Games like First Light
If First Light is your kind of game, the closest matches are From the Ashes, The Faceless Ones and The Flame's Heir — 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.
Get personalized picks →About First Light: After a decade of living in the dark, away from the world. Bahar, and his wife Guidry, believe the Plague has ceased to be and are on the pursuit of a way out, a way back to the world they once knew.
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Steam players who put hours into First Light 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.
From the Ashes
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Top pick for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
The country is ravaged with fiends and bandits, people are all trying to survive and start again while hoping their champion, the Great Knight Callan, manages to defeat the necromancer. Whether he succeeds or not, the country has to rebuild, from the ashes.
The Faceless Ones
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Second-strongest match for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
Four of the most capable warriors in the Kingdom of Abrujah are about to commence a journey that will change their lives forever, if they fail, the world is doomed!
The Flame's Heir
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Third-strongest match for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
The Kingdom is protected by the Sacred Flame, a source of power that can only be used by the Flame's Heir. This individual comes from a very long lineage of warriors that wage an eternal war against evil. Vaynard, the son of a veteran of war, is called upon a quest he could never anticipate.
Darker Tides
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Ranked #4 for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
A beast of unmeasurable power is rising from the depths of the sea, it seeks to engulf the world with it's dark tentacles, it's up to Aala to stop the Kraken.
Ultima Adventum
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Ranked #5 for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
It lies upon the shoulders of Alana and other three Arises, fated individuals, to stop the plague that is to come. Through the darkest dungeons and longest journeys, they must build the courage and power to save their world.
The Last Vampire Hunter
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Ranked #6 for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
As the last of a long lineage of Vampire Hunters, Beaumont Lacaster finds himself in the doorsteps of Nosferatu's Castle. By defeating him, he can rid humanity of the curse and evil of vampires. Will he be able to defeat Nosferatu?
Vampires Dawn 3 - The Crimson Realm
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Ranked #7 for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
Vampires Dawn 3 is a 2D retro pixel RPG full of vampires, blood and tragic moments! Follow Asgar Serrans bloody path through a world in which humankind only has the sacred crusade to prevent extinction.
8-Bit Adventures 2
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Ranked #8 for First Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with First Light.
Pilot your Airship, prepare your party, and explore a vast World Map in 8-Bit Adventures 2 – an exciting, emotional tribute to the Golden Age of JRPGs. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below First Light at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under First Light on Steam right now. Shares RPG with First Light.
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!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under First Light on Steam right now. Shares RPG with First Light.
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.
The Test
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Priced ~80% under First Light on Steam right now. Shares RPG with First Light.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~70% under First Light on Steam right now. Shares RPG with First Light.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~60% under First Light on Steam right now. Shares RPG with First Light.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Tower Wizard
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Priced ~70% under First Light on Steam right now. Shares RPG with First Light.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~80% under First Light on Steam right now. Shares RPG with First Light.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with First Light.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with First Light.
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.
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Frequently asked about First Light
- How much does First Light cost?
- First Light is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to First Light?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside First Light are From the Ashes, The Faceless Ones, The Flame's Heir.
- Who developed First Light?
- First Light was developed by Mage's Hat.
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 First Light.
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