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Games like Gloomy Eyes

If Gloomy Eyes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Herdles, Dali’s Discovery and Nia: Jewel Hunter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cozy and dark. 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 Gloomy Eyes: A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.

2025IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Atlas V, Be Revolution Gaming, 3Dar, Fishing Cactus, ARTE France
Gloomy Eyes — Steam game cover
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Atmospheric soundtrack and narrator voice actingBeautiful tim burton esque art style and animationChapter based structure with hidden mementos and grave keeper sightingsAtmosphericCozyDark

Players who liked Gloomy Eyes also play

Steam players who put hours into Gloomy Eyes 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. Herdles

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Dali’s Discovery

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    A mysterious vortex pulls you out of reality. Play as Max, trapped between unknown worlds. Explore, observe, and solve puzzles to progress… but something may try to stop you. 🎮 Demo available — add it to your wishlist.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. Nia: Jewel Hunter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    Immerse yourself in an atmospheric world where a young girl named Nia is transported to an ancient realm. Solve puzzles, avoid dangers, collect artifacts, and activate portals to bring Nia back to the modern world. The challenges and mysteries of ancient civilizations await you!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Nyra and the Garden of Moros

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    Explore the withered land of the old kings in this moody, Open World, Action-Adventure. Climb the corrupted guardians, seek a cure, seek peace and make your own way.

    ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Colored Effects

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Gloomy Eyes.

    Ranked #5 for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    Colored Effects is a puzzle platformer game where you use different abilities to advance through levels. Each color grants a unique ability. Switch between the colors and their effects to collect gems, defeat bosses, and solve fun puzzles.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Breakrooms

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    You wake in the seams of a world that shouldn't exist. Breakrooms is a sci-fi horror adventure set in an alternate dimension that will make you question your own reality.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Dendron 64

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    With the help of a talented team of coders, a custom emulator has been constructed in order to restore Dendron 64 to its former glory, and finally share the game with the public.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Planet of Lana II

    WHY THIS

    Shares character switching, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Gloomy Eyes.

    Ranked #8 for Gloomy Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gloomy Eyes.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Gloomy Eyes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    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. Shares Indie with Gloomy Eyes.

    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 Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.

    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 Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Atlas V

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

  1. Ayahuasca

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Atlas V, the studio behind Gloomy Eyes. Shares Indie with Gloomy Eyes.

    In the jungle at night, a journey awaits for you... are you ready to embrace the experience? Ayahuasca, the vine of the soul, and how to find your inner space.

    2020Indie12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Gloomy Eyes VR

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Atlas V, the studio behind Gloomy Eyes. Shares Adventure and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.

    With the voice of Colin Farrell, Gloomy Eyes narrates the story of the sun who got tired of the humans and decided to hide and never rise again. Gloomy Eyes is an animated VR-series in 6DoF & 3D real-time.

    2020AdventureCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. BATTLESCAR: Punk Was Invented By Girls

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Atlas V, the studio behind Gloomy Eyes. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.

    Are you punk enough? Battlescar is a coming of age immersive film narrated by Rosario Dawson that takes place in a 1970's New York City. Join Lupe and Debbie, two runaways who's adventures in starting a punk rock band take them to places they never expected.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Madrid Noir

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Atlas V, the studio behind Gloomy Eyes. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.

    Madrid Noir is a 45 minutes mystery adventure that unfolds across two acts in this VR film. With her uncle declared dead, a disenchanted young woman must delve into her memories to pick up his shadowy trail. Solving the puzzles of the past ain't gonna be easy!

    2021IndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gloomy Eyes

Does Gloomy Eyes run on Steam Deck?
Gloomy Eyes 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 Gloomy Eyes cost?
Gloomy Eyes is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Gloomy Eyes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gloomy Eyes are Herdles, Dali’s Discovery, Nia: Jewel Hunter.
Who developed Gloomy Eyes?
Gloomy Eyes was developed by Atlas V, Be Revolution Gaming, 3Dar and published by ARTE France, Untold Tales.

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 Gloomy Eyes.

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