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Games like Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

If Winds Of Arcana: Ruination is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vapor World: Over The Mind, GRIME and Akatori — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Winds Of Arcana: Ruination: Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.

2025ActionAdventureRPG12.99 USDWindowsby Brewed Games
Winds Of Arcana: Ruination — Steam game cover

Players who liked Winds Of Arcana: Ruination also play

Steam players who put hours into Winds Of Arcana: Ruination 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. Vapor World: Over The Mind

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Lost in darkness, a boy drawn into a twisted dream, no way out. Vapor World: Over The Mind is a narrative-driven souls-like platformer focused on deflection combat. Descend into a shattered mind seeking lost memories. Face the dark, beautiful world born of sorrow and regret.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure13.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Akatori

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Minoria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Foregone

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Blasphemous 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Winds Of Arcana: Ruination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. 

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Winds Of Arcana: Ruination at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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 ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Action with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Action with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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 ↗
  5. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Action with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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 ↗
  7. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Winds Of Arcana: Ruination on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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 ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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 ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Minoria

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Foregone

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Blasphemous 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

    The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. 

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

How much does Winds Of Arcana: Ruination cost?
Winds Of Arcana: Ruination is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Winds Of Arcana: Ruination?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Winds Of Arcana: Ruination are Vapor World: Over The Mind, GRIME, Akatori.
Who developed Winds Of Arcana: Ruination?
Winds Of Arcana: Ruination was developed by Brewed Games and published by 1312 Interactive.

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 Winds Of Arcana: Ruination.

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