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Games like BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure

If BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slime Village VR, Lavrynthos and VR Walking Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its crafting feels deeply rewarding, atmospheric and challenging. 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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About BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure: BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure is the ultimate VR weaponsmithing simulator! Become a legendary blacksmith, crafting mighty blades and impeccable tools as you hone your trade in a mystical forge.

2024IndieAdventureSimulationCasual19.99 USDWindowsby Mana Brigade
BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure — Steam game cover
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Crafting feels deeply rewardingFree form metal working is uniquePetting the fire spirit is adorableAtmosphericChallengingImmersive

Players who liked BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure also play

Steam players who put hours into BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure 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. Slime Village VR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    Slime Village VR is a 3D sandbox in cute Lowpoly graphics, created especially for virtual reality glasses.

    2022AdventureSimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Lavrynthos

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    Lavrynthos is an independently created VR short, a funny and philosophic story that places you at the heart of the labyrinth of Crete to tell you the story of the unlikely relationship between the Minotaur and his next meal: a girl named Cora.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. VR Walking Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    It is a VR Walking Simulator. Nothing more, nothing less. Explore beautiful scenes optimized for VR viewing, take pictures of the scenery, make a collage, and relax.

    2021AdventureSimulationCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Marble Mechanics

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    Design intricate marble runs in VR! Marble Mechanics combines sandbox creativity, physics puzzles, and relaxing soundscapes. Share tracks via Steam Workshop and explore a vibrant, player-driven world of rolling ingenuity.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Daybreaker VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    Scavenge loot to survive in this zombie infested post-apocalyptic sandbox VR shooter. Piece together your own guns from the loot you find, or go toe-to-toe with nothing more than a sharpened stick.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. 3D Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    The classic game of cellular automata in 3D and VR. Generate spaceships, oscillators and other life forms unique to each of 14 different rule sets,

    2026IndieSimulationCasual6.29 USDSteam ↗
  7. Gloomy Eyes VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    With the voice of Colin Farrell, Gloomy Eyes narrates the story of the sun who got tired of the humans and decided to hide and never rise again. Gloomy Eyes is an animated VR-series in 6DoF & 3D real-time.

    2020AdventureCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    Ranked #8 for BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    Join Red, Chuck, Bomb & the Blues to save the stolen eggs in Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, an immersive VR adventure! Discover the island where the greedy pigs vacation, slingshot your way to defeat Dr. Frankenswine & create/share/discover an infinite number of levels with the online level builder.

    2019Casual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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 BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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 BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

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

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 and Casual with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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 Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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 ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure

Does BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure work on Steam Deck?
BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure cost?
BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure are Slime Village VR, Lavrynthos, VR Walking Simulator.
Who developed BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure?
BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure was developed by Mana Brigade and published by Fast Travel Games.

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 BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure.

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