Games like Ultros
If Ultros is your kind of game, the closest matches are Betrayer: Curse of the Spine, Iron Diamond and Goo Keeper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its enemies can be befriended, atmospheric and emotional. 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 Ultros: ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Players who liked Ultros also play
Steam players who put hours into Ultros 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.
Betrayer: Curse of the Spine
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Betrayer: Curse of the Spine is an Action-Adventure Metroidvania. The game features decision making, crafting, fast-paced combat, multiple endings, intricate storytelling, an open world to explore, and more!
Iron Diamond
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ultros.
Second-strongest match for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Goo Keeper
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Ultros.
Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.
Plague Breaker
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.
ITORAH
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration and an atmospheric mood with Ultros.
Ranked #5 for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Dark Devotion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ultros.
Ranked #7 for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
Eagle Island Twist
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat and a whimsical mood with Ultros.
Ranked #8 for Ultros fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Eagle Island is a roguelite action-platformer with falconry-inspired combat. Soar into an original story-driven adventure, fighting through procedurally generated levels and challenging boss fights. Includes free TWIST content, with new characters and handcrafted, retro-themed minigames.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ultros
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Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ultros cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ultros cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Ultros.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
The Kingdom of God
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ultros.
Reviewers of Ultros cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Ultros.
The Kingdom of God: Creation is an independent game integrating territory management, resource management, strategic chess and exploration. As a new God, players develop their own country in the dangerous universe and eventually become the king of the new generation of gods.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ultros at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ultros on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ultros.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ultros on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ultros on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ultros.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ultros on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ultros.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Ultros on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
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?
Free alternatives
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 Adventure with Ultros.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
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 Ultros.
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 Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ultros.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ultros.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Plague Breaker
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Eagle Island Twist
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat and a whimsical mood with Ultros.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ultros.
Eagle Island is a roguelite action-platformer with falconry-inspired combat. Soar into an original story-driven adventure, fighting through procedurally generated levels and challenging boss fights. Includes free TWIST content, with new characters and handcrafted, retro-themed minigames.
Frequently asked about Ultros
- Is Ultros verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Ultros is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Ultros cost?
- Ultros is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ultros?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ultros are Betrayer: Curse of the Spine, Iron Diamond, Goo Keeper.
- Who developed Ultros?
- Ultros was developed by Hadoque and published by Kepler 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 Ultros.
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