Games like GNAW
If GNAW is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rain World, Super Spyroxo Adventures: Island of Dnfoo and Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — 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 GNAW: Something’s rotten in New Dino City, and it’s up to you to solve the mystery in GNAW. In this metroidvania, explore a pre-apocalyptic saurian civilization hurtling toward self-annihilation. Meet strange characters, fight off twisted critters, and rescue your beloved city from extinction.
Players who liked GNAW also play
Steam players who put hours into GNAW 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.
Rain World
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Top pick for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Super Spyroxo Adventures: Island of Dnfoo
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Classic side scroller retro arcade adventure 2d game "Super Spyroxo Adventures: Island of Dnfoo". This game brings back memories of old school arcade games with numerous adventures, well designed levels, various enemies, bosses, simple gameplay, nice pixelart graphics and fun music.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
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.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Voidwrought
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for GNAW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 GNAW.
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. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with GNAW.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with GNAW.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 GNAW.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 GNAW.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
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.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Voidwrought
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GNAW.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Frequently asked about GNAW
- What games are most similar to GNAW?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GNAW are Rain World, Super Spyroxo Adventures: Island of Dnfoo, Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
- Who developed GNAW?
- GNAW was developed by Redstart 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 GNAW.
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