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Games like Island

If Island is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nori Game, Go Emoji Go The Maze and Skyline Sprinters — 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 Island: Island is a TPP survival running game which is Satisfying and full of Adventures.But watch out!Try not to fall from the moving platform or islands.Aware of your foot steps and don't forget to jump at the right time.Feel freedom.Adventure is wating for you.Can wait you to see.Try out Now!!!

2023ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRacing4.99 USDWindowsby The First
Island — Steam game cover

Players who liked Island also play

Steam players who put hours into Island 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. Nori Game

    WHY THIS

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

    A chaotic 1–4 player chest-heist party game. Steal treasure from your friends, hide your loot, build defenses, and race to be the first to secure 5 chests.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Go Emoji Go The Maze

    WHY THIS

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

    Go Emoji Go The Maze Has Changed The Game By Combining NFTs With Computer Gaming.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Skyline Sprinters

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to an adrenaline-pumping platform game where players embark on an exhilarating race against each other through a challenging parkour course! Prepare to test your agility, speed, and reflexes as you navigate through an immersive world filled with obstacles, traps, and exciting surprises.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Haste

    WHY THIS

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

    Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. NERVE

    WHY THIS

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

    Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT

    2021ActionIndieRacing9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Marble Skies

    WHY THIS

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

    Marble Skies is a fast paced 3D-platformer where you control your marble through various levels and try to get the best time for each one. Complete all the levels in your own time, or challenge your friends to get on top of the leaderboards!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Need for Speed™ Payback

    WHY THIS

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

    Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.

    2020ActionSportsStrategy8.09 USDSteam ↗
  8. Parcel Corps

    WHY THIS

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

    Ditch the 9-5 and embrace the high-octane life of a freelance bicycle messenger! Skid, grind, and wallride across eight huge levels, delivering parcels for a cast of eccentric business owners. Find shortcuts, dodge traffic, and maybe even save the world!

    2024ActionSportsIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Island.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Island.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Island.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Island.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Action with Island.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Island.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Action with Island.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Island on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Island.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 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 Island.

    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 and Indie with Island.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Island.

    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 Indie with Island.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Island

How much does Island cost?
Island is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Island?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Island are Nori Game, Go Emoji Go The Maze, Skyline Sprinters.
Who developed Island?
Island was developed by The First.

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 Island.

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