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Games like CursedSword

If CursedSword is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sandy's Great Escape, Out of Body and Horace Hagfish — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its movement fuels attacks, 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 CursedSword: Slide into mystery in this Sokoban-style puzzle game! Your attack grows with each move as you bash into monsters, traps, and obstacles to solve snappy puzzles. Face bosses in turn-based battles, find treasures, and unlock power-ups in your quest to break the curse and avenge your hometown.

2025IndieCasual11.99 USDWindowsby Jester Rat Games
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Meta dialogue breaks fourth wallMovement fuels attacksPuzzles escalate in difficulty organicallyAtmosphericChallengingEerie

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Steam players who put hours into CursedSword 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. Sandy's Great Escape

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CursedSword.

    Top pick for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CursedSword.

    A crabby twist on the sokoban (box-pushing) genre, where you use deaths to create shells and solve puzzles.

    2023IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Out of Body

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    A puzzle game where your own death is the solution. Leave your body, possess a skeleton, then possess the corpse you left behind, and overcome fire, ice, and rain to set each trapped spirit free.

    2026IndieSteam ↗
  3. Horace Hagfish

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with CursedSword.

    Eat colorful meat to create slime trails, blend colors by crossing paths, and collect the chromatic orbs to unlock the exit. But whatever you do, don’t make brown or it’s game-over for you and the cosmos!

    2023Casual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. DOUBLE INVASION!!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    Push blocks. Shoot germs. Heal your body.

    2019IndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Meow Mission

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CursedSword.

    Solve diverse Sokoban puzzles to rescue cats trapped in alien dimensions in Meow Mission! Decorate your home with furniture for the rescued cats, and create lasting memories with their unique and charming personalities!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Void Stranger

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    Place your faith and embrace the Void.

    2023IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Chip's Challenge 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with CursedSword.

    Ranked #7 for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.

    2015ActionStrategyAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Baba Is You

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with CursedSword.

    Ranked #8 for CursedSword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

    2019Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CursedSword at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CursedSword.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CursedSword.

    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 ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CursedSword.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CursedSword.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under CursedSword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CursedSword.

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

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 CursedSword.

    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.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Casual with CursedSword.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CursedSword.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about CursedSword

How much does CursedSword cost?
CursedSword is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to CursedSword?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CursedSword are Sandy's Great Escape, Out of Body, Horace Hagfish.
Who developed CursedSword?
CursedSword was developed by Jester Rat 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 CursedSword.

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