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Games like PhotonVERSE

If PhotonVERSE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cyjin: The Cyborg Ninja, Pogo Rocket and Telebbit — 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 PhotonVERSE: PhotonVERSE is a puzzle precision 2d platformer set in a neon universe. play 100 stages through 10 themed worlds each with its own mechanics.

2023ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDWindowsby IMPERIAL DYNAMICS
PhotonVERSE — Steam game cover

Players who liked PhotonVERSE also play

Steam players who put hours into PhotonVERSE 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. Cyjin: The Cyborg Ninja

    WHY THIS

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

    Put your platforming skills to the test with your mouse in Cyjin: The Cyborg Ninja – a unique precision platformer featuring fast-paced gameplay and accelerated dashing action.

    2021ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Pogo Rocket

    WHY THIS

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

    Pogo sticks and Rockets, how could it go wrong? In this space-themed 2D platformer, you control an experimental rocket ship and must stop aliens from taking the Earth's resources. Play through a variety of levels with dangerous obstacles and save the world!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Telebbit

    WHY THIS

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

    The rabbit has commenced its revenge on humanity! A fast-paced action platformer where teleportation is key.

    2024Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Parallel Shift

    WHY THIS

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

    How far would you go to learn the truth? What is the limit of our existence? Switch between dimensions, close the matching breaches and rewind time to escape the unknown in this beautiful Pixel Art Platformer Runner.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Bounce

    WHY THIS

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

    Launch your ball into the high-scores in this frantic and stunning physics-based procedurally generated time twister!

    2021ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Shutterspeed

    WHY THIS

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

    Use your awesome camera gadgets to drill through enemies and the environment, fly where no cameraman has flown before and most importantly, freeze the world like a photograph in this platforming adventure through cyberspace!

    2026ActionFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Don't Byte Your Tongue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for PhotonVERSE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PhotonVERSE.

    Rage and rise back to the top to reach your robo-lover in this challenging 8-bit retrowave platformer. With every jump counting like your life depends on it, this game will test your skills to the limit. So try your best not to rage and Don't Byte Your Tongue!

    2023ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. DICED Pilot

    WHY THIS

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

    DICED Pilot is a 2D action game containing old-school platform-based movement/jump timing challenges, physics-based surroundings, jetpacks, and weapons that can destroy everything in sight! Now with a multitude of cheat options and a full-blown level-editor! (currently in beta)

    2022ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PhotonVERSE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PhotonVERSE.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PhotonVERSE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with PhotonVERSE.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PhotonVERSE on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PhotonVERSE.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

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

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PhotonVERSE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PhotonVERSE.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PhotonVERSE on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PhotonVERSE.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

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

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PhotonVERSE on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PhotonVERSE.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from IMPERIAL DYNAMICS

Other recommendable Steam games by IMPERIAL DYNAMICS, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Orbi's chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Another title from IMPERIAL DYNAMICS, the studio behind PhotonVERSE. Shares Indie and Casual with PhotonVERSE.

    Orbi's chronicles is an alternative RPG-looter where the battle system is based on word creation.Μodify your weapons with chips, progress as you level up and gain special skills which can be used on your created words. Disarm deadly traps or activate ancient alien shrines through mini games.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. OUTLANDER

    WHY THIS

    Another title from IMPERIAL DYNAMICS, the studio behind PhotonVERSE. Shares Indie with PhotonVERSE.

    Outlander is a blocky platformer game that is fun for all ages.

    2022IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Command-Ω Omega

    WHY THIS

    Another title from IMPERIAL DYNAMICS, the studio behind PhotonVERSE. Shares Action and Casual with PhotonVERSE.

    Protect your six towers against relentless waves of enemies in Command-Ω Omega, a rogue-like shooter tower defense game with a synthwave 80’s aesthetic and modern graphics. Level up, collect upgrades, and enhance your arsenal as you battle to survive and dominate the neon battlefield.

    2025ActionCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about PhotonVERSE

How much does PhotonVERSE cost?
PhotonVERSE is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to PhotonVERSE?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PhotonVERSE are Cyjin: The Cyborg Ninja, Pogo Rocket, Telebbit.
Who developed PhotonVERSE?
PhotonVERSE was developed by IMPERIAL DYNAMICS.

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