Games like Star Rift Saga
If Star Rift Saga is your kind of game, the closest matches are Samurai Kento, ECHORIS and Beaked Buccaneer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and relaxing. 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 Star Rift Saga: Embark on a Metroidvanian journey across a mysterious alien world where every ability unlocks new secrets and every corner hides danger or discovery. Fight enemies and bosses across multiple biomes, collect items and skills on your quest, and upgrade yourself and even the outpost itself.
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Steam players who put hours into Star Rift Saga 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.
Samurai Kento
WHY THIS
Top pick for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!
ECHORIS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Every weapon hides a world. A 2D metroidvania of vertical descent — step inside each blade you find, descend its Item World, and reforge it through layers of memory and reactive elemental depths.
Beaked Buccaneer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Beaked Buccaneer is a 2D mini metroidvania full of treasures and pirates that tells the story of a parrot who wants to become a pirate legend!
Shattered Divinities
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Star Rift Saga.
Ranked #4 for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences. To achieve it, Xandria fights with a powerful whip and the power of chemical elements. Find out more about her in this modern metroidvania adventure.
BLADECHIMERA
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Star Rift Saga.
Ranked #6 for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Star Rift Saga.
In this science fantasy RPG, choose between Claude or Rena, play through their perspectives, and unlock various endings. Recruit allies and defeat foes in fast paced real-time battles.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Star Rift Saga.
Ranked #8 for Star Rift Saga fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
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Undergrave
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Star Rift Saga cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Rift Saga.
Undergrave is a tactical roguelike in which moving, jumping, managing your stamina, dashing and 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 strategically is vital for success.
Supraland
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Star Rift Saga.
Reviewers of Star Rift Saga cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
FROGUE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Star Rift Saga cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Frogue is a stylish turn-based action platformer with bits of roguelite, bullet hell and time manipulation. Dash through your enemies, freeze time and throw your sword to solve every situation in YOUR way.
Witchroid Vania: A Magical Girl’s Fantastical Adventures
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Star Rift Saga.
Reviewers of Star Rift Saga cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Join mage-in-training Lily on an epic adventure! Explore a multitude of worlds, including forests, deserts, and dungeons, in hopes of becoming a full-fledged mage!
Princess Pomu and the 5 Moons
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Star Rift Saga.
Reviewers of Star Rift Saga cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Paint without T is PAIN! Princess Pomu just lost her Kingdom and her family was captured, and now she's possesed by an evil spirit! Master the simple but satisfying combo system, get more abilites, pick up weapons and explore the surreal world of Illeh in this cute metroidvania with a violent twist.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Star Rift Saga cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
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.
Bloom Thrice
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Star Rift Saga.
Reviewers of Star Rift Saga cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Embark on a journey through the gamified "Beautiful World", play (fight) with residents until you are satisfied, and explore to the end of the world. "Bloom Thrice" is a 2D action adventure game where you join the world full of brightness and kindness.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Star Rift Saga at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Rift Saga.
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 ~67% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Rift Saga.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Rift Saga.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Rift Saga.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Rift Saga.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Star Rift Saga on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Rift Saga.
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.
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 Star Rift Saga.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Rift Saga.
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 Star Rift Saga.
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 Star Rift Saga.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Rift Saga.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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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.
Shattered Divinities
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Star Rift Saga.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences. To achieve it, Xandria fights with a powerful whip and the power of chemical elements. Find out more about her in this modern metroidvania adventure.
BLADECHIMERA
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Star Rift Saga.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Star Rift Saga.
In this science fantasy RPG, choose between Claude or Rena, play through their perspectives, and unlock various endings. Recruit allies and defeat foes in fast paced real-time battles.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Star Rift Saga.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Star Rift Saga.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Frequently asked about Star Rift Saga
- How much does Star Rift Saga cost?
- Star Rift Saga is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Star Rift Saga?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Rift Saga are Samurai Kento, ECHORIS, Beaked Buccaneer.
- Who developed Star Rift Saga?
- Star Rift Saga was developed by Studio Vela LLC.
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 Star Rift Saga.
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