Games like Krimson
If Krimson is your kind of game, the closest matches are Plague Genesis, TraumaCore Violence and Hostile Dreams — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its controller vibration enhances immersion, atmospheric and dark. 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 Krimson: Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.
Players who liked Krimson also play
Steam players who put hours into Krimson 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.
Plague Genesis
WHY THIS
Top pick for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
Plague Genesis A 2D pixel art survival horror game in which you explore forests and dark locations, face terrifying infected creatures, and uncover the truth behind a devastating biological catastrophe.
TraumaCore Violence
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Krimson.
Second-strongest match for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
TraumaCore Violence is a 2D Action Game with a focus on intense, snappy combat and in-depth movement mechanics; set within the psyche of a woman who has just had her mind snap.
Hostile Dreams
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Krimson.
Hostile Dreams will push you to your limits. Play through your darkest dreams in this ragdoll platformer! Explore and survive challenging levels, collect dream shards to unlock extra challenges
Unstable Cylinder
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
This is a platformer action adventure in which the main character, trapped inside a long cylinder prison, attempts to escape. Escape by climbing over steep walls, a turbulent world, moving scaffolding, and other obstacles! Of course, it would be infinitely close to impossible.
Cinderfall
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
A guttering ember adrift in hungry dark, your lantern is your hourglass. Burn through 100 haunted levels, dashing to hold the shadows back. When your light dies, the dark closes its hands. A precision horror platformer about the race between fire and night.
Drakula's Ascension
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
Prove your ability to reach your true potential and enjoy retro platforming and combat with a potential cost of starting from the bottom all over again in Drakula's Ascension! Overcome the demons keeping you down, all for your freedom and the view at the top of your castle that once was yours.
Hyperflex ULTRA
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
Dodge obstacles, switch gravity in ways you never even thought possible and see just how hard you can FLEX in this endless action platformer. Think you've got what it takes to master all four levels and achieve the VIBE?
Neon Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Krimson fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
This is a neon style and fast-paced platform jumping game. In the game, you need to avoid many obstacles and finally reach the star of victory.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Krimson
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140
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Krimson.
Reviewers of Krimson cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush and an atmospheric mood with Krimson.
Reviewers of Krimson cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
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.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Krimson cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Just Shapes & Beats
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Krimson.
Reviewers of Krimson cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Krimson at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Krimson.
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 Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
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 Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Action with Krimson.
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 Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Krimson.
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 Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Krimson.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
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 Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
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 Krimson on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Krimson.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Krimson.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Krimson.
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 Krimson.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Krimson.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Krimson.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Krimson
- Is Krimson verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Krimson 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 Krimson cost?
- Krimson is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Krimson?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Krimson are Plague Genesis, TraumaCore Violence, Hostile Dreams.
- Who developed Krimson?
- Krimson was developed by CryingPsycho and published by PM Studios, inc..
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