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Games like A Valley Without Wind 2

If A Valley Without Wind 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Valley Without Wind, Rift Drifter and Skyward Collapse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 A Valley Without Wind 2: A modern take on the 16-bit era, A Valley Without Wind 2 blends a variety of mechanics across multiple genres, seamlessly bringing together the best qualities of old-school platform-shooters and turn-based strategy games.

2013ActionStrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 68Windows · macOS · Linuxby Arcen Games
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Ally recruitment and resource management matterCharacter progression via feats and perksDark fantasy tone with a unique genre blendAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into A Valley Without Wind 2 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. A Valley Without Wind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Top pick for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.

    2012ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rift Drifter

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Explore a lost and abandoned temple and find what secrets lie within. Rift Drifter is a 2D action-adventure platformer, with Metroidvania and RPG elements, a rich story, and a hint of souls-like combat.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Skyward Collapse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Third-strongest match for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Path of Motus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Will you let other people stop you from pursuing your dreams? The Path of Motus is a game where your words have the power to destroy.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. UnEpic

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Ranked #5 for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.

    2014ActionIndieRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. You are Peter Shorts

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Ranked #6 for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    You are PETER SHORTS! You have been captured and taken to a secret cloning facility. Can you escape with your newly-cloned brethren?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Timespinner

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Ranked #7 for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Chasm

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Ranked #8 for A Valley Without Wind 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Valley Without Wind 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 ~67% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under A Valley Without Wind 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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. Shares Action and Adventure with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 and Adventure with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 and Adventure with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    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 ↗

More from Arcen Games

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

  1. Heart of the Machine

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Strategy with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

    2026StrategySimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. AI War 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. AI War: Fleet Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    "You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

    2009StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Last Federation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Bionic Dues

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.

    2013StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Starward Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.

    2016ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Valley Without Wind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Action and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.

    2012ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Skyward Collapse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind A Valley Without Wind 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Valley Without Wind 2.

    How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about A Valley Without Wind 2

Does A Valley Without Wind 2 run on Steam Deck?
A Valley Without Wind 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does A Valley Without Wind 2 cost?
A Valley Without Wind 2 is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does A Valley Without Wind 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — A Valley Without Wind 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to A Valley Without Wind 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Valley Without Wind 2 are A Valley Without Wind, Rift Drifter, Skyward Collapse.
Who developed A Valley Without Wind 2?
A Valley Without Wind 2 was developed by Arcen Games.

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