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Games like William and Sly

If William and Sly is your kind of game, the closest matches are Otterly Lost, William and Sly: Classic Collection and Portabellows — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and cozy. 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 William and Sly: A cozy open-world 3D adventure based on the popular 'William and Sly' Flash games. Explore a wild mountain landscape as a fox in search of mushrooms and untangle the magical machinations of a dark enchantress. Features fifteen new songs and over ten hours of gameplay!

2024AdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Lucas Paakh
William and Sly — Steam game cover
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Atmospheric soundtrack that enhances the meditative experienceBeautiful open world with varied biomes to explore vertically and horizontallyChasing mushrooms and discovering hidden secrets across the worldAtmosphericChillCozy

Players who liked William and Sly also play

Steam players who put hours into William and Sly 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. Otterly Lost

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Swim, dive, and explore as a curious sea otter far from home. Meet charming animals, discover hidden places, use tools, and solve light challenges as you make your way back with your favorite rock by your side.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  2. William and Sly: Classic Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares collectible hunting, hidden collectibles, casual and an atmospheric mood with William and Sly.

    Second-strongest match for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    The world of William and Sly is yours to explore, seeking out collectables and secrets, while soaking in the tranquil visuals and melancholic soundtrack. In this pair of classic Flash games, you play as a fox, running and leaping through an atmospheric ecosystem entirely at your own pace.

    2023AdventureFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portabellows

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Explore a whimsical island to find… pie recipes?! Bake them by gathering or growing ingredients, which may be the key to helping out your new found quirky friends leave the island! In this wholesome 3D platformer collectathon, you can enjoy discovering the world freely at your own pace.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  4. Smushi Come Home

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with William and Sly.

    Ranked #4 for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Play as a tiny lil' mushroom who's lost in the forest and can't find its way home. Explore unique areas freely at your own pace, chat with friendly inhabitants, and take on different adventures to get back home!

    2023IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lonesome Village

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with William and Sly.

    Ranked #5 for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with William and Sly.

    Relaxing puzzle-solving and life-sim meet in a cozy, no-combat, coyote adventure. Uncover the mysterious, magical past of Lonesome Village and save this town from the hands of evil.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Misc. A Tiny Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and a cozy mood with William and Sly.

    Ranked #6 for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Meet Buddy and Bag Boy – two tiny robots with big hearts and an even bigger mission: spreading joy! After a mysterious explosion rains golden cogs and trash from the sky, it’s their job to collect, clean, and help each village while uncovering the secret behind the blast.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Re:Fresh

    WHY THIS

    Shares collectible hunting, exploration, adventure and a peaceful mood with William and Sly.

    Ranked #7 for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Restore your town as you run, jump and dash through cozy locales while helping lovable townsfolk! Become immersed in a tight-knit community of animals and robots while becoming the town hero in this heart-warming solarpunk adventure.

    2023AdventureCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with William and Sly.

    Ranked #8 for William and Sly fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.

    2020AdventureCasual16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Casual with William and Sly.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Casual with William and Sly.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with William and Sly.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with William and Sly.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Casual with William and Sly.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Casual with William and Sly.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with William and Sly.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under William and Sly on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with William and Sly.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Adventure with William and Sly.

    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.

    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 Casual with William and Sly.

    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. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with William and Sly.

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Smushi Come Home

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with William and Sly.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Play as a tiny lil' mushroom who's lost in the forest and can't find its way home. Explore unique areas freely at your own pace, chat with friendly inhabitants, and take on different adventures to get back home!

    2023IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lonesome Village

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with William and Sly.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with William and Sly.

    Relaxing puzzle-solving and life-sim meet in a cozy, no-combat, coyote adventure. Uncover the mysterious, magical past of Lonesome Village and save this town from the hands of evil.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Re:Fresh

    WHY THIS

    Shares collectible hunting, exploration, adventure and a peaceful mood with William and Sly.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Restore your town as you run, jump and dash through cozy locales while helping lovable townsfolk! Become immersed in a tight-knit community of animals and robots while becoming the town hero in this heart-warming solarpunk adventure.

    2023AdventureCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with William and Sly.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with William and Sly.

    Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.

    2020AdventureCasual16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about William and Sly

Does William and Sly run on Steam Deck?
William and Sly 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 William and Sly cost?
William and Sly is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to William and Sly?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside William and Sly are Otterly Lost, William and Sly: Classic Collection, Portabellows.
Who developed William and Sly?
William and Sly was developed by Lucas Paakh and published by 2 Left Thumbs.

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 William and Sly.

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