rift Between Us.
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 The Rift Between Us.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Voidwrought
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Ghost Song
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rift Between Us.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Frequently asked about The Rift Between Us
- What games are most similar to The Rift Between Us?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Rift Between Us are The Light Of Vertical, Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior, Crimson Spine.
- Who developed The Rift Between Us?
- The Rift Between Us was developed by Four Eyes Productions.
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 The Rift Between Us.
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