Games like DEVIATOR
If DEVIATOR is your kind of game, the closest matches are THE DARK DWELLERS, The Devil Within: Satgat and Solateria — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 DEVIATOR: Deviator is a Metroidvania game centered around deflect, featuring exquisite 2D hand-drawn visuals. Exploring unknown wilderness and mysterious cities, delving into enigmatic realms of consciousness and encountering peculiar creatures. Try to find the truth behind this chaotic world.
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THE DARK DWELLERS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Top pick for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Second-strongest match for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Solateria
WHY THIS
Shares parry based combat, parry system and atmospheric with DEVIATOR.
Third-strongest match for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Ranked #4 for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Volkolak: The Will of Gods
WHY THIS
Shares parry system, metroidvania exploration and atmospheric with DEVIATOR.
Ranked #5 for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Ranked #6 for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration and a challenging mood with DEVIATOR.
Ranked #7 for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for DEVIATOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration, boss fights and a tense mood with DEVIATOR.
Reviewers of DEVIATOR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Reviewers of DEVIATOR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
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.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares ability gating and an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Reviewers of DEVIATOR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with DEVIATOR.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and an immersive mood with DEVIATOR.
Reviewers of DEVIATOR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with DEVIATOR.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DEVIATOR at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEVIATOR.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEVIATOR.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEVIATOR.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with DEVIATOR.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under DEVIATOR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEVIATOR.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEVIATOR.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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 DEVIATOR.
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 DEVIATOR.
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 DEVIATOR.
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 DEVIATOR.
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 Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
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 DEVIATOR.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEVIATOR.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with DEVIATOR.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Frequently asked about DEVIATOR
- Does DEVIATOR work on Steam Deck?
- DEVIATOR is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does DEVIATOR cost?
- DEVIATOR is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to DEVIATOR?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DEVIATOR are THE DARK DWELLERS, The Devil Within: Satgat, Solateria.
- Who developed DEVIATOR?
- DEVIATOR was developed by Gami Studio.
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