Games like Burden of the Blue
If Burden of the Blue is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Knowledge of Hermit, Light From Within and Buffet Knight - Decadent Full Course — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Burden of the Blue: Explore mysterious worlds, solve puzzles and battle in order to uncover the burdens of the past.
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Steam players who put hours into Burden of the Blue 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.
The Knowledge of Hermit
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Top pick for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Burden of the Blue.
A puzzle solving, dungeon crawling, action adventure, role playing game.
Light From Within
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Second-strongest match for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Light From Within is a top-down action-adventure focused on exploration, dungeon crawling, and discovery. Traverse a handcrafted world, solve puzzles, uncover hidden paths, and collect relics that expand your abilities, boost your stats, and alter how you interact with the environment.
Buffet Knight - Decadent Full Course
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Eat everything. Grow stronger. Save the Gourmet Kingdom. A charming action-adventure where you devour foes, solve clever dungeon puzzles, and battle monstrous bosses in a whimsical, food-filled world. Find the five Divine Spices and save the Gourmet Kingdom from the Demon Chef!
Anodyne
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
Angeline Era
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Explore a secret-filled land in this 3D Action-Adventure, where every level is hidden in plain sight! Travel and fight through a vast, unmarked overworld. The next surprise is only a single search away!
Constance
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Dungeons of Hinterberg
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Burden of the Blue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Discover the magic and lore of the Alps in this acclaimed Action Adventure. Forge relationships with locals to help you solve puzzles, battle monsters and uncover secrets of the legendary Dungeons of Hinterberg!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Burden of the Blue at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Burden of the Blue.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Action with Burden of the Blue.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Burden of the Blue.
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.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Burden of the Blue.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Burden of the Blue on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 Action and Adventure with Burden of the Blue.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burden of the Blue.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Burden of the Blue.
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 Burden of the Blue.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burden of the Blue.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Buffet Knight - Decadent Full Course
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Eat everything. Grow stronger. Save the Gourmet Kingdom. A charming action-adventure where you devour foes, solve clever dungeon puzzles, and battle monstrous bosses in a whimsical, food-filled world. Find the five Divine Spices and save the Gourmet Kingdom from the Demon Chef!
Anodyne
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
Angeline Era
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Explore a secret-filled land in this 3D Action-Adventure, where every level is hidden in plain sight! Travel and fight through a vast, unmarked overworld. The next surprise is only a single search away!
Constance
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Dungeons of Hinterberg
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Burden of the Blue.
Discover the magic and lore of the Alps in this acclaimed Action Adventure. Forge relationships with locals to help you solve puzzles, battle monsters and uncover secrets of the legendary Dungeons of Hinterberg!
Frequently asked about Burden of the Blue
- How much does Burden of the Blue cost?
- Burden of the Blue is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Burden of the Blue?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Burden of the Blue are The Knowledge of Hermit, Light From Within, Buffet Knight - Decadent Full Course.
- Who developed Burden of the Blue?
- Burden of the Blue was developed by SandwichBoi.
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