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Games like Pseudoregalia

If Pseudoregalia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sandloop, Valkyrie Saga and Maseylia : Echoes of the Past — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its abilities unlock new paths, atmospheric and challenging. 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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Pseudoregalia is a 2023 3D Metroidvania platformer set within a dark, atmospheric castle environment rooted in exploration and ability-driven progression. Players control Sybil, chaining movement abilities to unlock new paths, solve environmental puzzles, and discover hidden secrets throughout the world. Reviewers highlight the fluid movement system, noting that the controls feel responsive and intuitive, opening up exploration possibilities as new powers become available. The game features checkpoint-based progression and encourages backtracking as players gain access to fresh abilities. Players describe the experience as eerie, immersive, and nostalgic. Priced at $5.99, the title holds a 97% positive rating from over 13,000 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.

About Pseudoregalia: Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby rittzler
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Abilities unlock new pathsControls feel like an extension of the playerExploration and discovering new paths with abilitiesAtmosphericChallengingEerie

Players who liked Pseudoregalia also play

Steam players who put hours into Pseudoregalia 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. Sandloop

    WHY THIS

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

    Help Hura save her village from invaders by exploring the intricate lands of Iman and gaining ancient skills that will enhance her mobility!

    2026IndieAdventure11.04 USDSteam ↗
  2. Valkyrie Saga

    WHY THIS

    Shares metroidvania exploration, backtracking and atmospheric with Pseudoregalia.

    Second-strongest match for Pseudoregalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.

    2026Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Maseylia : Echoes of the Past

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pseudoregalia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    Explore a fully interconnected 3D world where every new ability dramatically expands your freedom. A true non-linear Metroidvania with breathtaking movement, atmospheric sci-fi beauty, and deep environmental storytelling.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Netherspire

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the ruins of a colossal tower and fight those who threaten its ancient vault in this short 3D Metroidvania.

    ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Liminal City: Axiom of Maria - Chapter One

    WHY THIS

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

    Liminal City: Axiom of Maria is a 3D Metroidvania set in Seoul — a ghost city run by AI after humanity's population collapse. Explore a twisted Seoul and discover new abilities.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Youropa

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

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

    A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Eternity Egg

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

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

    Chaotic adventure-platformer with bouncy movement, grotesque characters & high-energy trance music.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

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

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Pseudoregalia

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Corn Kidz 64

    WHY THIS

    Shares wall jumping, metroidvania exploration, adventure and a retro mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    The unauthorized, kid-friendly version of the classic Stephen King thriller (or maybe not, maybe it's just a game about one-horned goatbabies)

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Metro Gravity

    WHY THIS

    Shares metroidvania exploration, momentum based movement and atmospheric with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. A Hat in Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and a nostalgic mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Eternity Egg

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    Chaotic adventure-platformer with bouncy movement, grotesque characters & high-energy trance music.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Big Catch: Tacklebox

    WHY THIS

    Shares wall jumping, momentum based movement, adventure and a retro mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    Crack open the Tacklebox to show off your platforming prowess and fishing skills in this free prologue to The Big Catch.

    2024ActionAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hypogea

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based movement, precision platforming and atmospheric with Pseudoregalia.

    Reviewers of Pseudoregalia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Pseudoregalia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

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

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Pseudoregalia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    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 ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Pseudoregalia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    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 ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Pseudoregalia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Pseudoregalia.

    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 ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

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

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pseudoregalia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Pseudoregalia.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Pseudoregalia.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck 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 Pseudoregalia.

    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. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Youropa

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Eternity Egg

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    Chaotic adventure-platformer with bouncy movement, grotesque characters & high-energy trance music.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pseudoregalia.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Pseudoregalia.

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pseudoregalia

Does Pseudoregalia run on Steam Deck?
Pseudoregalia 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 Pseudoregalia cost?
Pseudoregalia is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pseudoregalia?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pseudoregalia are Sandloop, Valkyrie Saga, Maseylia : Echoes of the Past.
Who developed Pseudoregalia?
Pseudoregalia was developed by rittzler.

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 Pseudoregalia.

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