Games like Elixir
If Elixir is your kind of game, the closest matches are 恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell, Doctor Arcana and The Secret of Shadowspire and Pentiment — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and mysterious. 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 Elixir: Welcome to Elixir, a 2D strategic puzzle experience. Become an ancient alchemist with a mysterious past to unlock. Explore & find lost souls who need your help. Uncover Elixirs and experiment on them, and yourself. Embark on a dark journey to solve puzzles, unlock recipes and unearth hidden secrets.
Players who liked Elixir also play
Steam players who put hours into Elixir 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.
恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell
WHY THIS
Top pick for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
This is a click game with horror theme to find hidden items. Players play exorcists and go to all kinds of gloomy and terrible scenes. Please be sure to find every suspicious place, otherwise ghosts will suddenly appear!!!
Doctor Arcana and The Secret of Shadowspire
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Elixir.
Second-strongest match for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?
Pentiment
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elixir.
Third-strongest match for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Elixir.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Picot Ether
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elixir.
Ranked #4 for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
『ピコエーテル』は新型ウイルスが蔓延した都市を救う薬剤調合シミュレーションゲームです。 プレイヤーは『Ｒ－ＢＯＷウイルス』が蔓延した都市の診療所医師となり、抗ウイルス薬の開発に勤しみます。
Wytchwood
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Elixir.
Ranked #5 for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
Apocalipsis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elixir.
Ranked #6 for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Ash of Gods: Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Elixir.
Ranked #7 for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.
Graveyard Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Elixir.
Ranked #8 for Elixir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Elixir at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elixir.
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 ~62% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Elixir.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elixir.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elixir.
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 ~62% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Elixir.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
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 ~77% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elixir.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Elixir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elixir.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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 and Casual with Elixir.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Elixir.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elixir.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elixir.
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 and Adventure with Elixir.
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 and Simulation with Elixir.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Elixir.
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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Frequently asked about Elixir
- How much does Elixir cost?
- Elixir is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Elixir?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elixir are 恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell, Doctor Arcana and The Secret of Shadowspire, Pentiment.
- Who developed Elixir?
- Elixir was developed by Moxu Projects.
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 Elixir.
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