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Games like Samurai Kento

If Samurai Kento is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beaked Buccaneer, Runnyk and Prehistoric Gal — 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 Samurai Kento: Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!

2023ActionIndieAdventureRPG2.39 USDWindowsby lightUP
Samurai Kento — Steam game cover

Players who liked Samurai Kento also play

Steam players who put hours into Samurai Kento 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. Beaked Buccaneer

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Samurai Kento fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    Beaked Buccaneer is a 2D mini metroidvania full of treasures and pirates that tells the story of a parrot who wants to become a pirate legend!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.59 USDSteam ↗
  2. Runnyk

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Samurai Kento fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    A 2D mini action RPG about Runnyk, a viking who goes on a journey for the Four Magical Runes to find a way to save his beloved.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.39 USDSteam ↗
  3. Prehistoric Gal

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Samurai Kento fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    Gal is a cave girl who had her boyfriend, Dude, abducted by aliens! Now she needs to save him, in this 2D mini metroidvania set during prehistoric times!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.59 USDSteam ↗
  4. Slime's Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    A mini metroidvania with retro style graphics about a Slime who have his parents took by an Evil Shaman, and now fight against lots of magical creatures to get them back!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. PostBear Tales

    WHY THIS

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

    You are a bear, a PostBear, the best one! And you have an important mission, deliver a King's letter to the neighbor kingdom!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Adventurous Slime

    WHY THIS

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

    A mini metroidvania game about a small but very courageous slime going on an adventure, featuring colorful pixelated visuals and chiptune songs.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.79 USDSteam ↗
  7. Hack and Slime

    WHY THIS

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

    What could be scarier than a massive dungeon-tower infested with skulls, ogres, and dragons? That those same monsters ride the largest multinational in the world with it. You know; business is business.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Chronicles of the Wolf

    WHY THIS

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

    Hunt the legendary Beast of Gévaudan in Chronicles of the Wolf! Step into the boots of Mateo Lombardo in this epic adventure featuring brutal bosses, vast castles, and secrets to uncover. Narration by the legendary Robert Belgrade and other special appearances!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Samurai Kento.

    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 ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Samurai Kento.

    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 ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Samurai Kento.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Samurai Kento.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Samurai Kento on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Samurai Kento.

    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 ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from lightUP

Other recommendable Steam games by lightUP, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Sokoban Land DX

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samurai Kento.

    A 2D top-down Puzzle/Sokoban game that can be played in single-player (controlling one or two characters at same time) or with a friend in local co-op mode.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual0.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. WILOO

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samurai Kento.

    Help Wiloo to rescue his buddy in this 2D old-school platformer with colorful graphics and heartwarming soundtrack.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual0.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. Milo's Quest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    A mini zelda-like 2D top-down puzzle/adventure game about a dog, bones and a lot of ghosts!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Barry the Bunny

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    A 2D platformer with short challenging levels about a bunny who builds bridges.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mina & Michi

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    A 2D top-down puzzle/adventure game about friendship featuring 2 players local co-op.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Prehistoric Dude

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    A retro style mini metroidvania game about a caveman who loves ham!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Super Wiloo Demake

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    A 2D platformer featuring colorful 8-bit style graphics and 5 different worlds! It's a Demake version of "WILOO", featuring Completely new graphics, new Power-ups and other improvements.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Mages and Treasures

    WHY THIS

    Another title from lightUP, the studio behind Samurai Kento. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Kento.

    A 2D top-down adventure game about Powerful Mages, treasures, amulets and a lot of magical evilish creatures!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Samurai Kento

How much does Samurai Kento cost?
Samurai Kento is listed on Steam at 2.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Samurai Kento?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Samurai Kento are Beaked Buccaneer, Runnyk, Prehistoric Gal.
Who developed Samurai Kento?
Samurai Kento was developed by lightUP.

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 Samurai Kento.

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